One phone. Two people. Open it and play.
If you’re already sitting together, you don’t need a room.
No second phone, no Wi-Fi, no code to send. You share one screen and take turns. Black goes first. The first person to line up five stones—across, down, or diagonal—wins. Waiting for a table, a gap between classes, ten minutes before bed: if someone’s next to you, that’s enough.
This page is built for that. No account, no app, nothing to join. Put the phone between you, or turn the laptop around, and start.
How to start
Open the board. Black goes first. Tap the crossings.
Open this page in a browser
A phone or a computer is enough. The board fills the screen. You don’t install anything.
Black moves first
Flip a coin, or let whoever wants black go first.
Tap a crossing
Five in a row wins, or more than five. Across, down, or diagonal all count.
Hit New game
When you’re done, tap New game. You don’t have to reload the page.
When to use it
Use it when the other person is already in the room.
A partner, a kid, a friend
You don’t need two phones. One in the middle is enough, or pass a tablet. The rules take a sentence, not a lecture.
A wait, a café, a break
Stuck waiting for food, sitting in a café, or killing a few minutes between classes—open a game.
If the internet drops
Once the page is open, you can keep playing even if you lose the connection.
How this differs from Online
No room code here. Go Online when you’re on two devices.
Here you sit together and tap the same board. There’s nothing to send and nothing to join. Online is for when each of you has a phone, or you’re not in the same place. Playing someone far away? Open a room. Playing someone on the sofa? Stay here.
Common questions
One device is enough. Settle undo and forbidden moves first.
Do we both need a phone?
No. You only need one device. Take turns on the same screen.
Can we take a move back?
Yes. There’s an Undo button. Decide before you start whether takebacks are allowed, so it doesn’t turn into an argument halfway through.
Is this the same as Go?
No. Gomoku is five in a row, any direction, and a game can be over in a few minutes. Go is about surrounding territory; the rules are heavier and a game usually lasts much longer. This page is Gomoku.
Are there forbidden moves?
Not here. Either color wins with five or more in a row, and black has no Renju restrictions. That’s how most casual Gomoku is played.