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Paper and Pencil

Games played by making marks on paper, whether these are symbols, numbers, or drawings, such as Tic Tac Toe, Dots and Boxes, Hangman, Sprouts, Battleship, or Nim. Popular throughout every culture due to the simplicity of the materials required. Occasionally Board Game variants of the pencil and paper game are published, where the basic elements are pre-formed or preprinted.

Sites in Paper and Pencil

The Origami Game
Fold paper into a series of shapes faster than the other players. Site includes rules, and print outs of the shapes.
Knowledge Hound: How To Play Guggenheim
Word game to help improve memory, requires only a pencil and a sheet of paper.
Pencil and Paper Games
Instructions and variations for Othello, Tic-Tac-Toe, Squares and Sprouts.
Psi Squad
A logic game for three or more players, similar to the classic board Game, Mastermind.
Battleship
The classic board game played with paper and pencil.
Ghoulash, The Last Game On Earth
A complex adventure game where players compete to complete various quests.
Clever Games for Clever People
Includes map coloring, dots and boxes, and calculation games. From John Conway's book "On Numbers and Games".
MoonBear
Offers a variety of printable games.
Puzzles and Games at MZ Estate
Offers versions of Battleship, Scattergories, and Yahtzee to print out and play, as well as word searches and trivia quizzes.
Richard Bartle: Spellbinder
Game where players take the role of wizards battling it out in an arena. The game's creator, discusses the history and success of the game.
Waving Hands
Alternate name and rules for Spellbinder. These are the free and complete rules upon which all other variants have been based.
Oflameron
Logic table game played on paper with dice. Site contains the game's description, images, rules and playing forms for download in Microsoft Word format.

sub categories in Paper and Pencil

Dots and Boxes Dots and Boxes
Tic-Tac-Toe Tic-Tac-Toe
Sprouts Sprouts

cross references

Games : Puzzles Games : Puzzles
Recreation : Humor : Wordplay Recreation : Humor : Wordplay

other references

Games : Puzzles : Crosswords Games : Puzzles : Crosswords

this category in other languages

Papper och penna Swedish : Papper och penna
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