Ultimate tic-tac-toe is a board game built from nine ordinary tic-tac-toe boards laid out in a three by three grid, so that the small boards together form one large board. Two names for it in circulation are super tic-tac-toe and meta tic-tac-toe, and it is also sold or described as Ultimate Noughts and Crosses. Players take turns marking squares on the smaller boards, and the contest ends when one player wins on the larger board. The extra layer makes its strategy conceptually harder than the familiar game it extends, and it has proven more challenging for computers to play well.
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1. Ultimate tic-tac-toe (Wikipedia)
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is a board game composed of nine tic-tac-toe boards
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the two players (X and O) take turns
Derived From: Tic-tac-toe, Gameplay
significantly more complex than most other variations of tic-tac-toe
View the Source2. Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe (BoardGameGeek)
- Origin Year: 2008
- Playing Time: 15
- Designer: Cris Van Oosterum
- Designer: Mark Asperheim
- Publisher: Daft Concepts
- Publisher: LiveLoveLearn
- Publisher: Mad Cave Bird Games
- Publisher: Relatable
- Game Category: Abstract Strategy
- Game Mechanic: Pattern Building
- Game Mechanic: Pattern Recognition
- Minimum Players: 2
- Maximum Players: 4
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