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The rules

Four in a row: the rules

Four in a row: drop your discs, line up four before the other side does. These are the rules exactly as Dineri plays them.

The game

  • An upright grid of 7 columns and 6 rows, and two players, each with discs of their colour. Who plays first (red) is drawn at random each game.
  • Take turns: on yours, drop one disc into a column that isn't full, and it falls to the lowest empty spot.

Winning

  • Four of your discs in a line, across, up and down, or diagonally, win at once.
  • The grid full with no line of four: a draw.
  • You may resign, and lose; a draw may be offered and accepted (again once the other player has moved twice).
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