Go

Believed to be over 2,500 years old, Go is one of the oldest known board games still played today. Originating in ancient China, it was once used to teach balance, patience, and strategic foresight to scholars and generals. The game’s simple rules hide a near-infinite depth of possibility, making it a timeless symbol of human intellect and intuition.

Because it distilled infinite strategy into a handful of simple rules. It mirrored the universe order from emptiness, pattern from chaos, teaching patience and foresight long before computers could calculate possibility.

Players take turns placing black or white stones on a grid, aiming to surround territory while capturing their opponent’s stones. Victory comes through subtlety reading the flow of space rather than relying on brute force.

Go has inspired mathematicians, philosophers, and mystics alike. It represents the meeting point between order and chaos, simplicity and complexity, a mirror of the human mind before the rise of machines.