About Pente Pente Links Pente is one of those games where the rules are incredibly simple but the strategy is surprisingly complex.
Players take turns placing stones on the intersections.
A player wins by either placing five in a row or by capturing five pairs. The first player's first move is always in the center of the board. At pente.org you will find some of the best players around. Bill Shubert has written a very nice Unix Pente Program . It provides a pretty good computer opponent and allows for network play.