How to play dots and boxes
The board is a 6×6 grid of dots with 25 empty boxes between them.
Rules
- On your turn, draw one line between two dots next to each other.
- If your line closes a box, the box is yours and you draw again.
- The game goes on until every line is drawn.
- Most boxes wins. There are 25 boxes, so it can't be a draw.
Tips to win
- Don't draw the third side of a box, or your opponent will close it.
- Near the end someone has to give away a chain of boxes. Make sure yours is the short one.
- Before each move, count how many boxes it gives away.
Ranked play
Ratings start at 1200 and only change after games against people. The computer is for practice.