Gomoku (Five in a Row)is played on a 19 by 19 Go-bord, which is quite large. But very few games will use the entire board. The object of the board game is to get five stones in a row, be it horizontal, vertical or diagonal. You must notice that six in a row do not win, such a construction is called an overline. In that case the game just goes on. Of course the game can end in a draw, if the players agree, or in the very rare case the whole board is full of stones while no player has five in a row.

五子棋是一种两人对弈的纯策略型棋类游戏,是起源于中国古代的传统黑白棋种之一。发展于日本,流行于欧美。容易上手,老少皆宜,而且趣味横生,引人入胜;不仅能增强思维能力,提高智力,而且富含哲理,有助于修身养性。