Connect Four

Vertical tic-tac-toe

Connect Four is a two-player strategy game where opponents take turns dropping colored discs into a vertical grid, attempting to align four of their pieces in a row—horizontally, vertically, or diagonally—while blocking the other player.

The game combines simple rules with enough depth to reward planning: She crushed me at Connect Four by setting up two winning moves at once.

Related

vertical · horizontal · diagonal · vertical drop · slot · disc · chip · column · row · win · winning move · strategy · board · game · two player · plastic · tokens · gravity

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Opposites
game objective mechanics

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complexity and skill depth

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player count structure

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Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G