I shouldn't have stopped at 98.
truly, the thing I love about Go is two things. Firstly, the handicap system means you can play a good game between neophytes and high-dan players, it's mutual. Secondly, its built on such simple foundations. No horsey-horsey-moves.
Thirdly, even innumerate people who can't count to 3 can play it. You're playing a game substantively unchanged from before chess