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It has been a while but this was another gift for my son’s seventh birthday.
It’s called “Rittai yonmoku narabe” (立体４目並べ) which means Three-dimensional “four stones in a row”.
I think many of you know a game “Tic-tac-toe”, “three stones in a row”. And we also have “five stones in a row” using GO board, just like a chess board, and black and white stones.
And this one is another version of this kind. Only 4 balls but four dimension, so either black or white (or brown) who gets 4 balls in a row wins. But any row, a horizontal, vertical, diagonal, down, across, or even “Down and diagonal”.
There are product just like this, but I wanted to make it myself. The game is really really fun even for adults, once you start it, you have to be really careful because sometimes you get a line without knowing at all.
To make them, pretty much easy except for the 64 balls. I bought the wooden balls at 100 yen shop. (They sell 16 balls = 100 yen, good deal) Opened a center hole each using a little jig and a drill press. Then after that I wondered how to make half of them dark… Then one idea came across, “Burn Them!!!” (because I didn’t have any dark finishing oil…) Well, they came out OK, but I guess it was much better using really dark oil, because it took so long to take the soot or charcoal, whatever where it burned too much. Since they are small balls (30mm), not easy to hold with your hand, but I had to clean up with paper so long…
Well, my son is also happy about this game, but at the same time, this has been bringing a good bar time for me and my wife.
-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/
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a1Jim
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#1 posted 1427 days ago
Hey Junji
Pretty cool game. well done
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#2 posted 1427 days ago
Jim,
Thanks!
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patron
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#3 posted 1427 days ago
junji :
i love the way you care about your family !
life is in the small things we share ,
and that you make things for and with them ,
are what they remember .
and what makes them better people !
-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle
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#4 posted 1427 days ago
patron,
If I can care my family with my woodworking, that will be my honer. But sometimes I can’t take good care because I spend too much time in the shop!!!
Yes, I do believe my kids will remember these gifts better than products we just buy.
-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/
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#5 posted 1427 days ago
Great looking game.
-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
tenontim
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#6 posted 1427 days ago
Neat little game, Junji. Try some India ink sometime, for a black dye, then seal with oil finish.
Thanks for the post.
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Don Newton
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#7 posted 1427 days ago
Junji,
It looks like one of those games that can become addictive! Your kids will remember what you make for them.
-- Don, Pittsburgh
scrappy
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#8 posted 1427 days ago
Great little game with a VERY person touch.
He will love it more being made by you.
Keep up the great work.
Scrappy
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TopamaxSurvivor
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#9 posted 1427 days ago
Another Great post and game! Now I’ll have to put his on ethe list too :-)) Happy Father’s Day Junji and all yoiu other Dads too.
-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0
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#10 posted 1427 days ago
Karson,
Thank you! Wow you have posted 20727 times?
-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/
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#11 posted 1427 days ago
Tim
Indeia Ink, I have never heard of it, but seems like almost the same thing we called SUMI just like Skarp is saying.
-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/
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#12 posted 1427 days ago
Don,
Yes, you really become addictive. Last night my sister n law came over, and we just started this game as I wanted to show her what it is like. I was just showing so thought maybe 2-3 games, but she kept losing and couldn’t stop it finally until her kids asked her to go… And at last she asked me to bring the game with me the next time we go their house.
-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/
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#13 posted 1427 days ago
Scrappy,
This is a kind of games you can play at any age, so I hope my son will keep it long. I also have some extra balls when he loses some…
-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/
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#14 posted 1427 days ago
Skarp!
SUMI, I have never thought about it, and yes, I will try it the next time. I should have thought about it because I am keeping one bottle of sumi in my shop!!!
-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/
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#15 posted 1427 days ago
TopamaxSurvivor,
Happy fathers day to you too!
You must have a huge “what to make ” list, and that sounds really nice.
-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/
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