Four in a Row double threats: two ways to win

The surest way to win at Four in a Row is a double threat: two winning spaces at once. Learn to set one up so a single block can’t stop it. Winning ideas · lesson 2 of 4.

The lesson in words

One threat can be blocked. Two threats at once can’t: your opponent only gets one disc.

You have two discs together on the bottom row, with open space on both sides.

Try it: Drop a disc that makes two winning spaces at once.

Now finish it off. Ivory will block one end.

Try it: Make the double threat, then win.

Two threats at once and the game is yours. Next: a trap hiding under your feet.

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