It's a great way to engage with teammates over virtual team-building sessions. If you like competition, you can organize a private tournament with different modes such as Single Elimination, Double Elimination, Swiss, Round Robin, or casual. Therefore is preferable to play an even number of games, alternating the first player. The player who starts has a slight advantage over the opponent. The goal is to align 5 checkers of the same color, vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. Once placed, the checkers cannot be moved or removed from the board. The player with white checkers follows by placing the checker at one of the eight intersections adjacent to the black one. The player with the black checkers always plays first and must place the first checker at the central intersection of the board. The game is also called 'Renju' or 'Five in a row'.
Gomoku is a turn-based two-player game played on a 15x15 board with black and white pieces.