[1] The player Order strives to create a five-in-a-row of either Xs or Os.
Unlike typical board games, both players control both sets of pieces (Xs and Os).
The original rules in Games magazine implied that six-in-a-row also wins.
That version of the game was claimed weakly solved as a forced win for Order.
The new rule offers Chaos new defensive tactics against Order's previously "unstoppable" four-in-a-rows.