The Hillandale Go Club was a Chapter of the American Go Association (www.usgo.org). All Go players in the Washington DC/Baltimore/Frederick/NOVA region were welcome to play for free. In addition to the regular Thursday night meetings, it sponsored GO outreach programs throughout the area.

The Long Branch Strategy Games Club was formed in February 2003. It offered an environment where many different types of games were taught and played. The club games included Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride, Settlers of Catan, Go, Chess, Mancala, Lost Cities, Quinto, Cartagena, and more. The club served all of the community by providing something for everyone. Participation was also free and open to the public.

    The Hillandale Go Club started in October 1998. The first site was the Grand China restaurant in the Hillandale Shopping Center. In 1999, the Washington DC area Shogi Group met with us every other week. The Shogi organizer is Larry Kaufman, at Lkaufman@wizard.net. In June 2000, the club moved to the Shoney's restaurant across the street. In January 2001, the Shogi players committed all of their Thursdays to the Hillandale site. The club collects no dues, but donations are appreciated. During the Summer of 2001, the Shogi group moved to Potomac MD and the Go/Shogi partnership was dissolved. In the fall of 2001, the club returned to its former location. The Chinese restaurant had been newly renovated and its name was changed to the Viet Palace restaurant. In January 2003, the club moved to the Long Branch Community Center in Silver Spring MD where it evolved into the Long Branch Strategy Games Club.

    The program closed on 9/30/2008. The club had met at the Long Branch Community Center, 8700 Piney Branch Rd, Silver Spring, MD (between Flower Avenue and University Blvd). The schedule was every Thursday from 630 PM to 900 PM.

    Contact John Goon at 301-613-8297(cell), 301-394-4288(Office), or spineyone@gmail.com.

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