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From: karln@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: looking for name of a game
Message-ID: <1991Apr2.145521.244@uunet.uu.net>
Date: 2 Apr 91 14:55:21 GMT
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Reply-To: karln%karln@uunet.uu.net (Karl Nicholas)
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In article <1991Apr1.130740.19670@IDA.ORG> rlw@IDA.ORG.UUCP (Richard Wexelblat) writes:
>In article <91090.130516ASNXS@ASUACAD.BITNET> ASNXS@ASUACAD.BITNET writes:
>>I'd like to know the name of the following game. If anybody know it please
>>send me a note.
>>Two player write two sign ( O X ) on an infinite board. The goal is to make
>>5 sign. The game is like tic-tac-toe but not 3 but 5 sign, and the board is
>>not 3X3 but infinite.
>>If you do not know the game but you like it let's play on E-mail.
>
>Go-moku or Runjyu
>-----------------
>Another comment:  In 1961 I wrote a playing/learning program (based on
>Samuel's Checker-learning method) for this game.  It (almost) ran on a
>computer now known as UNIVAC I but then known a THE UNIVAC.
>
>Does anyone have an earlier instance?

	I thought you could buy a board game with those rules called 'PENTA'

	Karl

	karln!karln@uunet.uu.net