Dots-and-boxes with diagonals, played for ground. Draw a line, close a shape, and the space inside is yours — a triangle scores one, a whole cell scores two. Claim again and the turn stays with you.
Free · no install · works offline · sign in with Google to save your progress.
How it plays
You'll understand it in thirty seconds and still be losing to it an hour later.
On your turn, draw one line between two touching dots — straight, or diagonal to any of the eight neighbours. Lines can't cross, so each cell holds one diagonal or the other.
The moment your line completes a closed shape, the ground inside it is yours. A triangle scores 1, a full cell scores 2 — the wider you close, the more it's worth.
Every claim buys another turn — up to two in a row, so a single turn can run to three moves. Setting up and reading those chains is the whole skill.
Claimed ground stays open. Draw into any shape — someone else's or your own — and whatever you close inside scores for you too, while the earlier claim still stands. Each division shades a little darker, and the game only ends when no line can be drawn anywhere.
Ways to play
The same board, whether you want two minutes alone or a match against a friend.
One board a day, the same for everyone on the planet. One attempt, scored on the margin you beat the bot by. Build a streak — with rest days so a single miss doesn't wipe it.
Three difficulties, entirely on your device and working offline. The hard bot weighs your reply and never leaves a free claim on the table.
Start a game, share the link, they join. Two to four players, no friend requests and nobody to add — just send the code.
Hand a finished game to someone as a link and they play the exact same board you did. It needs no server and never expires.
What's in it
No roadmap promises — this is what you get when you open it.
A guided board that teaches the rules by making you draw the lines, not by reading at you.
5×5 cells for a quick one, 6×6 as standard, 7×7 when you want the long game.
Online turns run on a 45-second server clock, so nobody can stall a match to death.
Add it to your home screen as an app. The Daily, bot games and challenge links all run with no network.
Every finished match pays XP and tracks your record, and the Daily keeps a streak with banked rest days.
A die tumbles on screen to decide who moves first — no more silently finding yourself seated second.
Why it's different
Three rules that change the whole shape of it.
Any closed shape scores, not just a one-cell box, and your score is the area you enclose — so the interesting move is usually the greedy one.
A claim is never walled off. Anyone can draw into taken ground and score inside it while the first claim still counts, so totals climb well past the board's own area.
Lines reach all eight neighbours, so shapes are triangles and wedges as often as squares — and every diagonal you draw blocks the one that would cross it.
Play
The full game runs in your browser. Android is on the way.
The complete game — tutorial, the Daily, bot matches and private games with a friend. Nothing to install, works on phone and desktop.
Play freeA native build with haptics and offline bot play is in testing now, and will land on Google Play shortly.
Google Play — soonQuestions
The things people ask in the first two minutes.
Yes. The whole game is free to play, and there are no ads.
One board a day, generated from the date and identical for everyone worldwide. You get a single attempt against a seeded bot, and your score is the margin you beat it by. Playing keeps a streak going, and banked rest days mean one missed day doesn't reset it.
You sign in with Google so your XP and match record follow you between devices. We never see your password, and you can delete your account and its data at any time from Settings.
No. There are three bot difficulties and a fresh Daily board every day, so there's always a game waiting. When you do want a human, start a game and send them the link.
Three ways: any closed shape scores rather than only single boxes; your score is the area you enclose; and claimed ground is never sealed, so the endgame is fought over territory that's already been taken — dividing it further scores again for whoever draws the line.
Yes. Add it to your home screen and the Daily, bot games and any challenge link run entirely on your device with no network. Only online multiplayer needs a connection.
Five to ten minutes on the standard 6×6 board — it runs until no line can be drawn anywhere, so the closing stretch is played over ground that is already claimed. Drop to 5×5 and it's over faster; 7×7 runs considerably longer.
It runs in any modern browser today, on phone or desktop, and installs as an app. An Android build is in testing and will be on Google Play soon.
Free, no install, and your first match is about thirty seconds away.