Renju
Renju, also called Five in a Row, is a traditional Chinese board game. The first player to form an continuous chain of five pieces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally wins the game.
Rules
There are 6 rules to choose from in the app:
1. Ancient Rule
The origin rule that was made thousands years ago. The first player who forms five pieces in a row wins.
2. Swap
When 3 pieces on the board, the second player can choose to swap to play as white piece or remain as black piece.
- Overline is not restricted, and does not counted.
3. Black Forbidden Moves
The second player (black piece) cannot play forbidden moves that includes
- Double Three
- Double Four
- Overline
4. Yamaguchi Opening Rule
Developed by Japanese player Yusui Yamaguchi. The game must follow the sequence of moves on opening:
- The first player (tentative black) puts one of the 26 openings and declares how many 5th moves will be offered in that game.
- The next player (tentative white) has a right to swap.
- The white player puts the 4th move anywhere on the board.
- The black player puts as many 5th moves on the board as it was declared before (symmetrical moves not allowed).
- The white player chooses one 5th from these offerings and plays the 6th move. Then follow the "Black Forbidden Moves" rules.
5. Soosõrv Opening Rule
- 索索夫規則: (Soosõrv Rule) 2017世界盃開始採用的職業規則。 Developed by Estonian player Ants Soosõrv. The game must follow the sequence of moves on opening:
- The first player puts one of the 26 openings.
- The other player has the right to swap.
- The white player puts the 4th move anywhere on board and declares whether there will be 1, 2, 3 or 4 fifth moves offered in the game.
- The other player has a right to swap.
- The black player puts as many 5th moves on the board as it was declared before. The fifth moves can not be symmetrical.
- The white player chooses one 5th from these offerings and plays the 6th move. Then follow the "Black Forbidden Moves" rules.
6. Connect 6
Introduced in 2003 by Profession I-Chen Wu.
At opening the first player (black) place one piece on the board. After that, each player place two pieces in their turn. The first player gets 6 pieces in a row wins.
