Paper and Pencil - Games - Directory

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Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics: Dots and Boxes
Entry with rules, basic strategy, and references
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/DotsandBoxes.html
 
Math Forum: Sprouts Notation
Discussion of notation for use in commentary
http://mathforum.org/epigone/geometry-research/smingzhermrerd
 
Talk by Elwyn Berlekamp: Dots and Boxes, and related Mathematical Games
Streaming-video hour-long special seminar held at MSRI on September 13, 1999 describes the mathematics behind winning strategies
http://www.msri.org/activities/events/9900/Berlekamp/
 
Math Forum: The Game of Sprouts
Discussion including a strategy by John Conway
http://mathforum.org/epigone/geometry-research/37
 
Talk by Katherine Scott: Loony Dots and Boxes Endgame
Streaming-video 30-minute talk held at MSRI during the Combinatorial Game Theory Research Workshop, July 24-28, 2000
http://www.msri.org/publications/ln/msri/2000/gametheory/scott/1/
 
Postings from rec.games.abstract about Dots and Boxes
Includes a survey of the mathematical and computational literature
http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/uses-math/games/other/dots_n_boxes
 
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