Go

[Beirut]

Anyone here play Go?

I recently picked it up and started playing 9x9 vs the computer. It whooped me for a while but I'm getting the hang of it, though 19x19 would be way harder to handle. It's about 100x better as a war simulation than chess, since you actually form your troops into battle lines and have to plug gaps and such. Ofter ends up with a nifty pattern too:

There was a History Channel show about Sun-Tzu and they said his strategies were more from Go than from Chess.

That's it. Just thought I'd mention.

(I guess you can find Go on a free download, eh?)

[Sasaki Kojiro]

There was a History Channel show about Sun-Tzu and they said his strategies were more from Go than from Chess.

That's it. Just thought I'd mention.

(I guess you can find Go on a free download, eh?)

Yeah I can see that. "only move diagonally" isn't a good war plan

I'm using igowin which is a free program:

http://www.smart-games.com/igowin.html

[Pannonian]

That site also links to a mahjong solitaire game. Which reminds me. I'd like a game of Mahjong where I play against 3 AIs, preferably configurable with different rulesets.

[Beefy187]

I prefer Japanese Chess (Shogi). That I am pretty decent at.
I can barely win against the AI in Go at 9x9 (Won once, lost six times)

I won a couple at online though but that was back when anime called "Hikaru no Go" came out and everyone said "hey Gos cool! Lets all play" so half the people had have just started playing.

[pevergreen]

I prefer Japanese Chess (Shogi). That I am pretty decent at.

I'll beat you one day! I swear it!

[Beefy187]

I'll beat you one day! I swear it!

I did lose shogi against a hardcore chess guy in his second try...
I was ing for a few hours.

[Csargo]

That site also links to a mahjong solitaire game. Which reminds me. I'd like a game of Mahjong where I play against 3 AIs, preferably configurable with different rulesets.

Do you know a good website that I could go to, so I could learn how to play? I'm having trouble finding one if you could help I'd appreciate it.

[Pannonian]

Do you know a good website that I could go to, so I could learn how to play? I'm having trouble finding one if you could help I'd appreciate it.

Try this and this. I learned it from watching, and referencing parallels to card games like poker - runs, sets of three, etc. It requires knowledge of the Chinese/kanji characters for 1-9, and the four compass directions, but that's not a lot to memorise.

Played igowin earlier on 11 kyu, and sacrificed 1 piece in order to take 10. Rather proud of that. Copy into a text file, rename it as a .sgf file, then open in Drago. Move 45 is the sacrifice.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

(;GM[1]FF[4]VW[]AP[Igo for Windows]SZ[9]ST[1]KM[0]RU[Japanese]
HA[0]PW[Igo for windows]
PB[Human]
C[Human strength is 11 Kyu. Computer playing at level 3]
;B[dc]
;W[cg]
;B[de]
;W[be]
;B[bc]
;W[eg]
;B[fe]
;W[fh]
;B[he]
;W[bh]
;B[gc]
;W[cd]
;B[cc]
;W[gg]
;B[hf]
;W[hg]
;B[ig]
;W[ih]
;B[if]
;W[hi]
;B[gf]
;W[ff]
;B[ef]
;W[dd]
;B[fg]
;W[dg]
;B[ff]
;W[ed]
;B[ce]
;W[bd]
;B[ec]
;W[fd]
;B[gd]
;W[fc]
;B[fb]
;W[ac]
;B[bf]
;W[bg]
;B[cf]
;W[af]
;B[ab]
;W[eh]
;B[ee]
;W[df]
;B[ae]
;W[ad]
;B[ae]
;W[ag]
;B[bd]
;W[tt]
;B[tt]
)