Go

• KGS Go tutorial

  • All tutored up! (I still suck.) --- SteveKillen 2010-04-22 18:02:21

• According to BPT, everything one could possibly need to learn go

Go match records with people in meatspace

RISK

• http://warfish.net/: play-by-email RISK, with map and rules variants galore. Send SteveKillen an email if you want to join a game!

• I'm currently designing a /WarOfTheRing map for warfish using Chris Guerette's excellent PDF map of Middle Earth.

Nethack

• An ASCII dungeon crawl that is easy to win...once you know how to play. (The fun's in the learning.) You can play it on your computer alone, but why do that when you can play it on http://nethack.alt.org/? PuTTY is a good Windows client to connect with.

• The Nethack Wiki is a great resource for learning the ins and outs of ascension (and not dying, for that matter).

• SteveKillen is currently on his first serious attempt at ascension with a Val Dwa Fem Law. Last save: in Sokoban 3a. Fjear! ...yeah, he died. Closest he's been is maybe a level 11 Barbarian who just started his quest. But Nethack must make room for a new hotness:

Minecraft

http://www.minecraft.net/

Works in Linux with the Sun JVM and a short script. Well worth the €9.99 (~$13.50), even as alpha.

Pics you'll find on Google. But why look at images when you can play it yourself? Seeing a tutorial or two on YouTube is recommended tho'.

Settlers of Catan

Catan's great. I haven't explored the add-ons yet, though.

Carcassonne

A fast-paced tile placement game.

Bridge

More of an intimation of a hint of an inkling of an urge to to learn to play than any concrete desire yet. Anyone up for it?

Canasta

O Canasta, game of my peoples. (Well, my family, anyway.)