DAB(6)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so bestie, dab is literally the Dots and Boxes game — and this whole cute little page is the DAB(6) entry from the Games Manual 💅✨. That's the vibe. Periodt.

💅 SYNOPSIS 💅

dab [level]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the gameplay, no cap: dab is a game where each player tries to complete the most boxes 🎁. A turn is just putting one border of a box — one little line, that's it 🖍️. The player who sets the fourth and final border of a box gets the point for that box and then gets another turn. yes, rewarded for finishing the box, iconic behavior 👑

the keys are the vi keys, iykyk:

• k — up ⬆️
• j — down ⬇️
• h — left ⬅️
• l — right ➡️
• Space (the ⟨space⟩ key) — sets a new border ✨
• q — quits the game 🚪

the support option is:

• level — sets the starting level 🌈

🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

this masterpiece was made by:

• Christos Zoulas ⟨christos@NetBSD.org⟩ 💖
• Mike Sharov ⟨msharov@users.sourceforge.net⟩ 🦋

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

if you wanna go deeper, bestie, check out: Elwyn R. Berlekamp, The Dots and Boxes Game: Sophisticated Child's Play, A K Peters, 2000, http://www.akpeters.com/book.asp?bID=111 📚✨

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💌 source/version: Debian · date: December 24, 2003 — mwah, bye bestie! 💅