Games
Paper-and-pencil grid games, unusual versions of tic-tac-toe, and new ways to play chess.
Game: Order and Chaos
Imagine Tic-Tac-Toe if both players could play as both Xs and Os!
The Game of 100
Who can get to 100 first in this simple, but delightful, math game?
Ultimate (or Inception) Tic Tac Toe
So, I heard you like Tic-Tac-Toe. What if each square on a Tic-Tac-Toe board had another Tic-Tac-Toe board inside of it? 🤯
Game: Number Scrabble
What if we played Tic-Tac-Toe with numbers and instead of three-in-a-row, we add up to 15? Well… then we'd have Number Scrabble!
Game: Bulls and Cows
How quickly can you break the code with Bulls and Cows?
Fizz Buzz: A Counting and Divisibility Game
Ready for a tricky counting and divisibility game?
Game: Jotto
Who can guess the other person's codeword first? This game practices inducting thinking and encourages the development of a strategy.
Game: Snakes
In this grid-based strategy game, who will be the last to add to the snake?
Game: Ghost
Ghost is a word-building game for two players. The first person to create an actual word loses.
Game: Dots and Boxes
Learn how to play the abstract, paper-and-pencil game Dots and Boxes.
Game: Sprouts
Learn how to play the abstract, paper-and-pencil game Sprouts.
Game: Wild Tic Tac Toe
Imagine Tic-Tac-Toe, but both players can both play as both X and O throughout the whole game! First to get three-in-a-row still wins!
Game: Gomoku
Want to take Tic-Tac-Toe to the next level!? Imagine a 15×15 board. You must get five-in-a-row. You cannot get six-in-a-row. That's Gomoku!
Game: Col
Learn how to play the abstract, paper-and-pencil game Col!
Game: Chomp
Learn how to play the abstract, paper-and-pencil game Chomp!
How to Play Go (A Chess and Checkers Alternative)
Ready to learn a 2,500-year-old Chinese board game? Let's… go!
Game: Notakto
What if you only played Tic-Tac-Toe with Xs and you could play on multiple boards?
Racetrack – Race Around A Graph
How fast do you get your mathematical car going without crashing?
Math Game: Heaps
Try this a simple (but surprisingly strategic) subtraction game!
Math Game: Cram
Try this a simple (but surprisingly strategic) grid-filling game!
Microchess (Chess Variant)
What if we played chess on a board that's only 4×5?
Chess Variant: Monster Chess
What if you had really weak chess pieces, but you could always move twice?
Four Player Chess
Tired of boring ol' chess? Then you need to try FOUR PLAYER chess!
Anti-Checkers
Sure, anyone can win at checkers… but can you lose!?
Charge of the Light Brigade – Chess Variant
What if one side played with THREE QUEENS and the other had SEVEN KNIGHTS!? What if?
Horde Chess Variant
What if one player had, say, 32 pawns?