The Beginner's Leaflet

I have written a short leaflet for complete beginners on how to play Go, available as a PDF file.

It is designed to be printed using both sides of a single piece of A4 paper, which is then folded down the middle.

So when you view the PDF file go leaflet colour.pdf, you see two pages on a single sheet: 4 and 1, followed by 2 and 3.

Version 36 (10/01/10)

Download: go leaflet colour.pdf (PDF format, 210K) 

For best results, set 'Page Scaling' to None, turn 'Auto-Rotate and Center' off, and turn 'Choose Paper Source by PDF page size' on (if you have those options)

Download: go leaflet colour.zip (Zipped MS Publisher 2003 format, 215K) 

Be careful when printing double-sided - on some sytems you should rotate the paper before putting it back into the printer, and on others you should not.

Due to space limitations, I have used a counting system equivalent, I believe, to ancient counting.

I am not suggesting people who already know how to play Go change their rules to these, it is simply that trying to explain any other counting system takes up too much space.

If anyone ever says to me "I learnt Go using your leaflet and I think its rules are wrong," then I will be pleased to know that this leaflet has taught somebody about Go.  

Comments and suggestions to - daniel.gilder@ntlworld.com