Brussels Sprouts

Crosses 2
Arms 4

Drag from one free end to another.

Player 1
Player 2
Moves made
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Fewer than 2 free ends: no move possible

Finished games

How to play
  1. The game starts with a number of crosses. Each cross has free ends, shown as small rings: four in the classic game.
  2. On your turn, drag a line from one free end to another. Both ends may belong to the same cross.
  3. Your line may not cross any other line or pass through a cross.
  4. A new cross appears on your line. It has the same number of arms as the others: two are your line, and the rest become new free ends split between the two sides. If one is left over, it goes on your left as you draw.
  5. Players take turns. Whoever makes the last move wins.

Choose Move crosses to drag any cross to a new spot. Its lines bend to follow, but never through another line. In this mode, tap a cross with no lines yet to change its number of arms. Tidy up smooths every line into a gentle curve. Neither changes which free ends can still be joined.

Play several games with the classic four arms, using 1, 2 and 3 crosses, and compare the move counts in Finished games. Can you predict the winner before the first move? Then try 3 arms, and 5. What changes?

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