renju in a nutshell

Renju is often concidered as the professional variant of Five-in-a-Row. With the sophisticated rules renju offers joy for beginners, masters and everyone in between.

The official RIF rules can be found at Renju.net.

To become a better renju player one should definately look into these websites: www.renju.nu | www.renjuclass.com | www.renju.net.

Advanced players can try to solve the Test on 1 Dan.

As the game involves, few new rule proposals has been introdused to become official rules in the future.

gomoku and pente

Gomoku is an angient boardgame and with its simple rules it offers a good basics for the Five-in-a-Row. Most gomoku players switch to renju when they reach a certain level of skill.

Pente is a very intresting variant of the game. The opportunity of capturing opponents stones gives pente a fine addition of flavour.

You can find the rules of gomoku and pente in http://www.itsyourturn.com/t_helptopic2080.html .