Hi, I hadn't heard of this game either however I did find an interesting and descriptive article on Wikipedia which I have cut and pasted below.
I would think the way to proceed with building such a game would be to texture the outer edge of the disks and, as someone suggested, drop them over a peg rather than down a column. The effect would be the same. Here is the article. Help us provide free content to the world by donating today! Connect Four >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Connect Four A Connect Four game in progress. Red to move; yellow wins. Publisher Milton Bradley Players 2 Age range 7 and up Playing time 10 minutes Random chance None Connect Four (also known as Plot Four, Four in a Row, and Four in a Line) is a two-player game (not board game) in which the players take turns in dropping alternating colored discs into a seven-column, six-row vertically-suspended grid. The object of the game is to connect four singly-colored discs in a row -- vertically, horizontally, or diagonally -- before your opponent can do likewise. The game was published under the famous Connect Four trademark by Milton Bradley in 1974; however, the much older original version is known as "The Captain's Mistress". [edit] Perfect play Connect Four at a bar in Pattaya, ThailandConnect Four was first put to sale by Harrison Heath, the famous pioneer of disc based puzzles and has been solved by James D. Allen (1 October 1988), and independently by Victor Allis (16 October 1988).[1] With perfect play, the first player can force a win by starting in the middle column. By starting in the two adjacent columns, the first player allows the second player to reach a draw; by starting with the four outer columns, the first player allows the second player to force a win. [edit] References ^ John's Connect Four Playground [edit] External links Wikibooks has more on the topic of Connect FourVictor Allis's Master's Thesis containing the solution of the game James D. Allen's page on Connect 4, his Expert Play in Connect 4, and John Tromp's history of solutions Connect Four, Score Four aka Connect Four Advanced and Connect Four Flip at BoardGameGeek Zero Gravity Connect Four Variation at The Problem Site This game-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connect_Four"; Categories: Game stubs | Connection games | Milton Bradley gamesViewsArticle Discussion Edit this page History Personal toolsLog in / create account Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Search Interaction About Wikipedia Community portal Recent changes Contact Wikipedia Donate to Wikipedia Help Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent link Cite this page Languages Dansk Deutsch Français Italiano Nederlands ??? Polski ??????? Simple English Suomi Svenska ?? This page was last modified on 5 September 2008, at 07:34. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit charity. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Gouveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 12:05 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] modifying connect four > Hi Lenny, > > The standard connect four game looks like a grid containing so many > columns > and rows. > > Access to each row is through an opening at the top of the grid. > > The object of the game is to make a single line, horizontally, vertically, > or diagonally, of four round coloured pieces of the same colour. > > There are two colours to work with, black and red, unless you get into the > more fancy versions, in which case you could get ebony and ivory. Each > person gets the same number of pieces, in other words, enough to fill the > entire grid with pieces of both colours, and again, each person gets their > turn to drop a piece in one of the slots at the top. > > The piece then falls down to the bottom where it rests waiting for the > next > person to drop their piece. > > You move accordingly to where your opponent drops his or her piece. > > Again, the object of the game is to obtain four pieces in a row of the > same > colour. > > So I would keep dropping pieces from the top, until I tricked my opponent > into placing his piece down the wrong column to allow me to drop my piece > to > get four in a row. > > In other words, my friend, this is a glorified version of Tic, Tac, Toe, > except on a grander scale. Smile. > > I have seen games fill up the entire grid, which is quite the feat, as > there > are quite a number of columns and rows on the vertical grid, but the > higher > you go on the grid, the harder it is to maintain any sense of coordination > with your pieces. > > What stood out for me was that this version my friend spoke about was made > with wooden rods stuck to the wooden flat board, and the pieces would fit > on > the rods. 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