Hi,
A my friend Rico Trebeljahr built this digital version of Tiao, a two-player turn based strategy board game. Think Checkers meets Go. It's free, runs in the browser, has multiplayer, AI, over the board mode and a lot of other neat things. The source is on GitHub (AGPL).
The game was originally designed by me. I created the rules and have been playtesting and refining the game design for years. Rico built a website for it. The core in about 2 weeks using TypeScript, Next.js, Express, Websockets, and MongoDB. Fully dockerized, deployed on a Hetzner VPS with Coolify. Authentication with better-auth. Real-time gameplay, ELO matchmaking, OpenPanel analytics, and a fully functional achievements system.
Play it: https://playtiao.com Source: https://github.com/trebeljahr/tiao
Happy to answer questions about the tech, the game design, or anything else.
My hope is that more people will play this game because I think it is genuinely fun and would be cool to one day see people play this on a Go board or on their phones/computers.
Have a good one.