A Teaching Go Variant: Lead Go

[Bill Spight]

Do you use pass stones? (OC, if you only have to capture 1 stone, then you are playing a form of no pass go.)

Correct, we don't pass stones; we don't pass anything -- whoever captures first wins;
so for some beginners, with a bit of instruction, they figure out to just play certain solid shapes, which quickly leads to a tie (no pass Go, yes ).

Quickly leads to a tie? Doesn't Black have an advantage with no passes?

BTW, the main point of using pass stones is that when you play Capture-N, where N > 1, the territory concept is still like regular go.

[EdLee]

Then he moves on to Zaru-Go

I like zaru soba.