| If you find it difficult to get out of the house, and don't | | | | There are other games besides Bridge or Chess that |
| have many visitors, it's important to keep your mind | | | | you can play online. |
| active, and one way to do that is of course to play | | | | For example, Go. |
| games that require a little mind work, such as bridge, or | | | | The game is far more complex than chess, here's the |
| even chess. | | | | description of it: |
| You can learn how to play games online, play games | | | | "Go is an ancient board game for two players, |
| against a computer, or even better, against real people. | | | | considered by many to be the ultimate abstract |
| Bridge | | | | strategy game. Invented in China around 3,000 years |
| If you want to learn how to play bridge, try: It does | | | | ago, it is probably the oldest game that has been |
| cost $7 a month, but there's a host of things to do | | | | continuously played in basically the same form. Though |
| there, from learning the game to playing against | | | | its rules are simple, the large number of possible |
| computers. When you feel confident in your skill, you | | | | moves each turn make it far more complex than |
| can also play against real people. | | | | chess." |
| The experts choice for online bridge --or so they | | | | And here's another site that teaches you how to play: |
| themselves claim– is | | | | (It'll ask you if you want to install a language pack. Don't |
| Here again you can play against people of all levels. | | | | bother, you won't need it.) However, although the |
| This site costs money as well, $99 per year, which is | | | | default language is English, you can always click a |
| only about 28 cents a day. Not too bad. | | | | button to get the instructions in Spanish, German, |
| Chess | | | | French and 30 other languages, including those in Cyrillic |
| If you already know how to play chess - or checkers! | | | | alphabets. |
| - why not give this site a try. You can play against the | | | | Gambling |
| computer, against real people right away, against other | | | | Online gambling is now illegal in the United States, and |
| people (called correspondence games - you do this via | | | | frankly I'd like to advise you that even if it weren't illegal, |
| email) and so on. It's a lot of fun. You can play here for | | | | not to do it. There are plenty of challenging games for |
| free. | | | | you to play - and indeed you can find sites to play |
| Another place to play is at: | | | | bridge for money. You want to play skill games, not |
| And if you need lessons on how to play chess, here's | | | | games of chance! So stay away from gambling sites, |
| one site. | | | | please! |