Let’s play Pong Hau K’i!

Pong Hau K’i is a traditional Chinese game which is simple enough for kids, and even preschoolers. It is known as Ou-moul-ko-no in Korea.

What you need: A pen or pencil (any colour), a piece of paper, a ruler and 4 bottle lids or tokens.

What you do before you play:  First of all, you have to make the board. Take a piece of paper and then get your pen and the ruler to make a big x in the middle of your paper. Add three sides on your x. Your board should be looking like this:

How to play:

Each player has two tokens. Players take turns to move. At each turn, the player moves one of their two pieces into the next available vertex (corner). If a player can’t move, they lose. If both players play perfectly, the game continues endlessly with no winner.

 

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