Tic-tac-toe (or “Noughts and Crosses”) is a game simple enough to implement in any computer system: indeed it’s often used in beginner’s programming courses. A more challenging project, and arguably ...

Tic-tac-toe doesn’t have much of a rep. Sure, it’s a simple, brief distraction from the monotony of existence, but once your 8-year-old self realizes that you can always force a draw, it loses its ...

This video demonstrates a unique gameplay mechanic in Minecraft involving the Evoker creature and sheep. In the game, Evokers ...

Here’s another entry in the 7400 Logic contest. [Circuitchef] used gates and a few flip-flops to build a two-player electronic Tic-Tac-Toe game. The full details or shared in the PDF file he links to ...

Google has unveiled a number of new Easter Eggs hidden in its search terms – and they may significantly impact your productivity. The search giant now lets you play card classics Solitaire and Tic-Tac ...

Up to equivalence, there aren’t nine distinct opening moves. There are only three. If it isn’t immediately clear to you what “up to equivalence” means here, I urge you to try and figure it out ...

Discover a commonly overlooked rule or strategy that changes how many people think about playing tic-tac-toe.

This piece was adapted from an article originally published in 1957 by the mathematician and master puzzler Martin Gardner. For 25 years, Gardner wrote a beloved column called “Mathematical Games” for ...