Dots and boxes (also known as
Boxes,
Squares,
Paddocks,
Pigs in a Pen,
Square-it,
Dots and Dashes,
Dit Dot Dash,
Dots,
Line Game,
Smart Dots,
Dot Boxing, or, simply, the
Dot Game) is a
pencil and paper game for two players (or sometimes, more than two) first published in 1889 by
Édouard Lucas.