⬛ Dots & Boxes · 2–4 players

Play dots and boxes with your friends.

Dots and boxes is one of the pick-up-and-play board games on Pilimo, the multiplayer social gaming platform. Draw one line at a time, close a box to claim it and go again, and take the most squares on the grid — 2 to 4 players, live, with friends or players nearby.

  • 2–4players
  • 49boxes
  • Chainextra turns
How to play

One line at a time.

Take turns drawing a single edge between two dots. Close the fourth side of a box and it’s yours — plus another go. Most boxes when the grid is full wins.

Simple rules, ruthless endgame.

On a 7×7 grid of boxes, every turn you claim one edge. Complete a box and you score it and go again — so a single clever line can chain into a whole run of boxes. Play it as a two-player duel, a three-player trio, or a four-player quad; when all 49 boxes are claimed the highest count wins. With three or four players a tie for the lead is a shared win — with two, someone always comes out ahead.

  • 2, 3 or 4 players — duel, trio or quad
  • Close a box to score it and take another turn
  • One edge can finish two boxes at once
  • Every legal edge is offered — just pick one
Start a dots and boxes match
Why Pilimo

Better with people you know.

Dots and boxes is a party game at heart. Pilimo is the multiplayer social gaming platform that gets three or four friends onto the same grid in seconds.

  1. 1

    Add your friends

    Bring in the people you play with by handle and keep them in one list across every game.

  2. 2

    Or match nearby

    Need one more for a quad? Add a player nearby — no lobby-hunting, no waiting room.

  3. 3

    Play live

    Open a lobby, invite up to three more, and play in realtime with edges and scores in perfect sync.

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Free to play · invite your friends · match nearby