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Encyclopedia > Irensei

Irensei (Japanese: 囲連星) is an abstract strategy board game. It is traditionally played with Go pieces (black and white stones) on a go board (19x19 intersections); Irensei can also play with the tool similar to the game of Go. An abstract strategy game is a board game with perfect information, no chance, and (usually) two players. ... A board game is a game played with counters or pieces that are placed on, removed from, or moved across a board (a premarked surface, usually specific to that game). ... Go is a board game for two players. ...


Black plays first, and players alternate in placing a stone of their color on an empty intersection. The winner is the first player to get an unbroken row of seven stones horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. However, when it is enclosed by the enemy, the stone is removed. Irensei is a game for the game of Go to unite with the Gomoku. Gomoku, go-moku, or gobang (Japanese: 五目並べ, Gomoku Narabe, five points) is an abstract strategy board game. ...


External links

  • Japan Irensei Association website(English)
  • Japan Irensei Association website(Japanese)

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