Pah-Tum

Pah-Tum is an ancient Asian game that is considered to have existed as early as 1800 BC. The object of the game is to place your pieces in a row, like in Gomoku, but the unique feature of Pah-Tum is the random placement of five neutral pieces at the beginning and can get a higher score by keeping the pieces in a row as long as possible.

Kanare_Abstract edision also includes the rules for the original variant "Custodial Pah-Tum," which introduces a capture rule to reduce the first-mover advantage.