Your turn
Dots and Boxes,
close more squares.
Take turns drawing one side at a time — finish a box to claim it and draw again. Whoever owns more squares when the grid is full wins.
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Your turn — tap any open side
How Dots and Boxes works,
in short.
- Step 01
Take turns drawing one side.
You and the computer alternate, each drawing a single side between two neighbouring dots. Your lines are clay, the computer’s are blue. On your turn, tap any open (faint) side to draw it — one side per turn, until a box gets all four.
- Step 02
Close a box, claim it, draw again.
Whoever draws a box’s fourth side claims that box and immediately draws again. So a single turn can run: close one box, the next side closes another, and a whole chain of boxes can fall to one player before the turn ends.
- Step 03
Give away the shortest chain.
Late on, every side you draw hands the opponent a box or two. The trick is to open the shortest chain so you surrender the least — and watch for the champion move: declining a chain’s last two boxes leaves the opponent a pair to take, then forces them to open the next, bigger chain for you.