How to play
- 01
Board and number of moves
5 horizontal and 5 vertical lines, 25 intersection points. First player has 13 stones, second player has 12 stones.
- 02
Buzi
Alternately place on empty points until the ball is full. The landing forms a pattern, so the opponent's 1 piece is crushed into a gray piece. One item presses 1 piece.
The gray stone occupies this point and cannot be placed anymore, nor can it be used as a chess piece. - 03
capture
After placing all the ash pieces, the ashes are removed. Items not pressed during placement are captured by quantity.
No one formed a pattern, so each picked a stone. The second player picked first, then the first player picked up again. - 04
Five ways to form a pattern
Small frame: four children form a small square adjacent to each other.
Three oblique: The third son is on the oblique line, and both ends are on the sideline.
Four stars: The four stars are on the diagonal line, connecting two adjacent sides.
Five blessings: Five blessings are connected in a line horizontally or vertically.
Tongtian: Five sons connect two opposite corners diagonally. - 05
Move
The second player moves first. Moves one square along the horizontal and vertical lines, reaching the empty adjacent point. The diagonal line cannot be moved.
Get 1 piece when you get out of a new item. Even if you take out several items in one step, you can only eat 1 piece at most.
A piece removed from a pattern cannot move back within two steps; repeat forming a pattern within two steps; this move cannot be moved.
Pieces that have already formed a pattern usually cannot be captured. You can only capture if your opponent has only pieces left in the forming a pattern. - 06
Biaozi
If you block your opponent with no way out, you can take any of their pieces.
These rules match the version played on this site.
Winning and losing
- If one side has only one stone left, or none left, they lose.
- You can also admit defeat.
Game controls
- Choose to play first or second, select difficulty: Easy, Normal, Hard, Very Hard, then click 'Down with Mo Cat.'
- When arranging pieces, highlight the dot. After forming a pattern, tap the piece inside the red circle to crush one of your opponent's pieces into gray.
- When capturing the piece in the red circle.
- When making a move, first tap your own piece, then tap the adjacent green empty space.
- When forcing a piece, select any of the opponent's pieces.
- Above are rules, regret moves, admit defeat, and restart. Admit defeat key points twice. Play a regrettable move with Mo Mao: retract your previous move; If the computer has already passed, retract that move as well.