| User | Rating | Min. Age | Adults Too | Comment |
| Shade_Jon | 10 | | | Perfection in a game, especialy since you can give kids a handicap. If they learn Go, they are learning life. |
| boltongeordie | 8 | 10 | Yes | Excellent for teaching strategic thought and the ability to play on a 9x9 board and with handicaps makes this better for teaching than Chess in some respects. However, be warned, Go is very deep and while it a threat in Chess can be pointed out very easily (Look, I can take you if you move there), it takes time and experience to recognise a strong or weak position in Go. |
| duchamp | 8 | 10 | Yes | Start on a 9 x 9 board, if your kid already knows and likes some other abstracts. |
| Mark | 8 | 5 | Some | A game with a long learning curve, but can still be enjoyed by newbies while they're learning. One of the best games in existence, in my opinion, but not for everyone, since it takes a significant investment of time to get good at it. I have been told that kids as young as 5 can start to learn this game, but I would think at least a few years older might be better. For those willing to commit to it, Go can be very rewarding.
An excellent Go tutorial: http://playgo.to/interactive |
| Thommy8 | 7 | | | I think you have got to be really committed if you are going to try to teach your children Go and get them to really understand and appreciate it. This one is going to take a lot of time, and not just be something to pick up every once in a while for a quick, fun time. |
| jtyoshi14 | 6 | | | |
| shawndumas | 6 | 9 | Yes | Pre-teens and teens are not likely to enjoy. No half naked women, gore, cursing, or morbidity. |
| helenoftroy | 5 | | | I find this game extremely too difficult to teach children even though it is a very good game. I have to use a strategy book myself just to grasp the concepts. |
| wmshub | 5 | | | Although go is my favorite game, I can't recommend it as a children's game. Yes, young children can become very strong at go. And yes, once you learn it, it can be a fantastic lifelong intellectual hobby. But it is very difficult for newcomers to learn the game on their own, so if a newcomer tried to learn the game and teach their children at the same time, it would probably be very frustrating for everybody.
If you are really determined to teach your children, then my advice is to learn on your own first, play enough so that you really have a good start in strategy and you are a decent player, then teach your children.
(If you are already an experienced player, then of course, by all means teach your children! But in that case, you already know this, so you don't need me to tell you.) |
| Yollege | 4 | 7 | Yes | Have tried first capture Go with my son, and he did not enjoy it very much. |