Lose me. Hate me. Smash me. Erase me. Kill me.

[lucilu]

I've noticed over the years that I seem to have an undying love for something that came to me just over the last few weekends. I love classic, black-and-white, 2 player boardgames

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[theuns]

There was a Go grand master who commented that, the more he thought about it, the more he realised that life was just a simplified version of Go.

[Incidentally, the complexity of a full game of Go is too high to make it tractable to normal computer player approaches.]

[lucilu]

Funny, that. :)

I find that Go is far too much of a social game to really make it into a computer game. There is something appealing about sitting on a nice comfy pillow on the weekend while playing a long game of Go with someone, over a nice cup of tea/coffee/alcoholic beverage.

[happyevilslosh]

I taught myself go a week ago coincidentally. It seemed ok, not really my cup of tea, there was too much strategy. I imagine it would be a simpler game to provide the pieces/board for than something like shogi or chess tho.

[lucilu]

Hehe. I guess I like strategy quite a lot :) I can see why it wouln't be some people's thing though. It's a game that takes a lot of thinking and practice..

[lucilu]

Wicked :) Thanks a lot! I'll have to check it out.

[sethop]

Cool, we should play! I seem to only play Go about once every couple of years, so you'll probably thrash me. I'm much better at Chess and Backgammon, tho out of practice at both.

[lucilu]

I'll be glad to play you. :)

... When you're home, which will be the next blue moon, right? ;)

[sethop]

Well, given that I'm home at least once or *twice* in a blue moon, maybe we should set up a Go board somewhere. I don't actually have one - how about you?

[lucilu]

I don't have one either, but apparently they're not hard to find.

[carneeki]

I met Suzi over a game of Go. :)

Another great two player black and white game (well, two teamed) is "Thud!".

I haven't played very much, but we should play soon....