This is the most basic form of Hackenbush. More complicated versions of the game are Hackenbush Restrained , Hackenbush Hotchpotch , and Technicolor Hackenbush . It works well to draw it on a chalkboard. It is okay to use a picture that has been drawn with paper and pencil, but the erasing will be a bit more difficult.
Lines can be straight or curved.
Every at each joint, there is a dot. Every part of the picture is connected to the frame. There is no dot where the lines touch the frame. Every line has a dot at both ends, unless the end touches the frame. A line can begin and end on the same dot.