AsobiPlaza puzzle game

Dots Boxes

Claim edges, complete boxes, win by majority.

Take turns drawing one edge at a time between dots. Close the fourth side of a box to claim it and play again. Own more boxes than the AI when every edge is drawn.

The H5 browser build is live with 10 starter levels and no account requirement.

Preview of a Dots Boxes dot lattice with claimed edges
H5 play ready

Draw edges

Players take turns adding one edge between two neighbouring dots.

Claim boxes

Closing the fourth side of a box hands it to whoever drew that edge.

Read chains

Completing a box grants another turn, so chains let you sweep several at once.

Win the majority

When every edge is drawn, the side with more boxes wins.

Edge-claiming duel

Know when to give up the third side.

Dots Boxes starts from a bare grid of dots in this classic head-to-head puzzle. The AI plays a deterministic policy, so the focus is reading safe edges that avoid handing over a third side and the attacking chains that sweep boxes back. There are no timers or lives.

Game moments

Edge, claim, majority.

Final screenshots will be replaced from a release candidate build. For now, this page uses derived art that represents the mechanic honestly.

Open board

A bare lattice and the first edge to commit to.

Chain capture

One move sweeps a chain of boxes.

Majority win

The board fills and the boxes are counted.