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Summer Fun 2014 - A Super-Sized Game of Dots and Boxes Played just like the traditional game of Dots and Boxes - where players connect two adjacent vertical, or horizontal dots, one line per turn, with the goal of being the player to close in the most squares (labeled with the player's initial), winning a point, and an additional turn for each square completed... ...but with the rows of dots drawn onto... ...an extra large sheet of paper... ...for an entire evening, or two, of family play. The game moves slowly at first, leaving plenty of room for conversation, and snacks, and then takes off into a flurry of box making activity, with the last players closing the majority of boxes, and winning in a landslide big enough to test the good sportsmanship of winners, and losers alike.
Posted by An Almost Unschooling Mom at 5:49 AM 
I can just imagine how crazy that game got.

July 8, 2014 at 10:19 AM dstb said...

Wow! That is awesome. This is a game that we often play when we are waiting in restaurants (at least those ones with paper placemats).


July 8, 2014 at 3:24 PM 
Who was in charge of counting the boxes? That would be a job!

July 8, 2014 at 4:34 PM 
Bethany - Each child kept track of their own boxes - and of course, everyone double checked the winner's count :)

July 8, 2014 at 4:45 PM 
Fun! I used to play this during my siblings' music lessons :)

July 8, 2014 at 9:31 PM 
Great game, even my little ones could join in!

July 9, 2014 at 12:07 AM 
:) very important!

July 12, 2014 at 5:36 AM