122: Can Go Be a Cozy Game? Dissolving the Stress of Go

About this episode

In this episode, Justin Oh explores how to approach the game of Go in a more relaxing and cozy manner.

Go is too competitive and too stressful to be considered a “cozy” game. Or is it? I think Go has a lot of cozy DNA and I will tell you in this episode right here how to approach Go in a more relaxing, cozy, stress-free… ahh.. what was I saying? Oh right, yes we’ll talk about how to make Go cozy and stress-free! Yushima Go Cafe Join the Discord ⁠Support Star Point⁠ The Star Point Store

People in this episode

Host: Justin Oh

Topics covered

• Go
• cozy games
• stress relief
• game approach
• relaxation

Keywords

• Go
• cozy game
• stress-free
• relaxation
• game strategy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Yushima Go Cafe, Discord, Star Point, Star Point Store

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