Connect Four

1974
Howard Wexler, Ned Strongin
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5.0
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5.0
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#29483
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Players
2-2
Weight
1.18/5.00
Playtime
10 min
Age
6+
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⚙️ Game Mechanics

How this game works - core systems and player actions

Pattern Building

📂 Categories

Children's Game Abstract Strategy

🎨 Artists

(Uncredited)

🏢 Publishers

ABRA Aero Lloyd Alga Arxon ASS Altenburger Spielkarten Aventis Berliner Spielkarten Blip Toys LLC. Cactus Game Design CHH Games Creative Crafthouse Daddy-O Productions Dilemma Games Editions ATLAS El Greco Estrela Falomir Juegos Flying Tiger Copenhagen Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore) Fundex Gibsons HABA HaPe International Hasbro Hearth & Hand with Magnolia IMC Games Impag Toys Europe B.V. Innovakids GmbH Inovac Rima SA Invicta Games Jay Franco and Sons Joen John Jaques of London Just Play Kod Kod Korea Boardgames Lagoon Games Leksam Loncraine Broxton & Partners Ltd MB Giochi MB Jeux MB Juegos MB Spellen MB Spiele Melissa & Doug Meridian Point Products MIKA Milton Bradley Monkey Pod Games N.W. Damm & Søn (Damm) Nilco S.A. Noris Spiele Oriental Trading Company Ottensten Paul Lamond Games Ltd Pavilion Peri Spiele Pin International Plasticart Plastolus Szarvas Pressman Toy Corp. Pusser's Ravensburger Remy Martin RIWA Spiele Ruibal Hermanos S.A. Schmidt Spiele Schylling Simba Toys Small Foot Company Sparkasse Spear's Games Spin Master Ltd. Sterling Games Stillmark Oy StirlingFox Super Accord Super Impulse Swing Ltd. Terra Toys Tesco Tiimari Trixy Games Unikatoy (Unknown) Westside Fun Games WHSmith Winning Moves Germany Winning Solutions (WS Game Company) Woodstock Spiele ZPH Elbar

📖 About This Game

Connect 4 is a well known vertical game played with "checkers" game pieces, although it is more akin to Tic-Tac-Toe or Go Moku. The board is placed in the stand to hold it vertically and the players drop game pieces into one of the seven slots, each of which holds up to six game pieces, until one player succeeds in getting four in a row, whether horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. The game is non-proprietary. More elegant, wooden versions can be found under the name The Captain's Mistress.