Dots and Boxes
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Dots and Boxes is the beloved paper-and-pencil strategy game that has entertained students for generations! Players take turns drawing lines between dots, trying to complete boxes. When you complete a box, you claim it and get another turn. The player with the most boxes wins. Simple rules, but deep strategy involving chains, sacrifices, and careful endgame play!
Complete more boxes than your opponent by drawing the fourth side of each box. Claim boxes to score points and earn extra turns. The player who controls the chains in the endgame usually wins!
Click on lines between dots to draw them. When you complete a box, you score a point and get another turn. The player with most boxes wins.
Click on any undrawn line between two adjacent dots to draw that line. When your line completes the fourth side of a box, you claim that box and take another turn.
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