Tic Tac Toe

24 entries in Games / Tic Tac Toe
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
R. G. Kraus Tic Tac Toe - A Super Mental Stunt preventing spectator to win game, without looking
 		1946 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1946) 27
George Schindler Tic-Tac-Toe prediction of a field
 		1949 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 186) 743
Don Costello, Dai Vernon, Martin Gardner The Tit-Tat-Toe Trick Packet of nine cards used to play tic-tac-toe with a spectator (face up and down cards). Finale is revealed that the result is a magic square, each row/column/diagonal adds up to fifteen
Related toVariations 1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 28
Tony Corinda (10) Blindfold "Noughts and Crosses" assistant plays tic-tac-toe blindfolded
 		1958 Blindfolds & X-Ray Eyes 155
Steve Shimm Game-Playing Machines article about simple computer programs applied to (card) games
  • Banker And Broker (cutting the high card)
  • The Tic-Tac-Toe Machine
  • Computer At The Card Table
  • The Machine As Innovator
Related to 1969 Epilogue (Issue 7) 52
Ken De Courcy Cross Check
1975 Son of Pentertain 15
Unknown Tic Tac Toe Bet with red and black cards
 		1975 Gambling Tricks with Cards — Part Two 17
Karl Fulves Tic Tac Toe Machine problem of winning
 		1980 Interlocutor (Issue 43) 171
Johnny Thompson Polish Epic
Inspired by
  • "Mental Epic" (Hen Fetsch)
Related to
  • "Twin Prediction Miracle" (The New Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mentalism, Vo. 2)
Also published here 		1981 Polished Polish Prestidigitation 23
Richard Osterlind Predic-Tac-Toe ending of tic tac toe game is predicted
 		Apr. 1982 Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 4) 620
Philip T. Goldstein All for Nought tic tac toe prediction, see also Howard Lyon's "Noughty Crosses" (Ibidem #17)
 		Aug. 1982 Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 5) 1040
Unknown The Marrakech Game No. 35, numbers on 3x3 square used for variation of Tic Tac Toe
Related to 1983 Self-Working Number Magic 60
Karl Fulves Tri Hex "Penny Papers", game with coins related to Tic Tac Toe
 		1985 S-C — Contemporary Money Magic (Issue 4) 71
Karl Fulves Tic Stax Toe using cards to indicate which square has to be used next, Eight Kings or Si Stebbins stack
Related to 1993 Verbatim (Issue 7) 68
Karl Fulves Strip Tac Toe using number cards to indicate which square has to be used next
Related to 1994 Rigmarole (Issue 7) 80
Unknown Tic-Tac-Toe No. 46, card values decide where to place the 0 or X
 		1995 Self-Working Close-up Card Magic 88
Bev Bergeron Child's Play prediction of outcome of a Tic Tac Toe game
 		1995 Syzygy (Vol. 1 No. 11) 45
Karl Fulves Pik Tac Toe on 4x4 layout
Variations 2001 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 5) 160
Robert E. Neale Draw For The Devil nine cards, performer and spectator alternately put them in a 3x3 square à la Tic Tac Toe, a magic square for six results
Inspired by 2006 Prolix (Issue 2) 85
Bob Farmer Face-Up Blackjack
VariationsAlso published here
  • MAGIC, 1997
 2015 The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier 347
Áriston Ta-Te-Ti packet of nine cards used to play tic-tac-toe with a spectator (face up and down cards). Finale is revealed that the result is a magic square, each row/column/diagonal adds up to fifteen
Inspired by 2017 Hojas Sueltas 146
Johnny Thompson Polish Epic
Also published here 2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2) 163
Martin Gardner Tic Tac Toe Force
Related to 2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2) 164
Martin Gardner Tic-Tac-Toe Magic Square tic tac toe with cards, resulting in a magic square
 		Jan. 2022 Genii (Vol. 85 No. 1) 59