Like all of Scarne's books, Scarne is boastful throughout the book. If you can ignore the bragging, the book is a good analysis of the game. You Asked for It, and The Dave Garroway Show. The Teeko board is a 5x5 grid of circles connected vertically, horizontally, and diagonally. Play starts with an empty Teeko board.
Players alternate placing their wooden disks on any empty circle of the game board.
The object of the game is to align your four disks in a straight unbroken line vertically, horizontally, or diagonally or in a square position in such a manner as to form a square on 4 connected circles. If after placing all 8 disks on the Teeko board, no one has a winning position, players alternate moving one of their disks to any adjacent unoccupied circle vertically, horizontally, or diagonally.