Capture

Capture is a two player game played on a grid of dots like the one shown in the animation to the right. The players take turns connecting dots that are horizontally or vertically adjacent. If a player can complete a square by connecting two dots then they capture that square. You must draw another line after making a capture. A player may, thus, make a large number of captures in a single turn. After the last capture he must still connect two dots.

Most of the strategy in this game amounts to forcing the other player to complete the third side of a square. Beyond that, one capture may allow others and so you should work to arrange that you get the big chain of captures. Notice in the animation that green completes the board with eight captures.

In the animated example the players are red and green. It may be easier on a piece of paper to just use a pencil and put the player's initials in the squares they capture. Of course the person who captures the most squares wins.