First to Five
The game commences with the board vacant of counters.
No. of Players
Two
Equipment
A 9x9 square grid and, theoretically, forty-one black counters and forty white counters, although usually far less are required.
History
This game has been published by Tedco, a toy and games producer, of Hagerstown, Indiana.
Objective
The first player to achieve a X formation of five friendly counters, at any place on the board, is the winner.
The X formation of five black counters wins the game for black.
The formation may be interrupted by friendly or opposing counters and still count for a win for black. In other words, the four cells at the middle of the sides of the formation need not be vacant.
Play
Players alternate placing a single counter on any vacant cell on the board, trying to be the first to achieve the above formation.
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