Where do we meet?
On Wednesday evenings from 6:30pm, we meet in the John Dedman building at the Australian National University. This is the Maths Department (positioned behind the Manning Clarke Lecture Theatre), building 27 on the campus map. We're usually in the tea room or otherwise in JD102.
Saturday afternoons from roughly 1:30pm we meet inside King O'Malley's Pub in Civic. (Chess is played outside.)
What is Go?
Go is an addictive board game of deep strategy and skill rather than chance. The rules are very simple; for a practical introduction see the Interactive Way to Go.
The game originated in China a few thousand years ago. It is called the National game of Japan, and is extremely popular in Korea as well. Many professional players live in these countries, but the game is also played worldwide. A recent boost in popularity has resulted from the Hikaru no Go manga and anime.
Can Go be played on a computer?
Part of the fascination of this game is that no computer program exists that can play strong Go on the normal sized board. However, playing 9x9 games against a computer running Igowin is a fun way for beginners to quickly learn many tactics of Go.
If you can't come to the Go club (like on a monday), another way to play real people is using online go servers such as IGS or KGS (the latter being more suited to English speaking beginners). There are good sources of information online, such as Sensei's Library or GoBase.org.