BOAtanne, who also plays on OGS got this nice birthday present today:
Linden Tree bowls and Shin Kaya bowls, together with Black, White and Green glass stones; plus a solid Shin Kaya board. It was a big community present from the whole club of friends, and he didn’t see that coming.
Here is mine, sorry for bad quality. I just got the little table to put the go board on, pretty neat to just turn the chair around (and not get distracted by all my cables!) and having the board right there The table is an Ikea Lack, goes for like 49SEK and I am so Swedish I have an Ikea in my home town so it was pretty easy to get. I wish I could get a nice tea table I’ve seen others have but I have problems with my spine and stuff so I can’t sit on the floor To be honest I do most of my studying on the computer though, but for pro games I always use the board.
Here’s mine. Just got the board and stones as birthday gifts. To think that my family complained of cost - they’d have a heart attack if I’d listed the ones I really wanted…
Sadly, my wife refuses to learn and my brother in law is probably somewhere in the 25kyu range. I’ve taken to trying to win by a single point against him (He refuses to take appropriate handicap, so aiming for 1 point trains my counting and makes it a lot more fun for him). My book collection’s nothing to look at and I don’t have a dedicated study space. Yes, those are crown royal bags holding my stones for the time being.