Nested Tic Tac Toe
This activity takes the noughts and crosses game and takes it up a notch. Ultimate tic-tac-toe takes a lot longer to play and has a few more rules.
How to play: First, you have to have one large tic-tac-toe board where each grid or square contains a smaller board.
X goes first and can place their x anywhere on the board.
The O player then must play in the grid corresponding with where the x played. Look at where the “x” player played, then compare that to the larger board and that’s the area where the O has to play.
When someone gets 3-in-a-row in one of the smaller boards, they get to place a large X or O on that board.
Players continue playing until there are three large Xs or Os in a row on the larger board.
Let me know if you enjoyed this game. It took me a long time to learn this game - I thought it was too hard - but then it was great. How did you go?
Kia ora Mrs Johns. Wow, another gem of an idea. I'll have to find someone to try this out with! I'm not very good at tic-tac-toe so I need the practice! I'm now wondering where the name tic-tac-toe comes from...
ReplyDeleteYou just gave me some very interesting reading. I found out some facts I had never thought I needed to know. I wonder if our students can tell us some?
DeleteKia ora, I love playing this game as it doesn't take very long but you have to think carefully about where to put your X or O. From memory this is an ancient game, maybe from Egypt. I wonder how many students can find some cool facts about it?
ReplyDeleteThe difference with this game is that you are actually playing nine games at a time! Using strategies and trying to trap your partner is really tricky. Hope we hear about how good our students go!
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