This is a version of the game Dots (see this thread) where people take turns drawing lines between dots on a grid, and score points by making complete boxes out of the lines. But now we're making things a bit harder by taking it to three dimensions. Instead of drawing lines to form some squares, we're drawing planes to make some cubes.
This first attempt at it will have a relatively simple grid: 4 cubes across, 4 cubes up-and-down, and 1 cube deep. A lot like the old 2-D version, except that now each cube also has a top and a bottom "lid" that needs to be filled in (as well as the usual four sides) before you can score it.
The game board looks like this at the start.
Top lids Boxes Bottom lids
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The grid labeled "Boxes" is a cross-section through the middle of the grid of cubes, much like the grid with a regular game of dots. The two new grids labeled "Top lids" and "Bottom lids" are where you put the two other planes on the top and the bottom of each cube to form the 3-D boxes. It might be easier to see than to explain: here's a grid after a few turns have been taken.
Top lids Boxes Bottom lids
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XX | | | XX XX
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XX |
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The box in the middle-upper-right that has all four sides in place hasn't been scored yet because it doesn't have a top lid. Eventually the players could start scoring boxes (and putting their initials insite the boxes they've scored) like so
Top lids Boxes Bottom lids
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XX XX |Me|Me| XX XX
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+ + + + + + + +--+ + + + + + +
XX |Yu| XX
+ + + + + + + +--+ + + + + + +
One note about the actual mechanics of playing the game: the software running this forum doesn't cooperate with editing fixed-width pictures like this very well, so follow these steps to make sure all goes smoothly when you take your turn:
Open your favorite little text editor (like Notepad or Wordpad or whatever Macs use) and change your font to something fixed-width (like Courier New). Then before you reply to the previous post, copy the game board from the Code box and paste it into your text editor. Then add your line (or lid), and if you completed a cube, then add your initials to the middle of it. Once you're done with the text editor, hit Reply and copy and paste the game board into the message, and then highlight everything and press the "Wrap in code tags" button on the top of the Brainden editor pane right above the area where you type.
It might sound like a lot when you see the instructions written out, but it's really not that bad. If you do score a cube, then add another line (or lid) on the same turn, and if that scores another cube then add another, etc., as long as you keep scoring cubes.
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One more note. This game will be for 6 players so that more people can play. If you think you can handle it, I will start the signups for this game. If you aren't completely confident in the actual rules or want to get the hang of the strategy, start off with a 4 player, 2D game in the original thread DOTS. I will not host this game but I would like it to continue so that way there can be 2 games going on at the same time.
Good Luck
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