Gomoku Rules
Does six in a row win at gomoku? How freestyle, standard gomoku, renju and caro treat overlines, why the rule exists, and when it affects a real game.
Gomoku Rules
Every way a gomoku game can end, from a winning five to resignation, a full board, running out of time and leaving an online game, and when each one happens.
Gomoku Rules
Everything you need to start playing gomoku: the 15×15 board, who moves first, what counts as five in a row, and how blocked-ends and freestyle rules differ.
Gomoku Rules
Freestyle gomoku and Vietnamese blocked-ends caro side by side: the one rule that separates them, how it changes attack and defence, and which to start with.
Caro in Vietnam
In Vietnam, gomoku is known as caro and is one of the most familiar casual games. Where it is played, how the local rules differ and why it has stayed so popula
Gomoku Rules
In Vietnamese caro a five blocked at both ends does not win. What counts as blocked, why the rule exists, and how it changes both attack and defence.