Spicy Meatballs with Yogurt-Cucumber Dip

This recipe brought to mind the Score Four game I played so much as a kid but haven’t thought about in ages. Balls of pale and dark wood are dropped onto pegs on a four-by-four grid of vertical pegs. Players work to make a tic-tac-toe—like series of their color going vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. If I was really motivated, I’d re-create a Score Four board using this recipe and another batch made with paler ground veal. One of these days.

You can use any hot sauce that you