text: what is your favorite board game? this question once again! we're bored. even though catchphrase rules, we need some other ideas. go (the game, not the verb) is the ultimate board game. i used to be a big chess fan, but since i (re)discovered go, chess seems like a waste of time.  go is a truly amazing game: it's one of the oldest in the world (about 4000 years), it's very easy to learn (takes less than 30 minutes), but it takes many years to reach a high level, and here's the kicker:  any moderately good amateur player (which you can become in about 1 or 2 years) can easily beat the best go programs running on the fastest computers in the world!! so it is one area where the human brain totally humiliates all the computing power in the world and the best algorithms that people designed so far!  go also has a handicap system, allowing players with different strenth to play against each other with equal chances. and most of all, go is beautiful :)  here are some sites about go: http://www.kiseido.com/ http://senseis.xmp.net/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/go_(board_game)