Blindfold Go Stuff

I recently posted a photo of a haptic board in use.

I just stumbled on this photo of a British (?) board from 1975, which – whilst probably not made with that intention in mind – would have served well to provide tactile support to blind players.

As found on the Go Sets (UK Historic) page on the BGA site. Larger image here.

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Produced by House of Marbles and dated July 1975. The board is 440mm x 407mm, 23mm thick and is made of two bonded (edge to edge) pieces of what appears to be pine. The dimples are 20mm apart. Included are 189 black and 191 white 13mm marbles and the JAL/BGA rules leaflet. (Photos and info from Alex Carey)

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