What I didn't get to finish telling you about
Clark Market is that, not only did they have
yut-nori, but that they were branded through and through by San ("mountain") brand soju. These were far better than the
cheapie I got my nephew. The mat was cloth rather than paper, the tokens were much nicer than roughly die-cut plastic discs, and it all came in a handsome zippered carrying pouch. In fact, I'm kicking myself for not buying a second one.
Even the cashier remarked on how nice it was, right before pointing out that it was a "back door" set. Back door? She unwrapped it to demonstrate. Oh,
paykto!
To is the name of a toss of one or a move of one space in
yut.
Payk is in fact a transcription of English
back (as in New Korean
paykmile "rear-view mirror"). However, the flat side of one of the sticks is marked (with the
San soju logo!). If this turns up, then the player has to take one step back after completing movement. (It occurs to me that this makes every roll of
yut worth 3 instead of 4. However, you still get to toss again, so it's not the same as a
kel.)
We haven't tried playing this variant yet, though.
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monshu and I wanted to get the regular game down first--and he did, beating me in three out of four games the first time we took it out. "I like this game!" he said. "Finally, a game I can
win!" (I tried getting him to play
gomoku again, but after two losses in a row, he begged off.) Our lifetime scores are tied, though, and I won the "demonstration match". It was intended to kick off the game-playing Saturday evening, but ended up becoming a lone aberration in the face of three lethargic fogeys and one jaded young man.
The party, btw, was a resounding success. To that I give all credit to the bearded old man. Without his assistance, I don't know how I would've managed! You're a hero, Guan Gong! Oh, and
monshu helped, too.
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