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		hnthrowaway0328 on March 17, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Play Renju In China it is called 五子棋, I used to play a lot with my friends on paper during class XD

fsnowdin on March 18, 2024 | [–]

That's the vanilla Gomoku / 五目並べ without limitations for Black. The Renju version is called 連珠 in Japan.

ngcc_hk on March 17, 2024 | [–]

Actually it is not. That is the improved version of it with additional rules to try to avoid black always win.

hnthrowaway0328 on March 17, 2024 | [–]

Oh this is really nice. Sorry I will take a deeper dive.

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