About Smart Dots Reloaded

Smart Dots Reloaded is a fresh remake of the classic Dots and Boxes puzzle from Windows 3.1. Players take turns drawing lines between dots. Completing a square earns a point, and the game ends when the board is full. Featuring modern visuals, smooth animations, and both AI and two-player modes, this is a strategy game that’s easy to learn but hard to master.

How to play

In Smart Dots Reloaded you and your opponent take turns drawing a single line between two adjacent dots on the grid. Whenever you complete the fourth side of a box, that square is claimed in your colour and you get another move. The game ends when every box has been taken, and the player with the most completed squares wins.

Tips and tricks

Avoid placing the third side on an empty box unless you are sure you can force a bigger chain later—giving your opponent a ready-made square is how many Dots and Boxes games are lost. Instead, focus on building "safe" lines that do not immediately hand over a box, and only open chains when you can capture several in a row. In Smart Dots Reloaded, watching two or three turns ahead is often more important than grabbing the first available square.

Why this game works well at school or work

Smart Dots Reloaded turns a classic pencil-and-paper game into a clean browser puzzle you can play against AI or a friend in just a few minutes. Because you can play Smart Dots Reloaded unblocked on classroom computers and office laptops, it is easy to start a quick match without installing anything. The turn-based strategy encourages quiet thinking, planning and prediction, which makes it a calm but engaging break between tasks.