Gomoku
Five in a row wins.
Line up five of your stones in a row before your opponent manages to.
Play gomoku online free — five in a row
Gomoku, five in a row, playable right here. Two players share one device and take turns placing stones; the first to line up five in any direction wins. Free, no sign-up, and it keeps working offline once the page has loaded.
Free-style rules: five or more in a row wins for either colour, and there are no forbidden openings.
Gomoku is a web extra — the PartyAt app is a collection of party games for one phone, from a bomb-passing game to bingo, dice and roulette, for up to a hundred players.
Jinsi ya kucheza
- Set up a grid board (traditionally 15x15, sometimes 19x19); the first player takes black stones, the second takes white.
- Taking turns, each player places one of their own stones on an empty intersection.
- Once placed, a stone never moves and is never captured.
- The first player to line up five of their own stones in a row — horizontally, vertically, or diagonally — wins.
- If the board fills up with nobody making five in a row, it's a draw.
Jinsi ya kushinda
Whoever lines up five of their own stones in a row first — horizontally, vertically, or diagonally — wins. If the board fills up with no five in a row, it's a draw.
Vidokezo
- Black moves first and, with no forbidden moves, has a known winning strategy. Swap who goes first each game to keep it fair.
- An open three — three in a row with both ends free — is the core tactic: the opponent can only block one end, so you get a four next turn.
- A double three — two open threes crossing at one stone — cannot both be blocked. That fork is what most wins come down to.
- Open near the centre. The closer to an edge you play, the fewer directions remain in which a five can ever form.
Maswali yanayoulizwa sana
- Does six or more in a row (an overline) still count as a win?
- Under casual freestyle rules, an "overline" of six or more in a row usually still counts as a win. Official Renju rules are stricter, though, and forbid the first player (black) from winning with certain moves, including overlines.
- Does going first or second give you an advantage?
- The first player (black) is considered to have the advantage. That's why official Renju rules add forbidden moves for black to keep things fair — but casual play usually skips those restrictions.
Inapong'aa zaidi
Pitisheni simu moja na chezeni katika nyakati kama hizi.
- Just the two of youHead-to-head while you wait.
- Anywhere, offlineNo wifi, no signal? No problem.
