Dots and Boxes 2

Dots and Boxes 2 is an updated version of the classic pen-and-paper strategy game. Players take turns joining two dots with a line. Draw the line that completes a square and that box is yours, and whoever finishes with the most boxes wins.

Opponents come in two kinds. You can face an AI bot at one of three difficulty levels, Normal, Hard or Expert, or play a friend locally on the same device. The board is adjustable up to 20 by 20, and each player's colour can be changed in the settings. A Quick Game option starts with 40 percent of the lines already in place, so a match begins part of the way through rather than from an empty grid. The game also keeps statistics on your results. Unlike most puzzles in this section, the challenge comes from an opponent rather than from a fixed level.

Click or tap the gap between two neighbouring dots and a line appears in it. Players alternate turns. When your line completes a box, that box is credited to you. The player who has completed the most boxes wins. Choose the AI bot and a difficulty for a solo game, or the two-player option to play a friend locally.

Any line you add might give your opponent the fourth side of a box, so look at what each move leaves behind as well as what it takes. Against the AI, Normal is the gentlest of the three settings. The Quick Game option suits shorter sessions, since much of the board is already drawn.

A turn-based line-drawing strategy game for one player against an AI or two players on one device. Landscape frame (800 by 600). Click or tap controls. Board sizes go up to 20 by 20, and statistics are tracked.

Dots Master also builds on linking dots, clearing a colour when you close a loop, and Catch The Hen: Lines and Dots has you connect dots into lines that surround hens.