Massachusetts Go Association

Books & Equipment

photo Our club maintains an extensive library of learning and reference materials including books, magazines, journals, print-outs of on-line content, etc. Overall our library contains materials in four languages. We also welcome any contributions in form of new or used books, collections of Go problems, etc.

NEW: You can now get MGA t-shirts, mugs, mouse-pads and other stuff from CafePress.com. Click on the image below to go to the MGA store:

MGA stuff at CafePress.com

There is number of stores and locations in Greater Boston Area which provide Go books and equipment:

NameLocationPhone NumberBooksEquipment
The Games People Play 1100 Mass. Ave
Cambridge, MA
617-492-0711 Yes Yes
Tokai 1815 Mass. Ave (Porter Exchange)
Cambridge, MA
617-864-5922 Yes Yes
Leavitt & Pierce Inc 1316 Mass. Ave (Harvard Square)
Cambridge, MA
617-547-0576 No Yes
Yoshinoya 36 Prospect St. (Central Square)
Cambridge, MA
617-491-8221 ? ?
Cambridge Brewing Company One Kendall Square
Cambridge, MA
617-494-1994 No Yes *
Sasuga Japanese Bookstore 96 Clematis Ave
Waltham, MA
781-891-5055 Yes No
Scholars' 34 Central Square
Bridgewater, MA
508-279-1712 Yes Yes
Compleat Gamester 350 Moody Street
Waltham, MA
781-893-9505 No Yes
Diesel Cafe 257 Elm St. (Davis Square)
Somerville, MA
617-629-8717 No Yes *

* Note: No equipment available for sale, but has a set available for use by customers.

There are also many great places online where you can purchase Go books and equipment. The American Go Association maintains a list of such websites.

If you know of any other places that sell Go books and/or equipment in the Greater Boston Area, or if any of this information is out of date, please contact Pete Martin (webmasterEmailmassgo.org).


MGA, 240B Elm Street, Davis Square, Somerville MA 02144
(617) 629-0110