Does anyone know which games on LG are the most popular? Chess, Go, Twixt, or something else.

I only play Twixt because that is the only thing I'm any good at. I never heard of most of these games.

This “tournament page”:http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/tournament/index.jsp shows how many people are entered in the various “championship” tournaments, which gives a rough measure of popularity.

It would appear that GO is the go to game :)
Alas, I have no idea how to play it :(

There are many ways to follow up to a statement like that:

1) Neither so a lot of the people signed up for the tournament, looking at the checkerboard patterns they paint in the endgame and ultimate suicides they line up for themselves.
2) I know how to play! Alas I haven't got a clue how to play well!
3) Popularity proves nothing - more people listen to Justin Bieber than to Allan Holdsworth.
4) …

btw: If holdsworth play board games, we'd be screwed

btw: If holdsworth play board games, we'd be screwed

mtbikesman, if you're a Twixt player then I guess you'll want to have a look at the other connection games such as Hex, Havannah and Slither. If you sign up for the championships, you'll start in the lowest division and have plenty of winnable games.

Before joining LG there were plenty of games I'd never played, but over time I've registered for everything. There are still plenty of games I'm not particularly good at (mostly the connection games above…), but there's nothing wrong with losing games and learning from it.

Nothing wrong???

What about ruining my 1500 virginity ???

As Martyn, before LG I just knew Chess and Go, maybe Hex.

You can read the rules on wikipedia and enjoy (-;

@kpato Virginity is over-estimated.

Losing your 1500 virginity is not as daunting as it seems, I promise. Wikipedia and Google contain lots of advice, failing that you could just hope to win a few games on time :o)