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gptkbp:instanceOf
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pencil-and-paper game
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Dots
Boxes
Dot to Dot Grid
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:board_game
combinatorial game
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gptkbp:featuredIn
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gptkb:Martin_Gardner's_Mathematical_Games_column
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gptkbp:game
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players take turns joining two adjacent dots with a line
when a player completes the fourth side of a box, they claim it and take another turn
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gptkbp:gameEnd
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when all boxes are claimed
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gptkbp:hasVariant
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gptkb:Game_of_Sprouts
Square-it
Triangles and Squares
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Dots and Boxes
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gptkbp:introducedIn
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19th century
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gptkbp:inventedBy
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gptkb:Édouard_Lucas
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gptkbp:numberOfPlayers
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2 or more
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gptkbp:objective
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to complete more boxes than the opponent
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gptkbp:publishedIn
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gptkb:Scientific_American
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Nim
gptkb:Chomp
gptkb:Sprouts
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gptkbp:strategy
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avoid giving away chains
force opponent to open long chains
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gptkbp:typicalGridSize
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8x8
6x6
5x5
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gptkbp:usedIn
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mathematics education
game theory studies
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gptkbp:winner
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player with most boxes
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:The_Dots-and-Boxes_Game
gptkb:Clubhouse_Games:_51_Worldwide_Classics
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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