If you're interested in learning the classical Asian game of Go, widely regarded as the pinnacle of elegant game design, the Portland (Oregon) Go Club is teaching beginners are local libraries:
Back at the turn of the century, the game of Go was dying out in Japan. A manga called Hikaru no Go managed to single-handedly rekindle interest in the game among the youth of Japan.
Movies where people play games usually get it deeply wrong. For example, the Go board in A Beautiful Mind makes no sense. Hikaru no Go did a clever thing: the games shown are historical games between experts.
@nyrath@peterdrake "The Queen's Gambit" brought in Kasparov and a couple of other chess masters to consult; then wrote some of their favorite games into the script.
@nyrath Go has a LONG history, of course. The oldest (partial) game record is from around 200 CE. Some famous games include the Ear-Reddening Game, the Blood-Vomiting Game, and the Atomic Bomb Game, which was interrupted (but not stopped!) by the bombing of Hiroshima.
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