Five in a row, the Vietnamese blocked-ends rule, board sizes and common rule variants.
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.
Gomoku Rules
Why gomoku is played on 15×15, how 19×19 and paper boards differ, and how letters and numbers name every point so you can read and record games.
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.
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