Connect the dots and squares game

Lets take a road trip!! Not sure about yours, but my boys tend to get ultra bored and a bit grumpy after sitting in a car for several hours.

So, I made some great printables, like this dot square game printable , to help keep the kids entertained! I hope your kids enjoy them, too! Keep reading to download the dot to dot square game for your children! This paper could also be used to create your own bullet journal. This is a dot board to help your kids quickly and easily play the dots and squares game on your next road trip.

Personally, I print out a stack of these and my other printable road trip games and stick them in a storage clipboard! Starting with an empty grid of dots aka these printable game boards , the game is played by the players taking turns to add a single horizontal or vertical line between two unjoined adjacent dots. The points are typically recorded by placing in the box an identifying mark of the player, such as an initial.

The game ends when no more lines can be placed. The winner of the game is the player with the most points. Lets get started playing connect the dots and find out who is the best strategist! If your kids love this dot game, they are also going to enjoy the License Plate Game free printable for road trips that we created. In current times, children want to stay glued to their electronic devices. However, when they do, they miss out on everything around them and this basically defeats the entire purpose of the road trip.

Dots and Boxes is a fun and simple classic pen-and-paper game for 2 or more players. The game starts with an empty grid of dots. The grid can be any size and Gametable's Dots and Boxes has a handful to choose from. Usually a coin is flipped or Rock-Paper-Scissors is played to see who goes first, but in Gametable's Tabletop Dots and Boxes, Player 1 always starts first. Players take turns connecting 2 unjoined horizontally or vertically adjacent dots.

A player who completes the fourth side of a 1x1 box earns one point and must take another turn. The game ends when all lines are drawn and boxes are claimed. The player with the most points wins. If more than one player has the same high score, the game is a tie. Most novice players always claim a box if they can, but expert players take time to consider double crossing their opponent. A double cross is when you give a short chain of boxes to your opponent and then leave them with no choice but to create a long chain for you on the next turn.

It is the key to winning!