bylok / playA landscape of small decisions.
Moonlit PinesX · IVORY

A world awaits

NINE BOARDS · ONE GAME
Cinnabar DawnO · VERMILION

Win three small boards in a line.

Your square chooses their next board.X 0 · O 0

Centre board

Choose a board above, then a square here.

TWO PLAYERS · ONE LINK

Across the same landscape.

Create a private room, or enter a friend's code. No account needed.

or join a friend

Otherwise, a saved seat in this room moves here and ends its old tab's session.

FAMILIAR MARKS · A LARGER GAME

How to play Ninefold

01

Win the small boards. Make three Xs or Os in a row, column or diagonal to claim a small board. Claimed boards close and reveal your landscape.

02

Your square sends your opponent. Play in the upper-right square of any board, and your opponent must play in the upper-right board next. Sent to a won or full board? Choose any open board.

03

Win the larger board. Claim three small boards in a row, column or diagonal. A drawn small board belongs to neither player. If every board closes without a winning line, the match is a draw.

X opens the first round. Players swap marks on rematches. On a phone, choose a board in the overview, select a square in the enlarged board, then confirm. On desktop, use the mouse, or arrow keys and Enter; Tab switches boards.

TWO REALMS · THE SAME TERRAIN

The world you leave behind.

Moonlit Pines — cool ink, silver mist, and a pale moon.

Artwork study, not a match result. Actual matches end when three claimed boards form a line; the unclaimed fields stay unclaimed.

Leave this landscape?

COMPLETED FIELD