Five in a Row

How to play

Get five of your marks in a row before the other player does.

Take turns placing one mark. At the start you pick who goes first. After that, whoever loses a round goes first in the next.

1. Tap an empty square to place your mark.
2. Five or more in a row wins: across, down or diagonal.
3. A row blocked at both ends doesn't count: if the other player has a mark at each end, keep going. The board's edge is not a block.
4. Watch the other player's rows too. When they have three or four in a row, put a mark at the open end to block it.
5. Need more room? On your turn, tap Bigger board to ask. Asking uses your turn. The other player taps Agree to a bigger board, or places a mark to say no.
6. In the lobby, set Bigger board to Near the edge, and the board grows by itself whenever someone plays close to the edge.
7. While the board can still grow, you can't play on the outermost ring. Grow the board first. It won't grow if that would let someone finish five right away.

Play with a friend

1. Open Recess and choose Five in a Row.
2. Tap With a friend. Your table gets a code.
3. Send your friend the code or the link. They join from a browser or the app.

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