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Gomoku: First Player Always Wins
You play second, and always lose
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Vous = second (Blanc) / IA = premier (Noir)
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Free-style Gomoku is a proven first-player win; as the second player you cannot win. The in-game UI is in Japanese.
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Gomoku Is a Proven First-Player Win — Yet the Reason People Still Play It Is Brilliant [Renju/Game Design]
Gomoku without forbidden moves has been mathematically proven to be a first-player win. Here's why it's still played anyway — through the history of that proof and the origins of Renju's rules.
