Tic Tac Toe

38 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 (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 to
Variations
 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
28
Tony Corinda (10) Blindfold "Noughts and Crosses" assistant plays tic-tac-toe blindfolded
Related to
 1958
Blindfolds & X-Ray Eyes
155
P. Howard Lyons Noughty Crosses prediction
Related to
 July 1959
Ibidem (Issue 17)
20
Earl Keyser Tic Tac Toe Magic tic tac toe played with cards, when cards are turned over they form a magic square
 		June 1967
The New Jinx (Vol. 6 No. 62)
253
James G. Thompson Jr. Entre Nous and You on the Two Person Telepathy Act
  • Program Outline
Related to
 1968
Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3
358
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
Also published here
Inspired by
  • "Mental Epic" (Hen Fetsch)
Related to
  • "Twin Prediction Miracle" (The New Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mentalism, Vo. 2)
 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
Related to
 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
William P. Miesel Wild Tic - Wilder Tac - Wildest Toe packet trick with blank cards where Xs and Os appear, Tic Tac Toe theme
Inspired by
  • Ed Hollins' "More Tic Than Toe" in "Heuristic Series", 1979.
 June 1983
Precursor (Issue 1)
16
Philip T. Goldstein* Tic - Tac - Total cards with Xs and Os, wild card type
Inspired by
  • Ed Hollins' "More Tic Than Toe" in "Heuristic Series", 1979
 Mar. 1984
Precursor (Issue 3)
9
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
Bob Farmer Texas Rose
  • Flim-Flam
winning strategy for tic tac toe
 		Feb. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 6)
53
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
Bob Farmer Face-Up Blackjack
  • Flim-Flam
Also published here
Variations
 Aug. 1997
MAGIC (Vol. 6 No. 12)
80
Karl Fulves* Little Blue "machine version of tic tac toe" using calculator
 		1998
Calculator Tricks
52
Karl Fulves* Blue Streak "machine version of tic tac toe" using calculator
  • Blue Notes
 		1998
Calculator Tricks
55
Karl Fulves* Trick Tac Toe using calculator, deck of cards and die
 		1998
Calculator Tricks
58
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
Also published here
Inspired by
 2006
Prolix (Issue 2)
85
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
Also published here
Inspired by
 May 2008
MAGIC (Vol. 17 No. 9)
84
Jay Sankey X's & Ohmygods tic tac toe outcome predicted
Also published here
  • Hemispheres DVD, 2006
 2012
The Definitive Sankey — Volume 2
824
Bob Farmer Face-Up Blackjack
Also published here
Variations
 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
Don Costello 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
Related to
 Jan. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 1)
59