Trying to remember all the rules to a game I played as a child.?

Question

You would have a piece of paper with dots. Each person would take a turn connecting one dot to another. Once a square was made you would mark with your initial and the one with the most boxes would win. I can't remember all the rules and would like to play with my little ones.

Answer 1

Jtakajr descibed "Boxes" perfectly. The rules of the game can be found in any compendium of public domain games such as "The Way to Play" by Diagram Group.

Answer 2

The game board can be set up with any amount of dots, make sure it is even (like 20x20) each player gets a turn to draw their line any were on the board, when a player closes a box, they put there initials in the box.. then then go again...

Let me clear it up:

-Even Number of Dots (20x20 40x30 60x40) something like that

-Each player can put a line ANY WERE on the board..

-ONE line per turn - Unless they close a box they go again..

-The player with the most boxes with there initials wins!

I love this game, have fun!