Drawing Squares

Rack your brain and try to win this simple yet surprisingly challenging paper game. Create and mark the most square boxes to your color in Drawing Squares. Create complex chains and bait your opponent by giving away a few boxes if necessary in this challenging strategy game.

Drawing Squares is a simple logic game that will blow your mind. Inspired by the classic pen and paper game called Dots and Boxes, this game will have you playing with your virtual classmate a simple paper game where your goal is to simply close off a box or a square to mark it to your color. Each player will take turns in drawing a line. Once you can create a box, you will mark it with your color and the opposing player will skip a turn. The player with the most boxes in their color by the time the paper is filled will win the game.

This simple game is known by many names including Squares, Paddocks, Pigs in a Pen, Square-it, Dots and Dashes, Dots, Smart Dots, Dot Boxing, Dot Game, or simply Boxes. Unlike games like Xs and Os, however, your goal is to draw a line where your opponent cannot take advantage of. As anyone who completes a box will get the point regardless of who drew the lines, it is crucial to be the last person to draw. 

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