Editing Go (section)

===''Gomoku''===
Sometimes hyphenated (''go-moku''), this is a much simpler strategy game played on a go board. Players take turns placing stones and trying to get five in a row. Perfectly fun if you're not in the mood for the more involved game, though calling it go is a misnomer.  White has a much greater advantage in this game than with Go, so after enough practice white always wins, and the game becomes pointless.  People have tried to add rules to the game to balance it, with some degree of success (Renju is one of the better attempts).

Pente, created in the 70's, is gomoku with rules for capturing opponent's stones.  It still favors the first player.  Again, variant rules exist to try and balance the game.