I’ve been having fun playing custom small-board games with NZ rules. Didn’t experience a single scoring glitch or any bad experiences with other players for all 100+ games. One unfortunate thing I did observe is that most people don’t notice when they get handicap stones, so they play one then sit there waiting for their 5 minute timer to run out.
While I’ll probably do a few more 13x13s before the contest is over, I’m going to be satisfied just qualifying in the 9x9 division.
Especially after playing this handicap 3 game to a tie!