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====== Stiletto ======

Five-in-a-row where players alternate the dagger — the option to place two stones. White starts with the dagger to offset Black’s first-move advantage.

Inventors: Bill Taylor, João Pedro Neto

===== Rules =====

See [[https://jpneto.github.io/world_abstract_games/dagger_gomoku.htm|World of Abstract Games: Dagger Gomoku]] and [[https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/465550/stiletto|BoardGameGeek]].


===== Variants =====

==== Open-4 ====

Illegal to create an open four using **both** dagger stones together (''open4'').

===== Further details =====

==== Version history ====

  * Current engine version: ''20260221'' (2026-02-21). On Abstract Play since 2026-03-07.

==== Abstract Play ====

  * Power sits between Gomoku and Connect6 because the double move is not shared every turn.

==== Links ====

  * [[https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/465550/stiletto]]
  * [[https://jpneto.github.io/world_abstract_games/dagger_gomoku.htm]]