How to play Dots and Boxes: video

See a three-by-three Dots and Boxes board fill with lines, captures and extra turns. The example shows how nine claimed squares decide the result. This 0:19 recording is silent and uses on-screen instructions, with optional English captions.

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  1. 0:00

    How to play Dots and Boxes. This example uses solo practice.

  2. 0:02

    Draw an unused edge between two dots. Closing a square earns a point.

  3. 0:08

    A captured box gives the same player another turn.

  4. 0:16

    There are nine boxes. The player with the most claimed boxes wins.