Go is still a great game. One of its best features is a built in handicap mechanism.
I taught my daughter today, and after each game I game her an additional stone as handicap until she began to win. This means that we can have a challenging game together.
If only all games worked so well for any skill level.
Yehuda
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If you haven't already, check out New Rules for Classic Games (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/10904). It's got a great chapter about handicapping, giving suggestions for how you can build handicaps into regular games. For example, you can let the weaker player use a dictionary in Scrabble.
I have it. It is an excellent book. I also have A Gamut of Games, by Sid Sackson. Two books I wish I had when I was young.
Yehuda
Me too! I totally agree. All those years of playing suboptimal games...
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