Tic Tac Toe

33 entries in Games / Tic Tac Toe

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	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	Games / Tic Tac Toe
George Schindler	Tic-Tac-Toe	prediction of a field		Sep. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 186)	743	Games / Tic Tac Toe Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
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 Tic Tac Toe Force (Martin Gardner, 2018) Variations Draw For The Devil (Robert E. Neale, 2006) Ta-Te-Ti (Áriston, 2017)	1956	Mathematics, Magic And Mystery	28	Numbers / Magic Square Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Games Games / Tic Tac Toe Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Magic Square
Tony Corinda	(10) Blindfold "Noughts and Crosses"	assistant plays tic-tac-toe blindfolded		1958	Blindfolds & X-Ray Eyes	155	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Games / Tic Tac Toe Mental Magic / Effects / Two Person Telepathy Mental Magic / Effects / X-Ray Eyes & Blindfolds
P. Howard Lyons	Noughty Crosses	prediction	Related to All for Nought (Philip T. Goldstein, 1982)	July 1959	Ibidem (Issue 17)	20	Games / Tic Tac Toe Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
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	Numbers / Magic Square Games / Tic Tac Toe
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 Super Sentences (Karl Fulves, 1981) Tic Tac Toe (Karl Fulves, 1998)	Nov. 1969	Epilogue (Issue 7)	52	Propless / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Games Games / Tic Tac Toe Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Cutting the High Card
Ken De Courcy	Cross Check			1975	Son of Pentertain	15	Games / Tic Tac Toe
	Tic Tac Toe Bet	with red and black cards		1975	Gambling Tricks with Cards — Part Two	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Red-Black & Matching Games Games / Tic Tac Toe
Karl Fulves	Tic Tac Toe Machine	problem of winning		1980	Interlocutor (Issue 43)	171	Games / Tic Tac Toe
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 Polish Epic (Johnny Thompson, 2018)	1981	Polished Polish Prestidigitation	23	Games / Tic Tac Toe Mental Magic / Principles / One Ahead Slate / Mental Epic Board
Richard Osterlind	Predic-Tac-Toe	ending of tic tac toe game is predicted		Apr. 1982	Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 4)	620	Games / Tic Tac Toe
Philip T. Goldstein	All for Nought	tic tac toe prediction	Related to Noughty Crosses (P. Howard Lyons, 1959)	Aug. 1982	Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 5)	1040	Games / Tic Tac Toe
	The Marrakech Game	No. 35, numbers on 3x3 square used for variation of Tic Tac Toe	Related to Strip Tac Toe (Karl Fulves, 1994)	1983	Self-Working Number Magic	60	Numbers / Magic Square Games / Tic Tac Toe
Karl Fulves	Tri Hex	"Penny Papers", game with coins related to Tic Tac Toe		1985	S-C — Contemporary Money Magic (Issue 4)	71	Games / Tic Tac Toe Coin / Effect Themes / Puzzle
	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	Games / Tic Tac Toe Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Karl Fulves	Tic Stax Toe	using cards to indicate which square has to be used next, Eight Kings or Si Stebbins stack	Related to Strip Tac Toe (Karl Fulves, 1994) Tic Tac Toe (Karl Fulves, 1998)	1993	Verbatim (Issue 7)	68	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Eight Kings Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Games / Tic Tac Toe
Bob Farmer	Texas Rose	Flim-Flam winning strategy for tic tac toe		Feb. 1993	Magic (Vol. 2 No. 6)	53	Games / Tic Tac Toe
Karl Fulves	Strip Tac Toe	using number cards to indicate which square has to be used next	Related to The Marrakech Game (1983) Tic Stax Toe (Karl Fulves, 1993) Tic Tac Toe (Karl Fulves, 1998)	1994	Rigmarole (Issue 7)	80	Games / Tic Tac Toe
	Tic-Tac-Toe	No. 46, card values decide where to place the 0 or X		1995	Self-Working Close-up Card Magic	88	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games Games / Tic Tac Toe
Bev Bergeron	Child's Play	prediction of outcome of a Tic Tac Toe game		1995	Syzygy (Vol. 1 No. 11)	45	Games / Tic Tac Toe Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Bob Farmer	Face-Up Blackjack	Flim-Flam	Also published here Face-Up Blackjack (Bob Farmer, 2015)	Aug. 1997	Magic (Vol. 6 No. 12)	80	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Blackjack Games / Tic Tac Toe Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Matrix Layouts & Tapestry Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Magic Square
Karl Fulves	Little Blue	"machine version of tic tac toe" using calculator		1998	Calculator Tricks	52	Calculator Games / Tic Tac Toe
Karl Fulves	Blue Streak	"machine version of tic tac toe" using calculator Blue Notes		1998	Calculator Tricks	55	Calculator Games / Tic Tac Toe
Karl Fulves	Trick Tac Toe	using calculator, deck of cards and die		1998	Calculator Tricks	58	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Miscellaneous Calculator Games / Tic Tac Toe
Karl Fulves	Pik Tac Toe	on 4x4 layout	Variations Red Control (Karl Fulves, 2001)	2001	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 5)	160	Games / Tic Tac Toe
"Joro" Bruno Hennig	Tic-Tac-Toe	prediction of outcome		2004	Neues... vom alten Joro	45	Games / Tic Tac Toe
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 The Tit-Tat-Toe Trick (Don Costello, Dai Vernon, Martin Gardner, 1956)	2006	Prolix (Issue 2)	85	Numbers / Magic Square Games / Tic Tac Toe Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Magic Square
Bob Farmer	Face-Up Blackjack		Variations Blackjack Bushwhack (Bob Farmer, 2017) Also published here Face-Up Blackjack (Bob Farmer, 1997)	2015	The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier	347	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Blackjack Games / Tic Tac Toe Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Matrix Layouts & Tapestry Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Magic Square
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 The Tit-Tat-Toe Trick (Don Costello, Dai Vernon, Martin Gardner, 1956)	2017	Hojas Sueltas	146	Numbers / Magic Square Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Games Games / Tic Tac Toe Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Magic Square
Johnny Thompson	Polish Epic		Also published here Polish Epic (Johnny Thompson, 1981)	2018	The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2)	163	Games / Tic Tac Toe Mental Magic / Principles / One Ahead Slate / Mental Epic Board
Martin Gardner	Tic Tac Toe Force		Related to The Tit-Tat-Toe Trick (Don Costello, Dai Vernon, Martin Gardner, 1956)	2018	The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2)	164	Games / Tic Tac Toe
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	Games / Tic Tac Toe Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Magic Square