gomoku

published by author in 1993, running on Linux

type: board game
genre: Traditional game
perspective: bird's-eye
player options: single player, shared-screen, hotseat

languages: eng

Install with apt

Official description

gomoku is a two player game where the object is to get 5 in a row hori‐
zontally, vertically or diagonally on a 19 by 19 grid. By convention,
black always moves first. With no arguments, gomoku will display a play‐
ing board and prompt for moves from the user. Valid moves are a letter
for the column and a number for the row of an empty board location.
Entering ``quit" or ``resign" will end the game. You can save the cur‐
rent state of the game by entering ``save" and supplying a file name when
prompted. The optional file inputfile can be used to restore a saved
game.