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Have your skills changed since you were in school? ^__^\nChallenge a friend next to you or find an opponent online. Or try to beat one of our well-trained virtual players ;) \n\nDOTS AND BOXES - CLASSIC BOARD GAMES is completely Free. If you love games like Chess, Checkers, Backgammon and other challenging pastimes, you will love Dots and Boxes. \nPlay ‘solo’ or against a real opponent using either our local or online multiplayer mode; play with a friend on the same device or find an opponent from anywhere in the world. \n\nDOTS AND BOXES - CLASSIC BOARD GAMES will challenge you according to your abilities, with 3 difficulty levels, and it’s easy to get: tap on the dots to draw lines and close squares. You’re the winner if you got more squares than your opponent when there's no more lines to trace.\n\nCan you think of a better brain training?\n\nKey features: \n- Choose between 3 modes of difficulty\n- Play against real humans online (multiplayer)!\n- Challenge your friends on the same device (2 players mode)\n- Climb the high score\n- Collect Game Center achievements\n- Enjoy hours of fun with colourful themes\n- Easy to get, hard to master\n- Fun for all ages\n\nStart closing your boxes now! Free!\n\nThanks for playing!\nFOLLOW US\nFacebook/outofthebit\n@outofthebit","facts":{"developer_id":286210012,"developer_url":"http://www.outofthebit.com","first_released":"2013-05-13T09:16:32Z","support_url":null,"privacy_url":null,"website_url":null,"app_version":"7.40","release_notes":"Bug-fixes","rating_current_version":4.59774,"rating_count_current_version":14247,"star_counts":null,"genres":["Games","Entertainment","Board","Puzzle"],"languages":["EN","FR","DE","IT","PT","ES"],"content_advisories":null,"device_families":null,"chart":null},"freshness":{"apple_read_at":"2026-10-19T19:01:11.543Z","catalog_read_at":null,"reviews_checked_at":"2026-10-16T21:38:13.400Z","summary_written_at":"2026-10-19T15:38:11.533Z","placed_at":"2026-10-15T02:55:53.209Z","scored_at":"2026-10-20T22:52:13.077Z"},"editorial":{"one_liner":"Classic dots and boxes game where players draw lines to close squares, solo, against a friend on one device, or online.","what_is":"Dots and Boxes - Classic Games is a free game in the Games genre where players draw lines between dots to close squares. 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