2 players

Walking Dots

Game family: territory

Overview

This game can be player with just pencil and paper. It is presented at 100 Strategic Games for Pen and Paper by Walter Joris.

Source rules (English)

Each player starts by droping two friendly stones on empty cells. Then, on each turn, each player passes or drops a friendly stone on an empty cell orthogonally adjacent to another friendly stone. When both players pass, wins the player with more stones. Notice that a player which encloses an area of empty cells, can automatically claim it.