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About the game

Play Gomoku (five in a row) online

Line up exactly five stones in a row before your rival does.

Play Gomoku, or five in a row, free in your browser: the computer, a friend on one screen, or someone online. Get exactly five in a row to win.

Play vs the computer, or pass the phone to a friend, or play someone online. Free, in your browser, no sign-up.

How to play Gomoku

  1. 1Pick who you’re playing: the computer, a friend online with a room code, a friend on the same screen, or someone new with Quick match.
  2. 2Tap where two lines cross to put one of your stones there.
  3. 3Take turns, one stone each.
  4. 4Line up exactly five of your stones in a row, across, down or slanted, to win.
  5. 5Six or more in a row doesn't win, so play goes on.

Rules

  • Gomoku, also called Gobang or five in a row, is played on a 13×13 board, one stone per turn on any empty point.
  • Exactly five of your stones in a row wins: across, down or diagonal.
  • Six or more in a row doesn't win, and the game goes on.
  • No other restrictions: either player may make any line.
  • If the board fills up and nobody has exactly five, it's a draw.