Pen-and-paper classic
Dots & Boxes.
Take turns drawing lines between dots, close the fourth side of a box to claim it and go again. Pick a 3×3 to 6×6 board and play a friend on one screen, or a CPU whose hard level counts chains and springs the double-cross.
← → ↑ ↓ / W A S D Move the line cursor · Enter or Space Draw the line · U Undo · Click Draw a line · P or Esc Pause
How to play
Dots & Boxes
Claim more boxes than your opponent by drawing the last side of each box.
- Take turns drawing one line between two dots next to each other.
- When you draw the fourth side of a box, you claim it and go again.
- Try not to draw the third side of a box, or your opponent can take it.
- When every line is drawn, the player with the most boxes wins.
Keyboard and mouse
- ← → ↑ ↓ / W A S DMove the line cursor
- Enter or SpaceDraw the line
- UUndo
- ClickDraw a line
- P or EscPause
Phone and tablet
- Tap a gapDraw a line between two dots
Two players: Pick 2 players and take turns on the same device with the same controls.
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