cgoban is an interface to NNGS, IGS and other go servers, allowing one to play go against human opponents. NNGS runs on linux, but doesn't have as many users as IGS, which runs NT.

go is probably the deepest strategy game ever conceived, giving both hemispheres of your brain a real workout. The rules are quite simple, but it takes a lifetime to master the game.

Chess master Lasker has been quoted as saying that go is deeper than chess.

There are other interfaces to the go servers that run on unix, but cgoban is probably the best at the time of this writing (3/13/99).

If you need a lot of explosions to have fun then go probably isn't for you, but if you, for example, enjoy a life-and-death race to see who captures whom first, you might really like go.

License: free