T2B92

I was browsing for the Tic Tac To-Do list and I came upon some interesting Tic Tac Toe websites.

This one shows you how to never lose at tic-tac-toe:

http://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-way-to-never-lose-at-Tic-Tac-Toe

I've played tic-tac-toe sooooo many times it's really boring, and yes, I do have my strategies for winning. It's simply a pattern that forces your opponent to act in certain ways, and setting up a two-way win trap, because if you have a 1 way win only, they can block you. My personal favourite is the triangle one, where you make a triange using 2 adjacent corner pieces and the centre piece. Contrary to what they say, there is a method to win if you play an edge piece. (not always, but it's possible). Basically you (try to) set up where you have an edge and corner piece side-by-side, and a centre piece, that is if your opponent lets you. This only works if your opponent doesn't block two of the ways out. If you draw it out (I don't have the corresponding images :( ) you'll see there'll be a horizontal way, a vertical way, and a diagonal way. But, if your opponent has already blocked two ways, (and assuming you went first, it's their turn), then they'll block your third way and you'll be stuck. It will (hopefully) result in a tie.

Urgghhhh this is really hard to explain with words. I might draw out a few boards and attempt it tomorrow.

But if you get bored of regular tic-tac-toe, try this one.

http://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2013/06/16/ultimate-tic-tac-toe/

It's Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe! I've never tried this, in fact I just found it 10 mins ago, but it looks interesting (not to mention complicated). I'll just let the website explain... :)

I found this at Superstore a few months ago, but I didn't buy it. I thought it was really interesting, but I don't have a lot of spare time to read it. 

What is it?

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18490871-tic-tac-tome

It's an autonomous tic-tac-toe playing book!

It's really, really cool. You basically play the book at Tic-Tac-Toe, and there's only one way to win. Based on whether you start from the front or the back, you can choose to start first or let the book start first. Basically it's a grid with numbers in it for you to choose your next move, and the number indicates the page number.

It's really awesome.

I guess all of this shows how even the simplest game has loads of strategy thinking in it. (also that anything can be made harder. -.-)