Paper and Pencil Games
Simple games that can be played with just a piece of paper and something to write with. You don't need a game board, pieces, dice or anything else. Some games, like Tic-Tac-Toe are very easy to learn. Other games, like Sprouts have complex strategy that will take practice to master. If you are bored with Tic-Tac-Toe, discover some new Paper and Pencil games that will be fun to play with a friend.
Popular Paper and Pencil Games
Pictionary All you can do is draw, and your team has to guess your secret word. |
2 - 8 players |
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Anagrams Try to find as many words as you can that are contained within another larger word. |
1 - 8 players |
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Telephone Pictures A funny game of drawing and captioning those drawings. |
3 - 8 players |
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Hangman A word guessing game between two or more players. |
2 - 6 players |
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Tic-Tac-Toe A two player game played on a 3x3 grid. Also called "Naughts and Crosses" or "Xs and Os". |
2 players |
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Dots and Boxes A game played on a grid of dots. Sometimes called "Boxes" or "Pigs in a Pen". |
2 - 6 players |
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Sprouts A two player game of drawing lines and dots that has a complex strategy. |
2 players |
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Nim Take turns marking circles. The player who marks the last circle is the winner. |
2 players |
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Battleships A strategy guessing game between two people where you try to sink their battleship. |
2 players |
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Gomoku Often called "Five in a Row". The object of the game is... you guessed it... to get five in a row. |
2 players |
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