Joker Trio: 3 Player Gomoku

Gomoku — also called five in a row, or gobang — playable alone, with one friend, or with two. No opponent around? A CPU sits down with you. No connection? It still plays, fully offline. If you know tic-tac-toe, you already know how it works: take turns, build a line. Gomoku just needs five in a row instead of three. And then a third hand joins the board, and it stops being the game you knew. Joker Trio is gomoku for three — black, white and grey on one board. The move that blocks one player is the move that helps the other. That never happens in a two-player game. ■ Ways to play · Alone — offline against the CPU. Pick a difficulty, play any time, no connection needed. · One on one — 1v1 online under classic Renju rules (no double-three, double-four or overline). Open all day. · Three players — online three-player gomoku. Three people have to arrive at the same moment, so these matches open on a fixed schedule: 06–09, 12–13 and 18–21, Korea time (UTC+9). · With your own friends — open a room, share the 6-digit code, play whenever you like. Short a player? A CPU takes the empty seat. The host sets the rules, board size and clock. ■ How three-player gomoku works · Connect five in a row and you win outright. · If nobody connects five, Line scores decide it — the longer your rows, the more you score. ※ A three open at both ends is 3 points, open at one end 1, blocked at both 0. A four is 4 and 2. · There is no winner and loser here. There is 1st, 2nd and 3rd. · Three-player games have no forbidden moves. Two-player games use the classic Renju rules. · You have to read attack and defence at the same time, against two people at once. ■ Four rule sets (three-player) · Standard — five in a row, with Line scores settling the rest. · Blitz — the time per move shortens each round (15→10→5s solo and in friend rooms, 20→15→10s online). · Defense Limit — you only get so many moves that block someone else's three or more. · Capture — a group surrounded on every side is lifted off the board, and captured stones decide the ranking. ■ On your own · CPU matches — two or three players, any difficulty, any time. Works offline. · Rule Trials — learn each of the four rule sets across three stages. Finish one and it leaves a seal. · Daily quest — a different rule set each day. ■ Things to collect · Earn coins to unlock boards and stone-placing effects · Rank avatars — servant, merchant, scholar-official, noble — and emotes · Seasonal cosmetics that follow the old Korean solar terms ■ Playing for stakes with friends · Agree on the forfeit before the game. Buy the coffee. Do the dishes. One favour, owed. · All three press their seal on the contract, and the result is shown at the end. · ※ Wagering real money is not supported. ■ Make it yours · 13×13 or 19×19 board · Adjustable time per move · Boards and effects drawn in ink wash on hanji, traditional Korean paper · Text and display size set inside the app, so it looks the same whatever your phone is set to · High contrast mode for faint text and borders ■ Good to know · Free, no sign-up — start as a guest. No in-app purchases. · You don't need to know the rules. The first run walks you through them on the board, and you can skip it any time. · English, Korean and Japanese · Built for one hand, in portrait Three players, one board, and every move working two ways at once. Start with Joker Trio.