Games / Bindu Ghar
Bindu Ghar
Dots and boxes
Join the dots, close a box, build a house. The more houses you have, the better.
- 2 to 4 players
- 4 board sizes
- Easy, normal and hard computer
- Ages 6+
- Free, no ads
What it is
Bindu Ghar is dots and boxes, the game children draw in the back of their notebooks in every school. The board is a grid of rangoli dots. Players take turns to join two neighbouring dots with a line, and whoever draws the fourth side of a box claims it: it fills with their colour and becomes their little house (ghar), and they get another turn.
It looks simple, and the first games are all about not drawing the third side of a box. Then you notice the long rows of boxes forming late in the game, and that whoever is forced to open them first usually loses. The hard computer, Ullu Dada the wise old owl, plays that end game properly, so it is a real challenge for grown-ups too.
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How to play
Pick a board
Choose 3 × 3 for a quick game or 6 × 6 for a long one, and play the computer, pass one phone around, or play online.
Draw a line
On your turn, tap between two dots that sit next to each other. The line appears in your colour.
Close a box, go again
Draw the fourth side of a box and it becomes your house, with your initial on it. Then you draw another line.
Most houses wins
When every line is drawn, count the houses. Try not to draw the third side of a box, and late in the game make the others open the long rows.
Good to know
Three computer players
Tota the parrot (easy) grabs any free box but otherwise draws at random. Bandar the monkey (normal) never gives a box away if it can help it. Ullu Dada the owl (hard) counts chains and loops and sometimes leaves two boxes behind on purpose to stay in control.
Undo and Continue
Against the computer or on one screen you can undo a line, and Stop saves the game so you can carry on later from the start screen. Everything stays on your device.
Stars and badges
Win against each level for up to three stars (a bigger win earns more), and collect eight badges such as Lambi Rail for closing five boxes in one turn.
Ready to play?
Bindu Ghar opens right here in your browser. No account, no download. Friends can join from their own phones with a link.