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Life & fun · May 30, 2026

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Phive, a Gomoku-like game to play with friends or solo

In 2025, my family and I had a long streak of playing a Gomoku / Go Bang / five-in-a-row based game called OK Play. I built a web version so that we could play any time we wanted (i.e. on our phones after kiddos went to sleep). The first player to get five-in-a-row (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) wins. In the first phase of play, players take turns placing their pieces next to existing pieces (always edge-to-edge; you can't place a piece with only a corner-to-corner connection). After players exhaust their pieces, play moves into the movement phase: you pick up an…

Phive, a Gomoku-like game to play with friends or solo launched on May 30, 2026 with 19 votes, #922 of 20,538 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.

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Phive is a web-based five-in-a-row board game where players compete to align five pieces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Players can compete against friends or solo. The game unfolds in two phases: first, players place new pieces adjacent to existing ones, then move their existing pieces while maintaining connectivity. It's designed for casual play on phones and was built using the Phoenix framework.

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In 2025, my family and I had a long streak of playing a Gomoku / Go Bang / five-in-a-row based game called OK Play. I built a web version so that we could play any time we wanted (i.e. on our phones after kiddos went to sleep). The first player to get five-in-a-row (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally)…

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