Printable Dots and Boxes (Free PDF)
The dot lattice game on a full page, in three grid sizes, with score lines for two players and the rules printed underneath.
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Dots and boxes needs nothing but a square lattice of dots, and that is what fills most of this page. Choose 6 by 6 for 36 boxes and a game of about ten minutes, 8 by 8 for 64 boxes, or 10 by 10 for 100 boxes and a long, strategic game where the chains at the end decide everything. The lattice is centred and square, with dots just big enough to aim a pen at without crowding the gaps.
Under the lattice is a score block with a line for each player's name and a line for the number of boxes they won, plus the rules in three short sentences for anyone who has never played: take turns drawing one line between two neighbouring dots, close the fourth side of a box to claim it and write your initial inside, then draw again, and when the last line is drawn the player with the most boxes wins.
It is a plain line drawing with no colour and no form fields, so it photocopies perfectly and costs almost nothing in ink. Print a few at a time for a journey or a wet afternoon. The 6 by 6 sheet suits children who are learning the game; the 10 by 10 sheet is the one to print when two adults want a game that takes real thought.
