Go!

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 :razz:

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 :smile:

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

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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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. :smile:

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

Used to love Pente.

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

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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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">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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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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I enjoy playing chess, but absolutely suck at it.

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

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

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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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

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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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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mazemaster said:
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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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"