Pentago

Pentago is a two-player strategy game invented by Tomas Flodén.

Pentago is a two-player strategy game invented by Tomas Flodén.

The game is played on a 6×6 board divided into four 3×3 sub-boards. Taking turns, the two players place a marble of their color (either black or white) onto an unoccupied space on the board, and then rotate one of the sub-boards by 90 degrees either clockwise or anti-clockwise. A player wins by getting five of their marbles in a vertical, horizontal or diagonal row (either before or after the sub-board rotation in their move). If all 36 spaces on the board are occupied without a row of five being formed then the game is a draw.