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Have you played Connect 4 with your family yet?

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Have you played Connect 4 with your family yet?

Connect Four (also known as connect 4, Four Up, Plot Four, Find Four, Captain's Mistress, Four in a Row, Drop Four, and Gravitrips in the Soviet Union) is a game in which players choose a color and then change Take turns dropping colored cards into a grid hanging vertically in six rows and seven columns. The pieces fall straight down, occupying the lowest space in the column. The object of the game is to be the first person to form a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line of four tokens of his own. Connect Four is a solved game. The first player can always win by making the right move.

Connect four of your pieces in a row while preventing your opponent from doing the same. However, be careful; your opponents can sneak up on you and win the game!

How to play:

The gameplay example (right) shows the first player starting Connect Four by dropping one of their yellow discs into the middle column of an empty game board. The two players then take turns dropping one of their discs into an empty column until the second player, with red discs, achieves four consecutive diagonals and wins the game. If the board is full before either player reaches four points in a row, the game is tied.

The starting player drops their first disc into one of the columns and then moves on to the second player. The discs will fall to the bottom of the column, lying on top of the discs that have already been dropped. Players continue to take turns until one player succeeds in placing four of his colored discs in a row, vertically, horizontally or diagonally. That person is the winner!

Strategy to win

connect 4 is a game that is easy to learn but difficult to master. The concept is simple, but when you start playing the game with experienced people, you often find yourself in difficult situations that leave you trapped and defeated. The game requires a balance between offensive and defensive moves, as well as forethought and anticipation of your opponent's moves. By thinking creatively and looking as far into the future as possible, you can increase your chances of winning. Check out our ultimate guide to Win 4 in a Row online, where we provide a variety of strategies to give you the best chance of beating your opponents:

Play the middle columns

Play the corners

Block your opponents

Set up a double win or trap


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