Paper and Pencil Games
Paper and Pencil Games for 2 Players
Learn how to play the most popular pen and paper games that you can play with 2 players using only a piece of paper and a pencil. Find a friend or family member and have a fun time on a rainy day. Paper and Pencil games are simple games that can be played with only paper and something to write with. You don't need a game board, pieces, dice or anything else.
2 player games
Game Name | Players | Fun | |
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Pictionary All you can do is draw, and your team has to guess your secret word. |
2 - 8 | ||
Anagrams Try to find as many words as you can that are contained within another larger word. |
1 - 8 | ||
Hangman A word guessing game between two or more players. |
2 - 6 | ||
Tic-Tac-Toe A two player game played on a 3x3 grid. Also called "Naughts and Crosses" or "Xs and Os". |
2 | ||
Dots and Boxes A game played on a grid of dots. Sometimes called "Boxes" or "Pigs in a Pen". |
2 - 6 | ||
Sprouts A two player game of drawing lines and dots that has a complex strategy. |
2 | ||
Nim Take turns marking circles. The player who marks the last circle is the winner. |
2 | ||
Battleships A strategy guessing game between two people where you try to sink their battleship. |
2 | ||
Gomoku Often called "Five in a Row". The object of the game is... you guessed it... to get five in a row. |
2 | ||
Paper Soccer Take turns kicking a ball across a paper field and try to score a point. |
2 | ||
SOS Try to get three in a row, by being the first to spell SOS. |
2 - 6 | ||
Sim Avoid drawing a triangle in this quick two player game that is surprisingly difficult to master. |
2 | ||
Crossline Draw lines to connect dots around the perimeter of a circle. Last move wins. |
2 |
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