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Pentangle is a specialist, UK-based manufacturer and distributor of high quality puzzles and games. Established over 35 years ago, Pentangle has retained a passion for products that test logical thinking but are also an attractive addition to any desk, shelf or coffee table.
Ideal as gifts, educational aids and promotional items, they are also great fun and a real talking point! Whether you are 9 or 99, looking for a bit of entertainment or a serious brainteaser we are sure you will find something here that fits the bill.
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New ProductsBritish Go Association Introductory Set
Our most economical set, ideal for schools, clubs and for complete beginners. Comes with a laminated card 9 x 9 board with Quick Reference Guide on the reverse; 41 each of plastic black & white go stones. find out more | | Beech veneered Shogi Board £23.00 Mid-range, beech veneered Shogi board. Solid, substantial and suitable for use with any of our range of pieces. 33 x 29.5 x 1.2 cm; 902g find out more | | Birch Case for Chess Pieces £15.00 Wooden Case to hold and protect Chess pieces. Made from birch and veneered plywood with a natural finish, hinged with a brass clasp to secure. 22 x 15 x 6 cm, weight 472g find out more | | Garde Beech wood Go / Chess Timer £114.00 A substantial, natural beechwood Clock suitable for use in Go and Chess matches. Reliable, mechanical, handy and easy to read. Made in EU by one of the best-known clock makers. 22 x 12 x 6 cm Weight: 868g find out more | | Wooden Chess / Go Clock £56.40 Natural wood finish, 15 x 8.5 x 4.5 cm Weight: 354g find out more | | Large Bone & Bamboo Mah Jong in Wooden Case £198.00 Traditionally colourful bamboo & bone tiles of superior quaility with dovetail join, each 3.3 x 2.3cm. The hinged case, 37 x 23.5 x 5cm, is strong and portable, with handle and fasteners, containing five component trays. Manfacturer's instruction booklet included. Weight: 2775g. (A smaller version is available MJ-S1W) find out more | | Small Bone & Bamboo Mah Jong in Wooden Case £150.00 Traditionally colourful bamboo & bone tiles of superior quality with dovetail join, each 2.6 x 1.9cm. Hinged beech case, 33 x 20.5 x 4cm, with handle and fasteners, containing 5 component trays, is portable and strong. The value and quality is very much concentrated in the Mah Jong pieces. Manfacturer's instruction booklet included. a larger version is available: MJ-L1W weight 1995g. (larger version is MJ-L1W, 37 x 23.5 x 5 cm , weight 2775g) find out more | | New Moves £18.00 Alexander Dinerchtein 3P & An Younggil 8P expound 25 of their favourite new & unusual patterns & ideas in this 2010 book. Some of the moves analyzed in this book can be considered "trick" plays, however many of the moves are seen as acceptable new or unusual but viable ways of playing in common situations on the board. (161 pages; 296g; 15x22.5cm) find out more | | The Meijin's Retirement Game: Honinbo Shusai vs Kitani Minoru £18.00 John Fairbairn's 2010 account of the game marking the retirement of the patriarchal Honinbo Shusai and the handover of his traditional titles of Honinbo and Meijin to start a new era of tournament go. It was also the game featured in a famous novel by Nobel prize-winner Kawabata Yasunari. A limited amount of scene-setting and background colour, but detailed game commentary, using research from many professional commentaries and other factual snippets. (142 pages; 278g; 15x23cm) find out more | | Old Fuseki vs New Fuseki: Honinbo Shusai plays Go Seigen £18.00 John Fairbairn raids the archive to give a very detailed analysis of a famous game whilst also placing it in context. Writing in 1948, Segoe Kensaku wrote of the game described in this book, which featured champions of the old and new styles of play, "There has been no game in recent times that has caused so much surprise and so much fuss among fellow go lovers as this one." The focus of the book is on New Fuseki, showing it was an organic process and not merely a spontaneous invention of Go and huis friend Kitani. Published 2011. (133 pages; 246g; 15.5x23cm) find out more | | | | | |
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