Editing Shannon switching game (section)

==Relationship to other games==
The Shannon switching game can be seen as a special case of a [[Maker-Breaker game]], in which the winning patterns for the Maker are connecting paths.

A weakly-related connection game [[Hex (board game)|Hex]] is played on a grid of hexagons, and has 6-connectivity. Generalized Hex is played on a graph, just like the Shannon game, but instead of coloring the edges, in Hex the players color the vertices. These games have completely different structure and properties.

Another connectivity game played with paper and pencil on a rectangular array of dots (or graph paper) is the children's game of "[[dots and boxes]]".  Players alternate drawing in a vertical or horizontal line connecting any two adjacent dots.  When a line completes a square, the player initials the square.  After all the lines have been filled in, the player who has taken the most squares is the winner.

An extension of Gale, called Qua, is played by three players on a 3D game board cube composed of a grid of N<sup>3</sup> cells. N is an odd number equal to the number of cells along the edges of the game board cube. The initial Qua Cube game board layout and rules are described at its Board Game Geek entry.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Qua|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/312939/qua|access-date=2020-08-28|website=BoardGameGeek|language=en-US}}</ref>