It's been 25 years since I last played GO...

[dave]

Infact it's been that long sice I learnned the game. I picked it up one afternoon, when a co-worker on a summer job showed me how to play.

Since then, a lack of other players, and a lack of any Go representation in the rural area where I live has lead to me letting drop.

Now I have 7 and 10 year old daughters who are both interested to learn the game.

Any recomendations on where and what to get as equipment, how to teach and learn, good reading for a new player, etc would be most welcome.

cheers,
--dave

[Chew Terr]

Welcome! Good luck, I hope you and your daughters enjoy the game! As far as cheap learning sets go, the cheapest you can get is printing a (starting with 9*9) board off the internet and using glass aquarium beads. Book-wise, I recommend learning with Janice Kim's Learn to Play Go series. Alternatively, the Second Book of Go and Jonathan Hop (Yithril, on this forum)'s So You Want To Play Go Volume One are both good options. I would say, start with volume one of Janice Kim's, and then choose any of the three after that.

[Stable]

Hello! Hope you have a good time re-learning the game!
You could check out this pdf from the British Go Association: http://www.britgo.org/files/teachbeginners.pdf
Also I recommend the site http://playgo.to/iwtg/en/ which is how I learned to play properly!

[topazg]

Welcome, and have fun

For online resources:

Interactive Tutorial: http://playgo.to/iwtg/
Further resources: http://senseis.xmp.net/
Playing online (real time): http://www.gokgs.com/
Playing online (correspondence): http://www.online-go.com/ and http://www.dragongoserver.net/

[gowan]

Infact it's been that long sice I learnned the game. I picked it up one afternoon, when a co-worker on a summer job showed me how to play.

Since then, a lack of other players, and a lack of any Go representation in the rural area where I live has lead to me letting drop.

Now I have 7 and 10 year old daughters who are both interested to learn the game.

Any recomendations on where and what to get as equipment, how to teach and learn, good reading for a new player, etc would be most welcome.

cheers,
--dave

There are now many places to buy go equipment, mostly on line. The following are all popular, well recommended sources where you can buy inexpensive sets through "work of art" sets depending on your budget:

http://www.kiseido.com
http://www.yutopian.com
http://www.ymimports.com (yellow mountain imports)
http://www.shodanimports.com
http://www.kurokigoishi.co.jp/english/index.html

There are also lots more books for beginners than there were 25 years ago. Some of those have already been recommended by others. I like Peter Shotwell's Go: More than a Game. Also, you can learn a lot from the beginners' section of http://senseis.xmp.net (Senseis Library). You can also take lessons online from any number of teachers, even some pros!

[Joaz Banbeck]

Wow! You've gone 25 years without losing a game. That's better than most of us.

If you want to continue that streak, get a copy of Kageyama's 'Fundamental Lessons in Go"