TrickTacToe
Free Print-and-Play game - Enjoy!
For making it this far, here is a free game for you. You will need 2 decks of cards, but otherwise just print out the pdf, cut out the Xs and Os, and you are ready to play.
How To Win
Get three in a row in your tiles by winning tricks.
What To Use
The game board, 7 X tiles, 7 O tiles, 2 decks of cards (not included), and 2 players (also not included). The cards must be able to be shuffled together, and they should have the same back, although this is not necessary.
How To Start
Cut out the X and O pieces (if this hasn’t been done already). One player takes the X pieces, the other takes the O pieces. Place the gameboard between the players; the gameboard starts the game empty.
Take out all of the 10s, Jacks, Queens, and Kings from the card decks, these cards will not be used. Shuffle together the remaining 72 cards into one deck. (For this game, Aces will be considered low and treated as a 1.)
How To Play
The game is played in 6 rounds, each of which is played in a series of tricks.
The game starts by dealing 6 cards to each player. For the first trick, both players pick a card from their hand before revealing. If both cards have the same number, the next trick follows the same rules, until a trick is won by one player playing a higher card than the other. The winner of the first trick gets to choose either card played on the trick and place a tile on the space with that same number.
For all subsequent tricks, the winner of the previous trick must play the first card to the next trick, the other player then decides what to play based on this first card. Whoever plays the higher card wins the trick; if both cards have the same number, whoever played first wins the trick.
The winner of each trick places a tile on the board on a space that matches one of the cards played on that trick. If there is already a tile on that space, it is returned to its owner; although if there is a choice between playing on an empty space or a space with an opponent’s tile on it already, you must choose the empty space.
Once all of the dealt cards have been played, an additional 6 cards are dealt to each player from the remaining deck to start the next round and the game continues with the winner of the latest trick leading the next as usual.
If either player gets a 3-in-a-row of his/her tiles, that player earns one point, all of the tiles are cleared, any cards remaining in hand are discarded, and 6 cards are dealt to each player to start another round (if there are cards remaining). Once again, the winner of the latest trick leads to the next one.
After the last cards have been played in the 6th round, or once a 3-in-a-row is completed in the 6th round, the game ends. The player with more points at this time wins.
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