dots & boxes.fun

The notebook game,
played online.Free, and no account needed.

Take turns drawing lines between dots. Close a box to claim it and draw again. Whoever claims the most boxes wins.

MPMFinish a box to score a point and go again. Aim to finish the most!

Where the game comes from

French mathematician Édouard Lucas first described it in 1889 and called it la pipopipette. He also invented the Tower of Hanoi puzzle. Since then it has picked up other names, from dots and dashes to pigs in a pen. Read more on Wikipedia.

Create a room

Pick the name other players will see.

Suggested board sizes

Players can pass their turn instead of drawing a line, handy when every line gives away a box.

Each turn gets a countdown. Run out of time and you lose a point, and the turn passes.

You’re the host. You decide who joins and when to start.

For 2 to 20 players, in any modern browser.

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