Tic-tac-toe is a two-player paper-and-pencil or grid game played on a three-by-three grid, in which players alternate marking the letter X or the letter O in empty squares and try to be the first to place three of their own marks in a row, column or diagonal. Games of this simple alignment-and-blocking type have ancient roots, including a version played in Roman times called terni lapilli, and the modern grid-and-symbol form became widespread in English-speaking countries in the nineteenth century. With perfect play by both sides the game always ends in a draw, and it is commonly used to introduce children to basic game strategy.
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Playing Time Band Playing Time Skill or Luck PublisherAlox Manufacturing Company 2 PublisherHearth & Hand with Magnolia 2 Game Category Game Category Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Minimum Players Maximum Players Partially Attested
Originating RegionOnly an early variation, terni lapilli, is documented from the Roman Empire; three-in-a-row boards are traced separately to ancient Egypt around 1300 BC, so the modern game has no single settled point of origin. Classification
Player CountWikipedia infobox (Tic-tac-toe) players field: '2' Connections
Ancestor Of
Source Order and Chaos (Wikipedia)
Source Ultimate tic-tac-toe (Wikipedia)
Associated With
Connect Four, Games Connect Four and tic-tac-toe both belong to the broader family of grid-based alignment games, in which players win by placing a run of their own marks or pieces in a row, though Connect Four was not directly derived from tic-tac-toe.
Source The Oxford History of Board Games
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Source Digital Ludeme Project: Tic-tac-toe (Ludii Portal)RegionQuote, Region
Region Northern America
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1. Tic-tac-toe, Wikipedia
Lead section
a paper-and-pencil game for two players who take turns marking the spaces in a three-by-three grid
History section, second paragraph
An early variation of tic-tac-toe was played in the Roman Empire, around the first century BC.
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~1 minute
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2
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Tic-tac-toe is a two-player paper-and-pencil or grid game played on a three-by-three grid, in which players alternate marking the letter X or the letter O in empty squares and try to be the first to place three of their own marks in a row, column or diagonal. Games of this simple alignment-and-blocking type have ancient roots, including a version played in Roman times called terni lapill
View the Source2. Tic Tac Toe (BoardGameGeek)
- Origin Year: 2011
- Playing Time: 1
- Designer: (Uncredited)
- Publisher: (Public Domain)
- Publisher: (Self-Published)
- Publisher: (Unknown)
- Publisher: ABRA
- Publisher: Adrenaline Brush Ltd
- Publisher: Alox Manufacturing Company
- Publisher: Cardinal
- Publisher: Cayro, The Games
- Publisher: CHH Games
- Publisher: Coca-Cola
- Publisher: Creative Crafthouse
- Publisher: Dilemma Games
- Publisher: Efteling
- Publisher: Fame Products
- Publisher: FridgePlay
- Publisher: Giftco, Inc
- Publisher: HABA
- Publisher: Hasbro
- Publisher: Hearth & Hand with Magnolia
- Publisher: Hexagames (I)
- Game Category: Abstract Strategy
- Game Category: Children's Game
- Game Mechanic: Paper-and-Pencil
- Game Mechanic: Pattern Building
- Game Mechanic: Square Grid
- Minimum Players: 2
- Maximum Players: 2
View the SourceThe Oxford History of Board Games
Oxford University Press, 1999Associated With: Connect Four
Ultimate tic-tac-toe (Wikipedia)
Ancestor Of: Ultimate tic-tac-toe, GameplayQuote, Ancestor Of: Ultimate tic-tac-toe, Gameplay
significantly more complex than most other variations of tic-tac-toe
Order and Chaos (Wikipedia)
Ancestor Of: Order and Chaos, Lead [derived-from]Quote, Ancestor Of: Order and Chaos, Lead [derived-from]
Order and Chaos is a variant of the game tic-tac-toe
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