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House rules
Fivefold Grove
Alternate stones on a fifteen-by-fifteen board; the first to five or more in an unbroken line wins. No restrictions, so the first move matters and so does every block. Three opponents a day.
- Room
- Boards
- Game
- Five in a row
- Made for
- 2002
Play Fivefold Grove
Free, no sign-up. Mouse, touch or keyboard.
How to play
- Click a crossing to place a stone (touch: tap to aim, tap again to place).
- Arrows + Enter place.
- U undo, H hint, N next round, Q end.
- P to pause.
On touch
- Tap a crossing to aim a ghost stone, tap it again to place.
- Undo, Hint and End sit along the bottom.
Take as long as you like. Pause any time with P; calm mode turns off every flash and shake.
Maker’s note
Five stones in a row is the game people play on graph paper under the desk. Ours is a fifteen-by-fifteen wooden board with ink and pearl stones, free-style rules and an opponent that reads threats: it takes a five, blocks a four, answers an open three. Three seeded opponents a day, easiest first; faster wins score more. Ranked play is the day's seeded line-up of computer opponents, easiest to hardest: wins, winning margin and fewest moves score points, a quick finish earns a small time bonus, and every undo or hint costs points. Each run is stored as a list of moves, so the server replays the whole set, the opponents' replies included, before it counts. The free game lets you pick Easy, Medium, Hard or two players on one device (two-player games are unranked).
The Eracade workshop
Target scores
- 160
- 2150
- 3250
- 4360
- 5480
- 6620
- 7780
- 8950
Each target is a step up. Reach the last one and you have outplayed the workshop.
In the Boards room
Board and tile games across a quiet table, one move at a time.
Your hands
Your best ten are kept in this browser with your three initials. Nothing is uploaded unless you submit a ranked hand, so clearing site data clears the list.
