by Ellie Dix | Dec 3, 2024 | Games and Puzzles to Play
I’m a sucker for a good noughts and crosses variant – I’ve previously written about Ultimate Noughts and Crosses, for example – so imagine my excitement when I came across Quantum Noughts and Crosses in Ben Orlin’s book Math Games with Bad Drawings. A bit...
by Ellie Dix | May 29, 2024 | Games and Puzzles to Play
Here’s a simple game for two players that just requires pens, paper and a coin. Preparation Draw 7 circles in a line on the paper, with a line through the middle circle. Place the coin on the middle circle. Place the paper so that one end of the line of circles is...
by Ellie Dix | Nov 8, 2023 | Games and Puzzles to Play
Collector is a strategic pen and paper game for 2 players by Walter Joris. How to Play Draw a 6 x 6 grid on a piece of paper and randomly decide which player will start. Each player will need a different colour pen. On your turn, mark one box with a dot of your...
by Ellie Dix | Sep 27, 2023 | Games and Puzzles to Play
Area control is one of my favourite board game mechanics. I love the visual spacial nature of these strategy games. From classics like El Grande and Carcassone to Through the Desert, Iwari and Imhotep, I can’t get enough of them. The most well known example is...
by Ellie Dix | Jun 14, 2023 | Games and Puzzles to Play
Here’s a game that I used to play with my Granny. It’s a pen-and-paper game that’s best with 2 players but can stretch to 3. How to play Start by drawing a 9×9 grid. Then choose a 9-letter word to write across the middle of the grid. If you want to...
by Ellie Dix | Apr 25, 2023 | Games and Puzzles to Play
Here’s a new game for you to try… Snakey Path. It plays in a similar way to the classic game, Boxes, but the object is different. In Snakey Path, your aim is to get the longest path in your colour. Like Boxes, you start by creating a grid of dots. You can choose the...
