Games with Pencil and Paper

Description

16 entertaining diversions for players of all ages in which only pencil and paper are needed. Clear instructions and helpful illustrations describe how to play such old favorites as Boxes, Hangman, Letter-Strings and Buried Treasure and introduce such less familiar ones as Three-Dimensional Noughts and Crosses (a version of Tic-Tac-Toe) and Hex, a game of war. GAMES WITH PENCIL AND PAPER Contents Preface to the Dover Edition Introduction Sprouts A “topological” game Three-Dimensional Noughts and Crosses A spatial pattern game Eleusis An “induction” game Think of a Letter A “crossword” game Crystals A pattern-visualising game Hex Middleman A trading game Boxes An “enclosing” game Coincidences A word game Aggression A war game Battleships A popular war game A word game for children Go-Moku An ancient positional game A spy game with secret bidding Letter-Strings A simple word game Buried Treasure A game of bluff ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST'U GAMES WITH PENCIL AND PAPER