Abstract combinatorial game, usually played on paper, learned by many during childhood.
Start with a grid of dots, and two players take turns drawing lines between two dots adjacent horizontally or vertically. Completing a 1x1 box gains a point and anot...
This page was last updated on July 22nd, 2008
This page was last updated on July 22nd, 2008
Dots and Boxes (from Paper and Pencil)
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Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics: Dots and Boxes
Entry with rules, basic strategy, and references.
Talk by Elwyn Berlekamp: Dots and Boxes, and related Mathematical Games
Streaming-video hour-long special seminar held at MSRI on September 13, 1999 describes the mathematics behind winning strategies.
Dots-and-Boxes Analysis
Analysis program and results.
Connect Capture
A game mixing dots and boxes with chess. Completing a box activates the enclosed chess piece, capturing other activated chess pieces.
Talk by Katherine Scott: Loony Dots and Boxes Endgame
Streaming-video 30-minute talk held at MSRI during the Combinatorial Game Theory Research Workshop, July 24-28, 2000. Describes a particular type of endgame which arises frequently in practice and can be solved in polynomial time.
Stop Gate
A variation of Dots and Boxes that can be played on a checkerboard or on paper.
Postings from rec.games.abstract about Dots and Boxes
Includes a survey of the mathematical and computational literature.
Dots and Boxes - Dots and Hexagons
Reviews standard rules, and introduces the analogous game on a hexagonal board.
Entry with rules, basic strategy, and references.
Streaming-video hour-long special seminar held at MSRI on September 13, 1999 describes the mathematics behind winning strategies.
Analysis program and results.
A game mixing dots and boxes with chess. Completing a box activates the enclosed chess piece, capturing other activated chess pieces.
Streaming-video 30-minute talk held at MSRI during the Combinatorial Game Theory Research Workshop, July 24-28, 2000. Describes a particular type of endgame which arises frequently in practice and can be solved in polynomial time.
A variation of Dots and Boxes that can be played on a checkerboard or on paper.
Includes a survey of the mathematical and computational literature.
Reviews standard rules, and introduces the analogous game on a hexagonal board.
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