Overview
fours plays number merging with editorial clarity: you slide tiles to combine values and the board rewards anchor lanes and staging over frantic swipes. Pick a backbone column, feed merges toward it from neighbors, and avoid scatter that breaks control. The loop is set up, merge, clear space, reassess. Small habits pay back—protect corners, float rare spawns near the top, and never break the anchor lane to chase a tempting merge off-route. Visual feedback stays clean so planning stays calm, and endgames feel composed because the biggest tile arrives from conditions you built, not luck. It’s a neat proof that structure beats noise in sliding puzzles.