Abstract connection and capture game where players try to make five in a row or capture five pairs of opposing stones.
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Two-player Pente. Winner-only.
Pente is an abstract strategy game related to five-in-a-row games. Players place stones on intersections, trying to form a row of five while also capturing pairs of enemy stones.
Players alternate placing one stone on an empty intersection. If a newly placed stone brackets exactly two adjacent opposing stones between two of the current player's stones, that pair is captured and removed. A player wins by forming five in a row horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, or by capturing five pairs.
No score. Optional captured-pairs stat.
Record winner.