(under subclass 236) Games in which the pattern comprises a plurality of like geometrical areas and each participant alternately places in turn contest elements on the boundaries of the geometrical areas, the objective is for each participant to complete and thereby own geometrical areas by being the participant who places the last contest element which encloses or completes the outline of a geometrical area, the contest ends when all of the geometrical areas of the pattern have been enclosed or when specified geometrical area has been enclosed.