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Posted by Gwil on Fri Dec 22nd at 1:31am 2006

Does anyone play the boardgame "Go" - or other "unusual" board games, for that matter? I saw Go on TV this afternoon and was reminded of it, always thought it was complex as a kid - hooked on it as of this afternoon

I've tried my hand at Chess and was terrible at it, Go seems a little more balanced and less "pre set" than chess. As it happens I also learnt how to play Backgammon whilst on a train for 3 days last autumn. Anyone else play unusual board/card games regularly? Or even Go! we should meet up for a game if you do

edit: not heard of Go? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_%28board_game%29




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Posted by Crono on Fri Dec 22nd at 2:58am 2006

I still don't understand how to play Go for the most part. I've played it before but it's such a complex an open game. Partially because it ends when the players agree that it ends.

Also, while studying AI, I found a sort of higher appreciation for Chess. I'm not good at it by any means, but it's a much more engaging game than Go for the very fact that there are ways to annihilate the other person without them seeing it coming. Which is very difficult to do in Go.


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Posted by Captain P on Fri Dec 22nd at 8:33am 2006

I never played Go but I did some Pente during an AI assignment. I've played a lot of Chess and Checkers when I was younger, really enjoyable games. I'm not really a board-gamer anymore though, apart from the occasional Colonists of Catan game. But that involves much more randomness due to the dices, so yeah. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">


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Posted by reaper47 on Fri Dec 22nd at 2:17pm 2006

I love Othello. I think it was made by a mathematician who found Go to be too unbalanced or something. I had it as a Gameboy game when I was a young boy and liked it as much as Tetris. I actually programmed a decent Othello AI in C++ once as a learning Project.


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Posted by amanderino on Sat Dec 23rd at 3:55pm 2006

I've never played Go, but I've played Othello. Chess is my favorite, though.



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Posted by Jinx on Sat Dec 23rd at 4:03pm 2006

Used to love Pente.

Never thought of it before now, but Bejeweled and some of those other matching games are probably inspired by it.



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Posted by fishy on Sat Dec 23rd at 4:23pm 2006

I've never heard of Go, but chess is a great game, if you can find an opponent that's about as good at it as you are.


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Posted by OtZman on Sat Dec 23rd at 5:07pm 2006

Go is pretty popular in Japan, right? Think there's a popular anime about it... I tried to learn it once, reading rules ect on the net, but never really understood it. Chess is also fun.

Other than that I mostly play micro stakes no limit hold'em poker online, but I guess that doesn't qualify as an unusual game. Anyone else here playing/trying to play poker seriously?



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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Dec 23rd at 6:19pm 2006

I dearly love "Trivial Pursuit".. All versions.

Tis the only board game I currently have.

I am pretty good at Chess BTW, for anyone interested in starting a game.





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Posted by rs6 on Sun Dec 24th at 12:57am 2006

I enjoy playing chess, but absolutely suck at it.



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Posted by Jinx on Sun Dec 24th at 1:01am 2006

ugh, I'm terrible at Trivial Pursuit. I don't know enough random garbage to be any good at it ;x



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Posted by FatStrings on Sun Dec 24th at 1:35am 2006

Go was used to train military commanders in Japan I'm pretty sure, I used to know how to play it, hmm... /me looks for Go for computer



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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Dec 24th at 1:47am 2006

I think we should attempt to find a free online chess game.

I found this one. If anyone finds another, please post it. Or try this one to see how well it is.





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Posted by FatStrings on Sun Dec 24th at 1:51am 2006

http://www.xs4all.nl/~arnoudlf/turbogo5.zip
that's a download of Go!, dunno how well it works cuz i'm waiting till i get to a faster connection to download it



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Posted by mazemaster on Sun Dec 24th at 2:44am 2006

Go is my favorite board strategy game. Unfortunately I dont know many other people that play, and there aren't good bots for Go like there are for chess. The best bots are about as good as someone who has only played for a couple months )-:.


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Posted by Crono on Sun Dec 24th at 3:04am 2006

If anyone made a good AI Go player, they'd be a millionaire in any denomination.
There are many other applications for the type of system in Go.


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Posted by OtZman on Sun Dec 24th at 7:15am 2006

? quoting mazemaster
Go is my favorite board strategy game. Unfortunately I dont know many other people that play, and there aren't good bots for Go like there are for chess. The best bots are about as good as someone who has only played for a couple months )-:.

I think I read somewhere that there are Go networks/servers online where players play, at different skill levels. If I remember correctly there even exist those where you can win/lose money. I did a quick google search and found this: http://gobase.org/information/go-online/

Might be something...




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Posted by DrGlass on Wed Dec 27th at 6:05pm 2006

I've been playing lots of chess in college recently, found that I'm quite good (compared to my art student friends I mean). I'd love to play some online chess if anyone is intrested.

Stratego (sp?) is a really fun game. Its like chess but the identiy of all your pecies is hidden.

Never played Go, but wanted to learn after seeing "A beautiful Mind"




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