Tic Tac Toe

26 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
 		Sep. 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 Nov. 1969
Epilogue (Issue 7)
52
Ken De Courcy Cross Check
1975
Son of Pentertain
15
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
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
Tic-Tac-Toe prediction of outcome, author saw the effect "twenty years ago in an American TV show, performed by Mark Wilson"
 		1987
Magische Blätter (Vol. 1 No. 10)
3
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
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
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Tic-Tac-Toe prediction of outcome
 		2004
Neues... vom alten Joro
45
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