Yut Road
Throw the sticks. Race home.
Yutnori, Korea's family race game, as an animated board game. Throw four wooden sticks, race your markers round the board, send rivals home and take the shortcuts. Learn it in two minutes. No ads. No account.
Free to play · One optional set that changes the look only, never the rules
On your computer?Scan this with your Android phone's camera to open Yut Road on Google Play.
Throw. Move. Capture.
How Yut Road plays, screen by screen. Every screen here is the real game.
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The sticks are your dice
Throw four wooden sticks, count the flat faces and race your four markers round the board. Land on a rival to send them home, land on your own to stack and move together, and hit a corner or the centre exactly to take a shortcut.
“Tap a marker to move it 4 steps (Yut)”
- Tumbling sticks with sound and vibration, and an announcer calling do, gae, geol, yut and mo
- Quick match against the computer: four styles (balanced, bold, careful, hunter) and four levels
- Standard modern rules, with options for back-do, extra throws after yut, mo and captures, and playing on for places
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Learn it in two minutes
Watch & learn shows every rule in motion on the real board, in eight short animated lessons with a “tap here” guide for every move.
“If you know Ludo, Parcheesi or Sorry!, you'll be racing in a minute.”
- Live coach hints in every match
- A complete how-to guide and a master's playbook
- The Museum: the history of yut, with what is verified kept apart from what is legend
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A Journey of thirty matches
Thirty handcrafted matches across a village courtyard, a family room and a Seoul rooftop, with three stars to earn in each.
- Gentle opponents in the courtyard, stronger players and three-way tables in the family room
- Rule twists as you climb
- Your stars and progress stay on your phone
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One throw a day
Daily Throw is one match a day, with the same sticks for everyone. The first result counts.
- A gentle run that forgives a rest day
- A calendar of the month's matches
- Generated on your phone, so it works offline
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Play together, on one phone
Pass & play with 2, 3 or 4 sides on one phone, including 2v2 teams. Made for Seollal and Chuseok gatherings, and for families spread across the world.
- In 10 languages, including Korean
- Original Korean-inspired music, with separate sound and music controls
- Screen-reader support and a move list for accessible play
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Read it once, understand every move
The how-to guide explains yut from the first throw to the master's landings, and the coach line in each match reminds you when it matters.
- A night-lacquer board: walnut frame, gold inlay, hanji paper and glossy lacquer markers
- “Watch it in motion” from any page of the guide
- Standard modern rules, written out in plain words
See Yut Road in 37 seconds.
Four sticks, one board: the throw, the shortcut, the capture, and the ways to play.
37 seconds, narrated · the words are on screen too, so it works with the sound off.
Every mode is free.
Free
No ads. No account. No internet needed to play.
- The Journey: 30 handcrafted matches, three stars in each
- Daily Throw, with its calendar and gentle run
- Quick match against the computer, four styles and four levels
- Pass & play for 2, 3 or 4 sides, including 2v2 teams
- Watch & learn, the how-to guide, the master's playbook and the Museum
- The classic night-lacquer board
- 10 languages, music, the announcer and accessible play
The Seollal Set Optional
A one-time purchase. The look changes; the rules and the odds never do.
- A lacquer-red board with gold cloud inlay
- Gold-rimmed markers
- Dark lacquer sticks with gold tips
- For the New Year table, and every day after
The Seollal Set is an optional one-time purchase, not a subscription. The price for your country is shown in the app and in Google Play before you buy. It changes how the board looks and nothing else: no mode, match or lesson is ever locked without it.
Fair and free.
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No ads
No banners and no videos between matches. Nothing to watch for a reward.
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The same sticks for everyone
The Seollal Set changes the look only, never the rules or the odds. No boost is sold, and nothing you buy changes a throw.
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No account
There is nothing to sign up for. Your progress stays on your phone, and you need no internet connection to play.
Good to know.
Is Yut Road free?
Yes. Every mode is free: the Journey, Daily Throw, quick matches, pass & play, the lessons, the guide and the Museum.
The Seollal Set is an optional one-time purchase that changes the look of the board, markers and sticks. The price for your country is shown in the app and in Google Play before you buy, and it never changes the rules or the odds.
I've never played yutnori. Is it hard?
No. If you know Ludo, Parcheesi or Sorry!, you already know the shape of it: the sticks are your dice. Watch & learn shows every rule in motion on the real board in eight short animated lessons, about two minutes in all, and a coach hint appears in every match.
Which phones does it work on?
Yut Road is an Android game, available on Google Play.
Do I need an account or an internet connection?
No. There is no sign-up, and no internet is needed to play.
Can we play together?
Yes. Pass & play lets 2, 3 or 4 sides share one phone, including 2v2 teams. You can also play the computer, which has four styles and four levels.
Which rules does it use?
Standard modern yutnori rules, with options for back-do, extra throws after yut, mo and captures, and playing on for places.
Which languages does it speak?
English, 한국어, Deutsch, Español, Français, Bahasa Indonesia, 日本語, Português, Türkçe and 中文.
Throw the sticks. Race home.
Free on Google Play. No ads, no account, no internet needed.
On your computer?Scan this with your Android phone's camera to open Yut Road on Google Play.