[For 2 Players] Easy Pen-and-Paper Time-Killing Game

Tic-tac-toe

[From Nico Nico] I tried playing tic-tac-toe [Hilarious/Side-splitting]

The simple tic-tac-toe game that you can play even in short spare moments is something you’ve probably tried, since all you need is paper and a pen to enjoy it anytime, anywhere.

Tic-tac-toe is also known as “sanmoku-narabe” in Japanese, and it’s widely loved overseas as well.

After drawing a 3×3 grid, two players take turns writing Xs and Os, and the first to line up three in a row wins.

It’s a simple game of making three of the same symbol in a row, but it has ancient origins and offers surprising depth despite its simplicity.

Play as many rounds as you like and try to outsmart your opponent!

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Connect Four

[Game] Time-killing games from student days #Shorts #PaperAndPen #Students #HighSchoolStudents

A game I recommend when you want to kill time! Here’s an idea for a “Four-in-a-Row” game.

This game is perfect for passing the time or filling small gaps in your day.

All you need is paper and a pen, so it’s great because you can play it anywhere! Once you draw a baseline horizontal line on the paper, you’re ready to start.

Decide who goes first and second, then take turns drawing boxes.

The key is that each box must touch another box.

You can’t draw boxes floating in the air or separated from the others.

It’s a simple game where the person who lines up four boxes vertically, horizontally, or diagonally wins!

Labyrinth

[Labyrinth] An escape game you can play with just pen and paper!! I tried it [Analog Game]

Let’s play an intelligence-based escape game called Labyrinth that you can enjoy with just a pen and paper—no special game supplies needed.

Prepare two 6×6 (36-square) grid boards.

Each player creates a maze, then calls out squares to check and work through the opponent’s maze.

While probing for the unseen walls on the other player’s board, the first to reach the goal wins.

Just like the title “Labyrinth,” you’ll find yourself lost in a maze, your mind getting all tangled up.

It’s a psychological and strategic brain game, yet simple enough to play anytime, anywhere.

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sprout

[First Play Video] Pen-and-Paper Game: Sprouts

It’s a game where players take turns, as first and second mover, drawing lines, and sometimes end up with a complex shape when the game ends—that’s part of the fun.

You start with a field that has multiple small dots.

After connecting two dots with a line, you add a new dot somewhere along the line you just drew.

You repeat this without crossing any existing lines; the player who causes a crossing or can no longer draw loses.

The key to winning is to leave the board in a state that makes it hard for your opponent to draw a line.

But if they manage to get out of that trap, the tough situation can bounce back to you, so that back-and-forth strategy is crucial.

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Paper Soccer

[Paper Soccer] It heats up fast from the midgame! A super goal that steals your heart!!

This is a head-to-head game, inspired by soccer, that you play with a pen and a sheet of paper featuring a drawn field.

The field is divided into a grid, and players take turns drawing lines on the grid to move the ball, aiming to get it into the opponent’s goal.

If it were only about taking turns drawing lines, going first would be an advantage, but the added “bounce” rule—conditions that let you take another action—adds enjoyable strategic depth.

The bounce conditions are: moving the ball to a spot it has already passed through, crossing an existing line, or hitting the sideline with the ball.

Winning isn’t just about heading straight for the goal; how well you leverage these bounces is also a crucial factor in victory.

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Battleship

Battleship? Battleship game? Naval battle game? Which camp are you? [One-on-one]

Are you familiar with Battleship, also known as the battleship game or warship game, a two-player game? Each player prepares a 5×5 grid card with numbers along the vertical axis and letters along the horizontal axis.

You place your ships—battleship, submarine, and destroyer—on the card.

During the game, ships can move.

You try to predict the positions of your opponent’s ships and attack to hit them.

A turn that misses is called a splash, and then it becomes the opponent’s turn.

If your guess is correct, the attack is successful.

As a rule, only one ship can move per turn, and only in the four cardinal directions (up, down, left, right).

Enjoy an intelligence battle at sea played out on the card.

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win-or-lose game

Kachimake Game [Paper-and-Pencil Game] [Two-Player Zero-Sum Finite Deterministic Perfect-Information Game]

This is a competitive game you can play in a short time.

First, decide who goes first and who goes second.

Then, taking turns, write either “win” or “lose” in any space you like on a 3×3 grid.

Once four words have been written on the field, stop and move on to the next step.

Now, take turns circling the written words.

Here’s the key point: if words are adjacent, you can circle up to two spots in a single turn.

The winner is decided by whether the last circled word is “win” or “lose.” Because it’s so simple, the strategy—how you place words with later circling in mind, and how you circle to bring about your own “win” or your opponent’s “lose”—is what makes the game fun.

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