diff --git a/src/Go/boardState/goStyles.ts b/src/Go/boardState/goStyles.ts
index ad29e2808..b2385b2e0 100644
--- a/src/Go/boardState/goStyles.ts
+++ b/src/Go/boardState/goStyles.ts
@@ -585,6 +585,9 @@ export const boardStyles = makeStyles<void, Size | "background">({ uniqId: "boar
     scoreModal: {
       width: "400px",
     },
+    scoreExplanationModal: {
+      width: "80vw",
+    },
     centeredText: {
       textAlign: "center",
     },
diff --git a/src/Go/ui/GoGameboardWrapper.tsx b/src/Go/ui/GoGameboardWrapper.tsx
index 92c7edc1a..ddfb83782 100644
--- a/src/Go/ui/GoGameboardWrapper.tsx
+++ b/src/Go/ui/GoGameboardWrapper.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { GoGameboard } from "./GoGameboard";
 import { GoSubnetSearch } from "./GoSubnetSearch";
 import { CorruptableText } from "../../ui/React/CorruptableText";
 import { makeAIMove, resolveCurrentTurn } from "../boardAnalysis/goAI";
+import { GoScoreExplanation } from "./GoScoreExplanation";
 
 interface GoGameboardWrapperProps {
   showInstructions: () => void;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ export function GoGameboardWrapper({ showInstructions }: GoGameboardWrapperProps
   const traditional = Settings.GoTraditionalStyle;
   const [showPriorMove, setShowPriorMove] = useState(false);
   const [scoreOpen, setScoreOpen] = useState(false);
+  const [scoreExplanationOpen, setScoreExplanationOpen] = useState(false);
   const [searchOpen, setSearchOpen] = useState(false);
 
   const { classes } = boardStyles();
@@ -203,7 +205,9 @@ export function GoGameboardWrapper({ showInstructions }: GoGameboardWrapperProps
         newSubnet={() => newSubnet()}
         finalScore={score}
         opponent={Go.currentGame.ai}
-      ></GoScoreModal>
+        showScoreExplanation={() => setScoreExplanationOpen(true)}
+      />
+      <GoScoreExplanation onClose={() => setScoreExplanationOpen(false)} open={scoreExplanationOpen} />
       <div className={classes.boardFrame}>
         {traditional ? (
           ""
diff --git a/src/Go/ui/GoInstructionsPage.tsx b/src/Go/ui/GoInstructionsPage.tsx
index 7ea4ed27f..2a20f7acc 100644
--- a/src/Go/ui/GoInstructionsPage.tsx
+++ b/src/Go/ui/GoInstructionsPage.tsx
@@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ export const GoInstructionsPage = (): React.ReactElement => {
               <br />
               Win streaks against a faction will give you +1 favor to that faction at certain numbers of wins (up to a
               max of {getMaxFavor()} favor), if you are currently a member of that faction.
+              <br />
+              <br />
+              For experienced Go players: IPvGO uses the old traditional Go score rules, area scoring, rather than the
+              Japanese territory scoring that was popular in the mid-21st century. All stones are alive and count
+              towards score unless captured during the game. Chains that could be dead are not automatically captured
+              after the game, and prisoners are not calculated. This was chosen for its simplicity to teach and to
+              calculate, rather than using the territory scoring shortcuts designed to make physical games quicker.
             </Typography>
           </Grid>
         </Grid>
diff --git a/src/Go/ui/GoScoreExplanation.tsx b/src/Go/ui/GoScoreExplanation.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..107a5e3d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Go/ui/GoScoreExplanation.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { Typography } from "@mui/material";
+
+import { Modal } from "../../ui/React/Modal";
+import { boardStyles } from "../boardState/goStyles";
+
+interface Props {
+  open: boolean;
+  onClose: () => void;
+}
+
+export const GoScoreExplanation = ({ open, onClose }: Props): React.ReactElement => {
+  const { classes } = boardStyles();
+
+  return (
+    <Modal open={open} onClose={onClose}>
+      <>
+        <div className={classes.scoreExplanationModal}>
+          <Typography>
+            IPvGO uses one of the oldest scoring systems in Go, "area scoring", rather than "territory scoring" later
+            popularized by Japan. All stones are alive unless captured, chains that could be dead are not automatically
+            captured after the game, and prisoners are not calculated. The displayed score is always the ending score if
+            both players pass. <br /> <br />
+            This scoring ruleset was chosen for its simplicity to teach and to calculate, rather than using territory
+            scoring shortcuts designed to make physical games quicker.
+            <br /> <br />
+            Territory scoring relies heavily on all players having a clear understanding of which chains on the board
+            will be "alive" or "dead" given future perfect play. It is much more complicated to implement, and requires
+            a much deeper knowledge of Go for new players, and for their IPvGO automation scripts.
+            <br /> <br />
+            In most cases the winner, and the difference in score between players, comes out to be the same in both
+            scoring systems, but in area scoring you "show your work" and prove that something is alive or dead, and
+            gives opportunities for the player to capitalize on the computer's mistakes (or vice versa).
+          </Typography>
+        </div>
+      </>
+    </Modal>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/src/Go/ui/GoScoreModal.tsx b/src/Go/ui/GoScoreModal.tsx
index 94bc2ba49..7d25f8467 100644
--- a/src/Go/ui/GoScoreModal.tsx
+++ b/src/Go/ui/GoScoreModal.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { GoScore } from "../Types";
 import React from "react";
-import { Button, Typography } from "@mui/material";
+import { Button, Typography, Box } from "@mui/material";
 
 import { GoOpponent, GoColor } from "@enums";
 import { Modal } from "../../ui/React/Modal";
@@ -13,10 +13,18 @@ interface Props {
   onClose: () => void;
   finalScore: GoScore;
   newSubnet: () => void;
+  showScoreExplanation: () => void;
   opponent: GoOpponent;
 }
 
-export const GoScoreModal = ({ open, onClose, finalScore, newSubnet, opponent }: Props): React.ReactElement => {
+export const GoScoreModal = ({
+  open,
+  onClose,
+  finalScore,
+  newSubnet,
+  showScoreExplanation,
+  opponent,
+}: Props): React.ReactElement => {
   const { classes } = boardStyles();
 
   const blackScore = finalScore[GoColor.black];
@@ -47,7 +55,10 @@ export const GoScoreModal = ({ open, onClose, finalScore, newSubnet, opponent }:
           ) : (
             ""
           )}
-          <Button onClick={newSubnet}>New Subnet</Button>
+          <Box className={classes.inlineFlexBox}>
+            <Button onClick={showScoreExplanation}>Score Explanation</Button>
+            <Button onClick={newSubnet}>New Subnet</Button>
+          </Box>
         </div>
       </>
     </Modal>