The Dots and Boxes Game: Sophisticated Child’s Play

The strategies for playing Dots and Boxes a paper-and-pencil game that many know from childhood can introduce mathematical game theory, a subject of particular importance in economics. This guide to the game teaches the mathematical underpinnings of strategies that mathematicians have agonized over for decades. Chapters of strategy are interspersed with abundant sample problems and their solutions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)