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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I wanted to learn how to play after watching a few dozen episodes of Hikaru no Go, but it's such an obtuse game. Chess I can understand, but Go has a level of strategy that my mind just can't grasp.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

That's the great thing tho, the rules are very simple, anyone can pick up how to play. Then the strategy has so many layers that people can devote a lifetime of study to it, and it can become quite a psychological battle of wills between the two players in a way. But you can enjoy it right from the beginning without all that. And the handicap system means a game between players of very different skill can still be fun. Man I need to get back into playing go!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

+1 for Hikaru no Go

Bought a Go set and brought to chess club; that went well lol

Read the Janice Kim books from her Learn to Play Go series and played some online

In the end stopped playing from lack of local players; now I play various other board games instead