Tic Tac Toe
Tic Tac Toe
Also known by the name Noughts and Crosses it is a very common game among children of all ages. It is a game played on paper with a pencil or pen. It is a two-player game that is denoted as X and O. The players has to mark the spaces in a 3×3 grid and in order to win, one needs to place three of their marks either in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row.
| Name | Tic Tac Toe |
| Other names | Noughts and crosses, Xs and Os |
| Origin | 1300 BCE |
| Country / Location | Ancient Egypt |
| Famous for | paper-pencil game |
Facts about Tic Tac Toe
- Its history can be traced back to ancient Egypt. In the country, such game boards have been found on roofing tiles dating from around 1300 BCE.
- The game is known as Tic-tac-toe in America whereas in England it is noted with the name either noughts and crosses or Xs and Os.
- Skills required to win the game include strategy, tactics, observation. There are a variety of strategies through which one could perfect themselves.
- Most of the time best plays from both player results in draw matches.
- Due to its simplicity, most of the time it is used as a pedagogical tool for teaching the concepts of good sportsmanship.
- Its earlier version was known as terni lapilli in the Roman Empire, which was played around in the first century BC.
- OXO was the first known video game having tic-tac-toe gameplay. It was developed in 1975 by the British computer scientist Sandy Douglas. It was created for the EDSAC computer.
- In today’s time, one can easily find an application version of this game, or simply typing tic-tac-toe game in google would offer the game on the first screen.
