Connect Four is a two-player connection board game, in which the players choose a color and then take turns dropping colored discs into a seven-column, ...ConnectFourFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchChildren'sboardgameConnectFourConnect4gameboardandboxDesignersHowardWexler[1]NedStrongin[2]PublishersMiltonBradley/HasbroPublication1974;47 yearsago (1974)GenresConnectiongamePlayers2Playingtime1-10minutesAgerange6+ConnectFour(alsoknownasFourUp,PlotFour,FindFour,Captain'sMistress,FourinaRow,DropFour,andGravitripsintheSovietUnion)isatwo-playerconnectionboardgame,inwhichtheplayerschooseacolorandthentaketurnsdroppingcoloreddiscsintoaseven-column,six-rowverticallysuspendedgrid.Thepiecesfallstraightdown,occupyingthelowestavailablespacewithinthecolumn.Theobjectiveofthegameistobethefirsttoformahorizontal,vertical,ordiagonallineoffourofone'sowndiscs.ConnectFourisasolvedgame.Thefirstplayercanalwayswinbyplayingtherightmoves.ThegamewasfirstsoldundertheConnectFourtrademark[3]byMiltonBradleyinFebruary1974.Contents1Gameplay2Mathematicalsolution3Rulevariations3.1PopOut3.2Pop103.3Five-in-a-Row3.4PowerUp4Otherversions5Popularculture6Seealso7References8ExternallinksGameplay[edit]GameplayofConnectFourObject:Connectfourofyourcheckersinarowwhilepreventingyouropponentfromdoingthesame.But,lookout –youropponentcansneakuponyouandwinthegame!— MiltonBradley,ConnectFour"PrettySneaky,Sis"televisioncommercial,1977[4]Agameplayexample(right),showsthefirstplayerstartingConnectFourbydroppingoneoftheiryellowdiscsintothecentercolumnofanemptygameboard.Thetwoplayersthenalternateturnsdroppingoneoftheirdiscsatatimeintoanunfilledcolumn,untilthesecondplayer,withreddiscs,achievesadiagonalfourinarow,andwinsthegame.Iftheboardfillsupbeforeeitherplayerachievesfourinarow,thenthegameisadraw.Mathematicalsolution[edit]ConnectFourisatwo-playergamewithperfectinformationforbothsides.Thistermdescribesgameswhereoneplayeratatimeplays,playershavealltheinformationaboutmovesthathavetakenplaceandallmove