Go
Not enough people play go. Most people don’t even know what it is. Go is an elegant board game, easier to learn than chess, but harder to master. The rules are very simple, however, the number of possible combinations of the game are exponentially greater than chess. The number of possible go games is: 2.08168199382 × 10 to the power of 170! It is likely the most complex game of all time, meaning that Deep Blue wouldn’t stand a chance if it were playing a strong go player.
Go is a game of territory; the object is to secure more territory by the end of the game than your opponent. I’ve wrangled up the Top Ten Reasons to Play Go, in an effort to find more folk to compete with me. I also found a good NY Times article on the wonder of go.
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