Games on square paper. Competition "Interesting situation"
Previously, when there were no computers, the main entertainment for adults and children was playing on paper. For entertainment, it was enough to take a notebook sheet and a pencil. The whole evening flew by unnoticed chatting with parents or friends. There are many games that will be incredibly interesting in any friendly company. They are simple and do not require special training or complex equipment. The most common games today are paper games for two.
Bulls and cows
The essence of the game is that one comes up with a four-digit number so that all the numbers are different. The other player must guess this number. To do this, he names a new four-digit number with each move. If at least one number matches, the first player says: “Cow.” If the digital designation from the announced number is in the same place as in the hidden number, this situation is called “bull”. Both players take turns, the one who guesses the number first wins.
Gallows
Two people take part in the game. The first one thinks of a word and draws dashes on a piece of paper indicating the number of letters in this word. A gallows is depicted in the corner of the sheet. Another player names a letter that can be included in a given word. If he guesses correctly, the letter is written in; if he is wrong, then the head of the gallows is drawn. With the next mistake, the torso, stomach, arms, legs are drawn. If the person is drawn before the word is guessed, the first player wins. Next, the opponents change roles and continue their games on paper.
Corridors
To play, you will need a squared piece of notebook paper. Players in order draw horizontal or vertical lines one cell long. The opponent who managed to close an entire cell puts a dot in it and receives a bonus move. The one who occupies the most squares wins.
Sea battle
This game is a version of the game on paper for two players. For the battle you will need two square fields, one for each opponent. 10 warships are drawn on the sheets of paper: 1 has 4 decks, 2 have 3 decks, 3 have 2 decks, and 4 have 1 deck. Important rule- objects cannot be located on adjacent cells. After the alignment of forces, you can begin the war. The first player names the opponent's field. If an enemy ship is located on this cell, he says: “Wounded,” and the attacker continues shooting. If the object is completely destroyed, the enemy reports: “Killed.” Players take turns shooting at their opponent's targets. The one who shoots down all the ships wins.
Football
Football is a version of the game played on paper for two players. You will need a checkered piece of paper. On this you need to draw a gate 6 squares in size on both edges. The game starts from the very center of the field. The first player makes a move, which consists of broken lines (each 1 cell). Next is the second player's turn. An important rule is that you cannot cross the opponent’s lines. If one of the opponents cannot make a move, the other person shoots a penalty from 6 squares in a straight line. They play until 1 goal.
There are different games on paper, for one or for two. But it is always a very exciting and entertaining activity that develops imagination, memory and thinking at any age.
Original taken from masterok
22 games on paper for two
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Games on paper (using a piece of paper and a pencil). For one, for two, for company. It’s interesting to read and learn (find out the secrets, if there are such games) to play them.
I am sure that even though these days are computerized and gadget-driven times, there are always situations when you have nothing but friends and a piece of paper. So remember or write it down! There will be both well-known games here, and I hope that there will be new ones for someone. At one time, when, as you understand, there were no computers and mobile phones, I played almost everything!
1. Bulls and cows
The first player thinks of a four-digit number, so that all the digits of the number are different. The goal of the second player is to win back this number. Each move, the guesser names a number, also four-digit and with different numbers. If a digit from the named number is in the guessed number, then this situation is called a cow. If a digit from the named number is in the guessed number and is in the same place, then this situation is called a bull.
For example, the first player thought of 6109, and the second player called 0123. Then the first player should say: one bull and one cow (1b,1k).
Each partner has his own say. They take turns. The one who guesses the opponent's number first wins.
Executioner is another popular puzzle game designed specifically for two players. For this game you will need blank paper and a pen.
The first player thinks of a word. It should be existing word, and the player must be sure that the other player knows the word and is familiar with its spelling. It depicts a series of blank spaces needed to write a word. Then he draws the following diagram, which depicts a gallows with a noose.
The game begins when the second player suggests a letter that can be included in this word. If he guesses correctly, the first player writes it in the correct blank space. If there is no such letter in the word, he writes this letter to the side and begins to finish drawing the gallows, adding a circle representing a head to the loop. The opponent continues to guess the letters until he guesses the entire word. For each wrong answer, the first player adds one body part to the gallows.
If the torso is drawn before the opponent can guess the word, the first player wins. If the opponent guesses the word correctly before the entire torso is drawn, he wins, and then it is his turn to think of the word.
3. Tic-tac-toe on an endless field
The expansion of the playing field allows you to free yourself from the predetermination of the result in Tic Tac Toe.
On an endless field (a sheet of paper will do just fine), the players take turns placing their sign (a cross or a zero). The game ends when one of the players wins or if the field runs out.
The winner is the one who manages to line up five of his signs along one line, straight or diagonal.
If you are playing computer games, then you can easily guess which of them the creators devoted a lot of time to this extended version of tic-tac-toe.
4. Labyrinth
The field can be square or pyramid shaped. If desired, you can come up with more bizarre shapes.
On the playing field, participants take turns placing lines one square long - vertically or horizontally.
The one of the participants who closed the square (placed the fourth line that makes it up) puts his sign (a cross or a zero) in this square and walks again.
The players' task is to place as many of their signs as possible; the one who has more of these signs after the field is completely filled wins.
The more difficult and more field, the more interesting and unpredictable the game.
5. Sea battle
The goal of this game is to destroy enemy objects (ships). Two people play. The events of the game take place on 2 square fields measuring 10x10. One of the fields is yours, the other is your opponent's. On it you place your own objects (ships) and the enemy attacks them. The enemy places his objects (ships) on another field.
Your armed forces, like those of the enemy, contain the following objects (ships):
1 deck (size 1 cell) - 4 pieces
2-deck (2 cells in size) - 3 pieces
3-deck (3 cells in size) - 2 pieces
4-deck (4 squares in size) - 1 piece.
Objects (ships) cannot be placed closely, that is, there must be at least one free cell between two adjacent objects (ships) (note that the enemy also cannot place objects (ships) closely).
When all preparations are completed and the objects (ships) are placed, it is time to begin the battle.
The player whose objects (ships) are located on the left field has the first move. You select a square on the enemy’s field and “shoot” at this square. If you sank an enemy ship, then the opponent must say “killed”; if you wounded the ship (that is, you hit a ship with more than one deck), then the opponent must say “wounded”. If you hit an enemy ship, you continue “shooting”.
The game ends when one of its participants loses all ships.
6. Points
Dots is a game of wits for two or four people. However, it is best to play with just two people. For this game you will need blank paper and as many pens as there are players. The object of the game is to connect the drawn lines into squares, the player who creates the most squares wins the game.
To begin, create a field on a blank piece of paper, draw horizontal and vertical lines of small dots at equal distances from each other. Very quick game would consist of ten along and ten points across. You can make the field as large or small as you like, depending on the level of the game and the number of players.
Once the board is created, each player takes turns making a move, drawing one line at a time connecting two points. Points can be connected horizontally or vertically, but sometimes diagonally. Once a player completes a square, he places his initials inside the square and gets his next turn, and so on until he manages to create a square with one extra line.
There are two possible strategies in this game: first, you can stop your opponents from creating squares. Secondly, you can configure the field in such a way as to be able to create big number squares using one additional line.
7. Football
To play football you need a checkered piece of paper that will serve as a field. Two people play. The gate is six squares in size. The game begins at the central point of the field (sheet). The first move is played by lot.
A move is a broken line consisting of three segments, each of which is a diagonal or side of a cell.
You cannot cross the lines or touch them. If the player cannot make the next move, then the opponent shoots a penalty: a straight line of six cells (vertically, horizontally or diagonally).
If after a free kick the ball stops on an already drawn line, or the player cannot make a move, then another free kick is taken.
They play until the first goal.
8. Chain
The task is to come up with a chain of metagrams for a given pair of words that turns one of these words into another. Each next a word is obtained from the previous one by replacing exactly one letter. The winner is the one whose chain is shorter. This game was invented by Lewis Carroll, author of the book “Alice in Wonderland.” So, the GOAT turns into a WOLF, FOX, LEOPARD and other animals.
In 17 moves, NIGHT changes to DAY.
In 11 moves, the RIVER turns into the SEA.
In 13 minutes you can make a BULL from the DOUGH.
Traveling through time will take 19 turns: MIG will turn into an HOUR, then into a YEAR, then a CENTURY will arise and finally an ERA will appear.
The first player writes a letter, the next one adds a letter in front or behind the letter written, etc. The loser is the one whose substitution results in a whole word. Letters should not be substituted anyhow, when adding another letter, you must have in mind a specific word in which the combination of letters you wrote occurs. If the one who must make the next move cannot come up with a single word with the combination of letters that formed before his move, he must give up. In this case, the player who wrote the last letter must say what word he meant; if he cannot name the word, then he loses; if he named it, the one who gave up loses. The one who loses the first time gets the letter B, the second time - A, etc., until the word Balda is formed. The one who becomes the first Balda loses completely.
Naturally, you can play not only on paper, but also orally.
10 . Football 8x12
A field of 12x8 cells is drawn. The dots in the middle of the short sides are the gates. The first move is exactly from the center of the field. They take turns placing a line on one square (along a line or diagonally). If the move ends at a sketched point (that is, through which you have already walked - for example, the center of the field), then the right to another line is given, and so on, until the move ends at an empty point. The sides are considered to be sketched points (that is, the ball is “bounced” from the sides). The goal is to score the ball into the goal.
An additional rule that we came up with in class is that putting the ball into a position from which you cannot get out is an illegal move (for example, going into the corner). If this is the only move a player can make, then this is his loss.
Each field is played for one goal (if desired, for more, but practice has shown that it is still better to play for one goal). The convenience of this game compared to standard football is that it takes up little space and you can use a partially written piece of paper for it.
11. Labyrinth with objects
Two people are playing. Players draw two 10x10 fields. For convenience, you can assign designations to the cells: a, b, c, ..., i, k - horizontally and 1, 2, 3, ..., 9, 10 - vertically. (Helps with communication during the game). On one field, draw your own labyrinth through which your opponent will walk. The second, still empty, field is the opponent’s labyrinth, through which the player himself walks. It marks the objects of the enemy’s labyrinth explored during the game. The goal is to take the treasure out of someone else's labyrinth faster than your opponent takes the treasure out of yours.
Here you have the opportunity to simultaneously prove yourself both as an adventurer and as a “dungeon master.”
Labyrinth requirements:
Between the cells there may be walls, which, in fact, form a labyrinth. In addition, the entire perimeter of the labyrinth is also surrounded by a wall called the “maze wall.”
The labyrinth should contain:
1 Crossbow
1 Crutch
4 exits from pits (each pit uniquely corresponds to one exit)
3 False treasures
1 A real treasure
4 exits from the maze on each side.
In addition, each participant at the beginning of the game has 3 grenades.
Example map:
Game process.
Players tell each other the coordinates of the points from which they would like to start the game.
Players take turns. During a turn, a player can move one cell to the right, left, up or down, if the cell he is in and the one he wants to move to are not separated by a wall. If such a wall is still present, the player is informed about this and he remains on his cell until the next move. If this wall is a maze wall, this is reported separately. However, by prior agreement, there is no need to distinguish between internal walls and maze walls and exclude the concept of “maze wall”, but this can greatly delay the game. By spending one grenade, the player can eliminate any wall (including the wall of the labyrinth) until the end of the game. You don't need to discover it first to do this. For example, having intuitively felt that there is a wall on the right, the player may not waste a turn going to the right and making sure that it is there. He can immediately use a grenade, and then there will definitely be no wall there. But it may be that it was not there, then the grenade is still considered spent. Throwing a grenade is considered a move. You cannot throw a grenade and move in the same turn.
After the player has moved to a new cell, the enemy informs him what is on the new cell (and only one object can be on one cell).
These could be (with examples of notation):
A) crossbow("A"). After visiting this cell, the player begins to “limp” and the enemy can perform +1 action during his turn (which has already arrived) (move, throw a grenade, bump into a wall). The crossbow fires once, but its effect lasts until the end of the game.
b) crutch(“Y”) Visiting this cell allows the player himself, starting from the next turn, to perform 1 more action per turn. This is not a cure for the effects of a crossbow, but an independent object. The crutch works once, but its effect lasts until the end of the game.
The actions of the crutch and the crossbow stack. That is, visiting both of these cells gives the same result as not visiting either of them. If you find a crutch, and your opponent has a crossbow, then you can do three actions per turn (not four!).
V) trap(“K”). Allow three moves. Those. While you are getting out of the trap (more correctly, a trap), the enemy makes four moves, after which you can move again. Having an opponent with a crutch allows him to make eight moves. If you fall into a trap and were previously wounded by a crossbow, the enemy makes only four moves (permanently skipping moves does not work, because you still do not move). The trap is triggered every time a player visits a cell with it.
G) You've fallen into a hole No. 1, 2, 3 or 4. (“1,2,3,4”) - instantaneous movement (with the same move) to the cell “Exit from pit No. 1, 2, 3 or 4” (“I,II,III ,IV"), respectively. The exit coordinates are not communicated to the player. He continues the game from the cage with the exit from the pit and determines his location by indirect signs. If a player gets to the “exit from the pit” cell without falling into the pit itself, but simply “came across it,” he is informed about this. Now, having fallen into a hole with this number, he will know where he will appear.
d) You found a treasure. False (“O”) or true (“X”) can only be found out by leaving the maze.
To exit the maze, you can use any of the exits, which are available one on each side, or break through a new one using a grenade. (However, we can agree that grenades are not taken from the walls of the labyrinth, although they are wasted in the process).
A player who exits the maze on his turn (accidentally or intentionally) is told that he has exited the maze. If at the same time he has a treasure in his hands, it is reported what kind of treasure it is: false or real.
You can only carry one treasure at a time. In this case, the actions of a crossbow, crutch, or trap are not canceled. You can’t throw the treasure wherever you want, but you can exchange one for another. It is not necessary to take the treasure. If you find yourself on a cell with treasure and decide to take it, you need to inform your opponent about this.
The maze must be designed in such a way that you can visit each cell and exit the maze without using grenades, starting the game from any point. You cannot build traps: when a player, having fallen into a hole, comes out of it into a confined space, from which he cannot get out without using grenades. The trap can be placed anywhere.
After leaving the maze, the player can only enter the exit from which he left. However, the option of re-entering through any exit also has a right to exist. In this case, it is possible to fence off areas that can only be reached through a certain entrance to the maze, if the starting point is located outside them.
12. Nonsense
And even the seemingly stupid game “Nonsense” carries within itself deep meaning, if you play it with the whole family. Each player receives a piece of paper and writes at the top the answer to the question “Who?” (Winnie the Pooh, cat Behemoth, neighbor Uncle Vasya, etc.). Then the answer is folded in such a way that it cannot be read, and the sheets of paper are passed around. The next question is “With whom?” Then follow: “When?”, “Where?”, “What did you do?”, “What came of it?” When all the answers are written, the pieces of paper are unfolded and read. "So what's the point of all this?" - you ask. If the whole family laughs at the resulting nonsense, if parents and children are interested and having fun together - isn’t this the most important, most important meaning of any family games?
13. Virus war
"Virus War". Game for two ( More is possible, but an even number of players is desirable, otherwise one quickly becomes a victim), on a field 10*10 ( again, more is possible, then it’s even more interesting), “viruses” are denoted by crosses, circles and other evil spirits (each player has their own color or shape). Three “viruses” are placed per turn. Viruses begin to reproduce from opposite corner cells of the field. You can only display a “virus” next to your other “live virus”. If the enemy’s “virus” is nearby, you can eat it by painting the cell in your color. The enemy cannot “overeat” this cell a second time. Such formations are called “fortresses”. If the “fortress” touches at least one living virus of its color, then further away from it, new “viruses” can be created anywhere or there is an enemy. The goal of the game is the complete destruction of enemy forces. If both sides manage to hide their live viruses behind a fortress made from the enemy's eaten viruses, the game ends in a draw.
"Bedbugs." Variation of “virus warriors”. Can be played by 2 to 6 players, but optimally 4 players. They play on a notebook sheet, each player must have their own color. The game begins with drawing the “main bug” - a cross surrounded by a frame and the “headquarters” surrounding the “main bug” of 8 crosses in the corners of the sheet. Then you can make 5 “moves” per turn, and not 3 as in the “war of viruses”. The game is played to destroy the “main bugs”. But the most interesting thing in this version of the game is that the players, who play by default, each for themselves, have the right to enter into alliances and break them as the situation or personal preferences change. Often a good “political” intrigue in this variant brings more dividends than the combination class of the game. Possible addition: a player who has built a square of 8 bugs can place a new “main bug” in the center, and the old one is painted over in the player’s color. Such a revolution allows you to save your army from defeat if the enemy gets close to the old “main one”.
"War". A very complex variation of “virus warriors”. Can be played by 2 to 6 players, but optimally 4 players. They play on a notebook sheet, each player must have their own color. The game starts from the “generals”, which are designated by the letter G and are located in the corners of the sheet. For each move, the player can place:
4 infantrymen (designated by the letters P);
2 knights which are placed with a letter as in chess (and are designated by the letter K);
2 tanks that move through one cell (can also be diagonal) (indicated by the letters T);
1 plane that moves through 4 cells horizontally, vertically or diagonally (indicated by the letters C).
During any move, you can abandon one type of troops and make an extra move of another type. For example, you can immediately go 3 more times by plane in one turn, giving up all the infantry, all the horses and all the tanks, respectively.
Unlike the “war of viruses”, new fighters can only be deployed next to living fighters (or next to a “living” fortress) of the corresponding type, provided that they have a living connection with the general! That is, troops without control do not fight. Communication can be made through another type of military. They play, of course, to destroy the generals.
14. Pyramid
Two players play. They take turns writing words in the form of a pyramid according to the crossword rule, in addition, repeat identical words forbidden. They start with a three-letter word; under the word you can write a word of the same length or one letter longer. Under each word you can only write a word of the same length once, next word must be one letter longer. After the opponent’s move, the player carefully analyzes the resulting game word pyramid and tries to form a word from at least three letters, taking for it the first letter from an arbitrary level of the pyramid, the second from the next level below it, etc. one letter from each next level. This word must also be a common noun in initial form and not an abbreviation (not an abbreviation like traffic police). The player who finds such a word adds to his score as many points as there are letters in this word. Then the next round begins, and so on, until a player scores 12 points. He becomes the winner.
An example of one round of this game with words: the 1st player writes the word HATCH, the 2nd writes the word MIG under it. The 1st player needs to find a 4-letter word, he writes the word SHAWL. Both players try to select words from already used letters in order to not give their opponent a chance to win the round. Here the 2nd player carefully looks to see if he can make up some word, but all sorts of nonsense comes out like KISH, LIL, YUM, etc. Then the 2nd player writes the 4-letter word SHILO (or he could write a 5-letter one):
The 1st player analyzes the pyramid... He sees the words GAI, IL and YUG, which, according to the conditions of this word game, do not fit, and does not notice the word KILO! The pyramid has another level:
Player 2 sees the words LIK and SPIKE, then notices the word KILO... And suddenly finds the beautiful 5-letter word LILY! It adds 5 points to the 2nd player's score.
Such games on paper with words develop attentiveness and the ability to combine words.
Two players draw 7-10 tanks each. or “starships?”, each on its own half of a double notebook sheet (preferably not in a box, but in a line or empty A4). Having placed the army, the players begin to fire at each other as follows: a shot is drawn on their half of the field, then the sheet is folded exactly in the middle, and the shot, visible in the open, is marked on the second half of the field. If it hit a tank, it was knocked out (the second? knocking out? is fatal), and if it hit it exactly, the tank was immediately destroyed.
Each successful shot gives the right to the next one; In some versions of the game, you cannot fire the next shot at the same tank.
After preliminary shooting, the game very quickly moves into the “blitz-krieg” stage, or rather, a rapid denouement. The winner, naturally, is the one who shoots the opposing army first.
16. Barriers
A simple tactical game, the essence of which is the positional struggle for space. On an 8x8 field (i.e. the size of a chessboard), players, one after another, draw small lines that overlap any 2 cells in a row: i.e. for example player 1 draws a vertical line occupying e2 and e3.
Player 2 does the same, but his line cannot cross or touch any existing “barricades”. As the field fills up, there is less and less free space, and at the end a sober calculation is required to finish the game. A player who can no longer place his line because... everything is already blocked, losing.
Simple and pretty fun game, built on the same principles as the coin parade, but completely different in form.
On small field(it can be a square or rectangle custom size, not particularly important) players place about 15-20 points in a variety of places, although more or less evenly.
Then the first player draws a round rim, but free form, which passes through at least 1 point. The maximum in the classic version is unlimited, although I would recommend giving a maximum of 4 points in the rim.
Next player draws his rim, the only limitation? it cannot intersect with those already drawn. The rims can be drawn inside the rims, or, conversely, surround existing ones, the main thing is that they do not intersect. After a while, there is very little space left, and the one who draws the last rim loses.
A variation of this game is the rule of drawing rims that cover only 1 or 2 points, no more.
The main thing in this game is actor is an eraser. You will have to do laundry constantly, this is war, and losses are inevitable. Many numbers will die for your victory!
The game is very fast and varied, and, in general, very simple.
You write a series of numbers from 0 to 9, in any sequence, in any combination. The length can be whatever you want, I recommend starting with 20. For example, it could be the row 5,3,6,9,0,8,4,6,1,3,2,4,8,7,0, 9.5? or any other.
With his turn, the player can do one of two possible actions in the game:
- change one of the numbers downward, up to a maximum of 0 (there are no negative values in the game);
- erase any zero and all digits to the right of it, thus reducing the length of the strip.
The one who destroys the last zero loses.
19. Dots and squares
The author of this game, popularizer of mathematics and science Martin Garner, considered it ?a pearl logic games? . Without sharing his opinion, however, it is quite possible to call the game one of the best tactical games, interesting at any age.
Playing field? rows of dots from 3x3 to 9x9. It’s better to start with a small field and, having felt the taste, increase the size. The rules are very simple: players connect two dots with a line, and when the player can close the square, he puts his sign in it (for example, the first letter of his name).
By closing a square, the player gains the right to an additional move until he draws a line that does not close anything. At the end of the game, it is counted who has closed the most squares, and the winner is determined.
Despite its apparent simplicity, the game provides a good space for combinatorial play, especially on fields of 5x5 and larger. The essence of winning tactics? force the field with half-closed structures, sacrifice, it is necessary, a few squares in favor of the opponent, and then, when there is practically nowhere to bet, force him to make an unfavorable move (not covering anything)? and then close most of the squares in one series.
The simplest word game, based on the tic-tac-toe principle, only with letters.
On a 3x3 field (then try other sizes), two players bet on any one letter each, and the one who, by the end of the game (when all the fields are filled in) will be able to write more well-known 3-letter words diagonally, vertically or horizontally, wins.
The game is useful for children who are learning to write. For adults there is quite little competitive value, but players with a sense of humor will have a lot of fun. For children, you can play the option: who will be the first to create a word, and not who will have more words.
21. Racing
More complex and long game, built on the same principle as other paper coordination games: moving a pen standing vertically along a sheet with a slight click.
On a sheet (single or double) drawn race track(Race), in the form of two curving, uneven circles, repeating each other’s outlines, 2-3-4 cells wide (depending on the number of participants). Then, in an arbitrary place of the resulting ring, a start/finish line is drawn, from which the racing cars start.
In short, neat strokes, the racers move around the ring, overcoming bends and special obstacles, flying into the ditch, entering the field again, and as a result, one of them comes to the finish line first and reaps the laurels.
Each time the driver's line touches or crosses the track boundary, a cross is placed at the intersection and the driver skips the next turn, turning his car around so it can continue the race. Each car has 5 such intersections in stock. (5 hit points), and the sixth encounter becomes fatal.
Besides this, could there be any obstacles on the route? for example, high-danger zones: upon flying into such a zone, the car receives more damage and loses two life points. Or special obstacles that protrude from the edges and make the passage narrower, or on the contrary, stand in the middle and force cars to squeeze through
It is also possible to enter touch points, or rather, small circles, which the car must hit when passing by (i.e., through which the line must pass). The picture shows all the listed complications of the track at once, and it is clear that the race is still far from over.
You can come up with and introduce your own rules, new obstacles, and if there are 4 or more participants, you can even arrange a racing series, making several tracks, and in between allowing players to purchase equipment for the amount of points depending on occupied space. For example, buy additional life points or attack spikes, and remove 1 life point from the car you are overtaking.
22. Golf
Players start from two spots next to each other at the bottom of a double piece of paper standing vertically (see picture).
Everyone plays with a pen of their own color, and what is everyone's task? behind minimal amount strokes (lines from the pen sliding along the sheet) to get the ball into the hole. The hole is at the opposite end of the field, i.e. on top of the sheet. And a person with good coordination needed a maximum of 4-5 hits to drive the line into the hole.
But in advanced versions of Golf, the path to it is not so simple, because long straight lines are protected by hills that act as a buffer and do not allow the player. When hitting a hill, the enemy performs a rollback i.e. shoots the line of the offender in any direction, and he is forced to continue his series of blows from the place where this line came. Or perhaps 1 or 2 extra moves are added to the track of the one who hits the hill.
Well, if we go back to computer games, then find out what it is
In the era of computer battles, many wonderful games, for which you only need a notebook and a fountain pen, have somehow been undeservedly forgotten. But they perfectly develop imagination, logic, intelligence and much more. Yes, some of them have “digitized” and moved to the Internet. For example, “Battleship”, “Balda” or “Hangman”.
I’ll share my favorite games: some will remember their own childhood, and others, perhaps, will find something new for themselves and their children interesting entertainment. There will definitely be time for games during the New Year holidays!
"12 Notes"
A favorite Christmas classic for the whole family! Cut 12 pieces of paper - notes. First they are numbered, then on the first one it is written where the second one is hidden, on the second one - where the third one is, and so on. Tasks can be done at different levels of difficulty. For example, write in the third note that the fourth is not “in dad’s left shoe,” but “a black object with laces.” Within the walls of one apartment there is a whole space for imagination!
On the last twelfth note you need to indicate where to look for the prize. It may even be a simple candy, but when found after 12 stages of searching, it becomes nothing less than Candy! When all the notes and prizes are hidden in their places, the presenter can only tell the participants where note No. 1 is - and the action begins!
One day I overdid it with the difficulty of the tasks and they couldn’t find one of the notes. I suggested where the next one was, but everyone forgot about this one. And only recently, several years later, it was accidentally found, having miraculously survived repairs and rearrangements! Now this is a rarity :)
"Words"
A game of erudition for all family members. Participants are given a sheet of paper, which must be drawn into 6-10 columns. At the top of each is written a topic for which you will need to come up with words in the future. For example, “Names”, “Cities”, “Flowers”, “Animals”, “Plants”. You can complicate the game and come up with something more intricate: “Professions”, “Dishes”, “Constellations”, “Writers”.
Then take a magazine or newspaper and use the “poke method” to determine the letter with which all words in a given round should begin. You will also need a stopwatch: the time to complete the task is limited to thirty seconds or one to two minutes. The number of rounds is determined in advance, for example, there can be 10. In each round, the words will begin with a new random letter. At the end, points are calculated: the word was not invented - 0 points, the word matches several participants - 5 points each, a unique word - 10 points.
A variant of the game for super-erudites: write in the allotted time in each column as many words for the dropped letter as you can think of.
"Tanks"
Action game for two for preschoolers. You will need one notebook and two pens. On the spread of the notebook, one page is the first player's field, and the second is the opponent's field. Each person on his or her field schematically draws 5-10 tanks in random order, no larger than a centimeter in size.
Then, by lot, one of the players makes the first move - “shot”. To do this, on his field anywhere (but looking at the opponent’s field and taking aim), he draws a small circle the size of a pea with a pen (you need to paint it “thickly”), then turns his page over to the opponent’s field and presses down the place of the shot with reverse side so that the ink spot is imprinted on this field. The page flips back, and the players look to see if this shot hit any of the tanks. Then the second player makes his shot - and so on until complete victory! This game develops the eye and spatial thinking.
"Bulls and Cows"
A challenging game for older children and adults. This is an intellectual battle of attentiveness and logic for two players. Everyone comes up with a four-digit number, such that the numbers in it are not repeated, and writes it on their piece of paper. For example, 1409. Players, taking turns making moves, must guess the opponent's number. To do this, one names any (also four-digit) number and writes it down for himself. The opponent writes this number under his own and compares the numbers: if there is an exact hit, it is a “bull”, if some numbers are the same, but not in the hidden places, it is “cows”.
For example, under the hidden 1409, a player writes the number 7495 proposed by his opponent. He sees that there is one exact match - a four in the second position, and one inaccurate match - a nine. The player tells the opponent: “One bull and one cow.” The opponent writes down this data next to his first move - 1B 1K. Then the second player makes a move.
The difficulty is that players do not know which numbers they guessed accurately, and which ones are present, but not in their place. With each move, they analyze the information received (the number of bulls and cows), rearrange the numbers, add others and gradually come to the correct answer. Whoever does this first wins.
Miniature Zen drawing book
For this “solo” entertainment that develops the imagination, you need a checkered notebook sheet. If it is not there, then you can draw a regular A4 sheet with a thin pencil into 5x5 millimeter squares. The whole trick is in this miniature size. Take a pen and draw a separate, complete design in each cell. It could be a house, a window, an eye, a person, a car, or anything.
Draw as best you can. The main thing is that in each cell there is a recognizable image, and not just scribbles, and that not a single one is repeated throughout the “canvas”. By the way, you can draw numbers, letters and geometric figures. When they run out, there will be more left on the sheet great amount empty cells :) And this is where pure creativity begins.
The finished work (it may take three hours, a day, two or a week - as long as everything is a pleasure) can be hung in a frame on the wall. She looks very unusual and “rich”, and after long time It’s interesting to look at it and guess what is depicted there after creative torment in the one hundred tenth or two hundredth cell.
"Knight's move"
This is a puzzle game for one person. Draw a 10x10 square of any size. In the upper left cell, put the number 1. Then make a move from this cell the way a chess knight moves (with the letter “g”) - and put the number 2 on the new cell. Then from 2, move the knight to any unoccupied cell, number 3, and so on .
Thus, try to fill the entire square, up to the number 100. This is not an easy task, and most likely you will have to draw more than one playing field.
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If you don’t know what to do with your child on the road, while waiting, or just on a bad autumn day, tell us, or try inviting him to play games on paper. Surely your child will like this idea, because it is quite unusual, much more useful than computer games or on portable gadgets, and also very affordable, all you need is a piece of paper and a pencil or pen.
But besides the above entertainment, there are many others that you may not have heard of, which is why we decided to compile the TOP 10 most exciting entertainment, and also tell game rules on paper, listed in the rating. We hope you find this list useful, and you and your children will definitely try to play with each of the unusual and exciting toys suggested below. Of course, you won’t meet anyone here, but you’ll definitely be able to interest a little older guys.
TOP 10
1.Sea battle.
Let's start with the most popular toy, familiar to many from childhood, for which you will need two checkered notebook sheets, two pencils or pens and two players.
Sea battle - rules of the game on paper
Each participant must first draw two fields on a piece of notebook paper, measuring 10 by 10 cells, and number each, first on the top side, from left to right, assigning a letter to each cell, as they are located in the alphabet - from A to K, and then on the leftmost side from top to bottom from 1 to 10.
After this, on one field, which will be yours, you need to place your ships, there should be ten of them in total - one 4-deck, consisting of four cells located exclusively in a row horizontally or vertically, two 3-deck, three 2-deck x-deck, and four 1-deck. It is also important to take into account that the boats located on the playing field cannot come into contact with each other in any places; a distance of at least one cell must be maintained between them along the perimeter.
The second drawn field will be required in order to try to guess how the enemy’s ships are located; certain marks are made on it during the game, based on the results of which it is possible to build a picture of the location of the opponent’s fleet.
When preparatory work will be completed, and the fleet has been deployed, you can begin battles, the players shoot one by one, calling the coordinates of a certain point on the opponent’s field, for this purpose the letters and numbers specified in advance are used. For example, the player sets the coordinates of G8, the opponent looks where such a shot hits, and informs the shooter whether it hit the ship, partially touched it, if it is a 2, 3, 4 deck ship, in this case they say “wounded” or 1-deck, then “killed”. If the shot was simply on the field, in this case it is noted that it was fired “missing”.
Similar paper fighting game, is to destroy the entire enemy fleet as quickly as possible, while preserving your ships as much as possible.
It should be noted that there are similar sea games on paper, in which battles are fought on fields of more complex shape and size, and multi-level ships are also depicted.
2. Gallows or executioner.
In order to play this fun, you will need one piece of paper, as well as a pen or pencil.
Rules games on a sheet of paper
The first participant thinks up a word in his mind; it must be a noun, in the singular nominative case. Next, he depicts this word on a piece of paper in the form of squares or strokes, and each symbol must correspond to the letter of the word.
After this, the second participant begins to name the letters that, in his opinion, may be in this word, if the letter is guessed. It is written in the right place, but if not, the person who made the wish draws the first element of the gallows on the side. This continues until the player guesses the word or is hanged, i.e. will be defeated.
Then the players change places, the one who previously guessed begins to guess, and can also be executed on the gallows.
3. Tic Tac Toe.
For this toy you will need a notebook piece of paper, preferably in a box, and a pen.
Description of the rules paper games for two"Tic-tac-toe."
The playing field is pre-drawn square shape, consisting of three cells vertically and three horizontally. Then the first player puts a cross in any cell he likes, the second player puts a zero in the return move. The essence of the game is to prevent your opponent from building a horizontal, vertical or diagonal line with his pieces. Later, when a simple version of this games on paper with pen for two will be mastered and become uninteresting, the size of the playing field can be increased several times or made of an unusual shape.
4. Segments.
For this fun you will need a piece of paper and a colored felt-tip pen or pencil.
Description of conditions.
First, 15-17 dots are placed on the sheet in a chaotic order with one of the colors. Next, each player chooses a specific color of felt-tip pen, which they alternately connect into one segment. At the same time, this segment should not intersect with any of those already depicted, either by the player himself or his opponent. The one who cannot connect the next two points into an independent segment loses.
Over time, the number of points can be increased to any odd number.
As in all previous cases, you will need two pens (pencils) and 2 sheets of paper.
Conditions games on paper and pen
A large complex word is invented in advance; it must be a noun in the singular person and nominative case. Each participant writes it down on a piece of paper at the top. Then a certain time is given, for example, 5 minutes, during which it is necessary to compose from this compound word, or rather its letters, are many simple ones. For example, the word “coffee grinder” is taken as a basis; from it you can create words such as coffee, crowbar, varnish, lump, etc.
Then the participants read out their words one by one, those that appear in both players are automatically crossed out, as a result of which only non-repeating ones remain, the one who has the most such words wins.
6. Nonsense.
This entertainment option is very fun, it is much more interesting and exciting rock paper scissors strip game. Two or more people can participate in it, one must be the leader. All participants, except the presenter, must have the main attributes of all the games described in this publication - paper sheets and pens.
The rules of the game are nonsense.
The presenter asks the first question, for example, it sounds like this: - “Who?” Each participant answers it in writing, starting to write from the very top edge of the piece of paper, and immediately wraps it up so that the inscription is not visible.
Then the presenter asks the following question, for example: - “With whom?”
The players also answer it in writing, wrap up another part of the leaf and exchange them again.
Answers to questions are written down until the piece of paper runs out. At the end, each participant unfolds the piece of paper and reads the funny story, which turned out.
It should be noted that this entertainment is very popular not only among children, but also among adults, especially in corporate parties or in the circle of warm home company. And according to this principle, you can hold comic or any other suitable holiday.
For this fun you will need paper sheets and four colored markers or pencils, as well as a pen.
How to make a game on paper"Colors"
To begin with, a vertical line is drawn on the right side of the sheet, reminiscent of notebook margins, then the bottom edge of the paper is bent with a strip of approximately 2-3 centimeters, so that it is not visible from the opposite side to the second player.
Then the second player begins to guess the location of the colors, for this he draws them in a row, in front of the curved edge, if the color matches, the guesser puts a plus in the margins, if not, a minus.
The essence of this game is to guess the location of the colored dots as quickly as possible.
8.Halves.
This entertainment, like everyone knows rock paper scissors game fingers, kids will like it school age who do not yet know how to write, but love to draw and do it all the time. It will require standard set- a piece of paper and a pencil.
Description of conditions.
One of the participants draws a drawing, but not completely, but only half of it, for example, half a circle, and the second one completes the drawing, turning that same circle into a ball, an apple, a sun, etc. Then, based on the completed sketches, you and your baby can create various ones at home.
9. Scrabble or scrabble.
This game option is designed for children of high school age, as well as adults.
A playing field measuring 15 by 15 cells is drawn, some cells are shaded in red, some in yellow, and some in a completely chaotic order. green, the rest remain white. This is necessary so that by playing the letters that fall on these cells, they increase their points. Red 2 times, green + 5 points, yellow + 2 points. The entire alphabet is also written out in advance, and each letter is assigned a certain number of points. Moreover, the simpler a letter is and the more often it occurs in many words, for example, A, O, I, the fewer points it has, and, accordingly, the more complex it is - Y, Yu, F, etc. the more points.
At the beginning of the game, the presenter dictates seven letters to each player, they can be different or repeated, then the players take turns writing words on the playing field according to the principle of a crossword puzzle, using exclusively the letters they have.
Based on the results of the words composed, the points earned by each player are calculated, which, as noted above, can increase if a certain letter of the word lands on a colored cell of the field.
10. Words starting with the letter.
Two or more people can participate in this entertainment. At the same time, everyone should have a paper blank and a pencil.
First, on a piece of paper, each player draws a table consisting of eight columns; the width of the columns should be such that a word of average length can be freely entered into it.
Next, each column is given a name, 1st is “Letter”, 2nd is “Boy’s Name”, 3rd is “Girl’s Name”, 4th is “Animal”, 5th is “Plant”, 6th is “City” ", 7th "Food", 8th "Number of points". Next, by drawing lots, the letter is determined, into which the words starting with it are entered into the columns at speed. It is important not only to quickly write all the words, but also to choose options that your opponent will definitely not encounter.
Then the players read out their options one by one and cross out the ones that are repeated. The winner is the one who wrote the most words without repetition and did it the fastest.
The games presented above are not all that you can keep your child busy and do yourself; it should be noted that many of these games in a modern interpretation are present in software and computer variations, for example, alchemy game on paper Today it is very popular among schoolchildren, students, and adults.
To understand and better understand how to play it, it’s worth watching answers to the game alchemy on paper, which today can be found quite easily on the Internet.
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10 games on paper February 19th, 2014
In our childhood there were a lot of different games, most Of these we simply kept in our heads, the rules were passed on to each other during the game. For many of these games, all that was needed was a couple of pencils or pens and a piece of paper.
Games on paper can easily be called the most intelligent and educational. And now they have been forgotten quite undeservedly. Once you teach children to play these games, they can always be occupied on a long journey or in rainy weather at home or in the country.
1. Tic-tac-toe
This is the most famous of these games. You don’t always need paper for it, just a little fog is enough. window glass in a minibus or a couple of twigs and sand underfoot...
A playing field of 3 by 3 cells is drawn (9 cells in total). Players take turns making moves, placing a cross or a zero in an empty cell. The goal of the game is to build a line of 3 crosses or toes horizontally, vertically or diagonally. It is extremely difficult to win in this game; basically the game comes down to a draw and more than one game is played.
But there are still certain combinations of moves that lead to victory.))
When on small field It gets boring to play, you can increase the field or not limit it at all. On such a field, players take turns making moves until someone manages to build a line of five symbols horizontally, vertically or diagonally.
2. Sea battle
This is one of the most favorite games of our childhood.))
I think everyone remembers the rules. And for those who don’t remember, let us remind you. This game is for two.
The goal of the game is to sink all enemy ships. The ships are located on 2 square fields measuring 10 by 10 cells. You place ships on your field and the enemy attacks them. And on another field the enemy places his ships. Every player equal amount ships - 10 pieces:
Single-deck (1 square in size) 4 pieces
Double deck (2 cells in size) 3 pieces
Three-deck (3 cells in size) 2 pieces
Four-deck (4 squares in size) 1 piece
When placing ships on the field, you need to take into account that there must be at least one empty cell between them; you cannot place ships close together.
During his turn, the player selects a cell on the opponent’s field and “shoots”, calling its coordinates “a1”, for example. At the same time, he marks his move on his additional field. If you sank an enemy ship, then the opponent must say “killed”, if you wounded the ship (that is, you hit a ship that has more than one deck), then the opponent must say “wounded”. If you hit an enemy ship, you continue “shooting”.
The game ends when all of one player's ships are sunk.
3. Tanks
To play, you need an A4 piece of paper, folded in half (you can take any notebook sheet). Two players draw 10 tanks, each on their own half of the sheet. Having finished the alignment of forces, the players begin to “fire” at each other in this way: a shot is drawn on their half of the field, then the sheet is folded in the middle and the shot, visible through the light, is marked on the second half of the field. If a shot hits a tank, it is considered “knocked out” and another additional shot is needed to destroy it. If the player hits the tank directly, then one shot is enough.
Each successful shot entitles the player to the next shot. To make the game more difficult, you can introduce a ban on the next shot at a tank that has just been knocked out.
4. Palms
This game can be played even with young children who are already familiar with numbers.
It will help you learn to quickly navigate numbers and concentrate.
To play, you will need two sheets of squared paper; on each sheet, the player traces his palm. Now, in the space limited by the picture, numbers from 1 to... Here you need to agree in advance. Then the game begins. One player calls an arbitrary number, the other at this time tries to find this number on his palm, and the first, meanwhile, quickly puts crosses in the cells on his sheet, starting from the top left cell. The winner is the one who fills all the cells of his field with crosses faster.
5. Points and segments.
The conditions of this game on paper are simple: put several dots on a piece of paper (at least 8, and preferably at least 15). Two players play, alternately connecting any two points with a segment. It is impossible to capture the 3rd point, and each point can be the end of only one segment. The segments must not intersect. The one who cannot make a move loses.
In the pictures you see correct connection points. 
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6. Points
We played this game at the institute during boring lectures. It develops tactical and strategic thinking.
The playing field is an ordinary sheet of checkered paper; if you have a lot of time and patience, you can play on an entire notebook spread. The playing field can be outlined with a line and the rules prohibit placing dots on this border. Each player should have a pen or pencil of their own color. Players take turns placing dots in random places at the intersection of cells.
The goal of the game is to capture as many paper possessions as possible. A territory is considered captured if it is surrounded by dots of its own color. The points should be located one cell apart from each other horizontally, vertically or diagonally. The captured territory is painted over with its own color or a fortress wall is drawn around it (thick line). If you managed to encircle the enemy’s territory or points with dots, they are yours. After such a capture, the player is given the right to make an extraordinary move. In some variants of the game, you can only capture those territories where there are already enemy fortifications. In others, any land is available to you, including free ones. Choose what you like best. At the end of the game, the size of the captured lands is calculated and the winner is declared. Most often, there is no need to specifically count anything - the result is obvious.
You can also play with children younger age. In this case, you should make the playing field very small - a quarter of a notebook page or even less, and use paper with large cells.
7. Numbers
Did you play this game on a checkered notebook at school or college? Half our dorm was playing.))) I held out for a long time, but then I plunged into it headlong, but the hour home on the train flew by unnoticed.
It was called differently: numbers, numbers, seeds, 19, but the meaning did not change. You write down numbers from 1 to 19 in a row, on a line up to 9, and then start the next line, with 1 number in each cell. Then you cross out the paired numbers or those that add up to 10. One condition is that the pairs must be next to or across the crossed out numbers horizontally or vertically. And after you have crossed out all the possible pairs, you rewrite the remaining numbers at the end. The goal is to completely cross out all the numbers.
8. Gallows
A little inhumane game, but still. As children, we combined the yard game of Cossacks-Robbers with “gallows!”
The point of this game is to guess the word by letter in a certain number of moves.
One player thinks of a word (simple and short to begin with). Writes its first and last letters, and instead of the missing letters we put dashes. The second player's task is to guess the hidden word. He names the letter. If this letter is in the word, write it in its place. If not, then write the letter to the side so as not to repeat it, and begin to draw a “gallows” - a vertical line. With the next error - horizontal (it turns out something like the letter g). Then the rope, the loop, the man’s head, torso, arms and legs are completed. During these several attempts, the player must guess the word. If it doesn't work out, you lose. If he has time, it’s his turn to think of a word.
9. Balda
Another game with words. Here you can play with two, three or even one.
A square playing field with 5x5 cells, for example, is drawn on a sheet of paper. In the middle row we write a word of five letters. Players take turns making moves. In one move, a letter is written into an empty cell in such a way that a new word is formed each time. Words can be read in any direction except diagonal. For each word the player receives as many points as there are letters in the word. Words are written on the side of the field so that other players do not repeat them. The game ends when all the cells are filled with letters or none of the players can come up with a new word. After this, the number of points is calculated. The one with the most wins.
10. Dots and squares
Game for two players. You will need a sheet of paper, preferably in a checkered pattern, and a couple of pens of different colors.
A playing field with a size of 3*3 squares or more (up to 9*9) is drawn on a sheet of paper, depending on the level of the players.
The essence of the game: players take turns drawing lines one cell long, trying to create 1 by 1 squares inside the field. If your line ends up in a square, place your sign in it and get the right to an additional move. The moves continue until you place a line that does not close any square. The game ends when the entire field is filled. After this, the number of squares that each player has closed is counted and the winner is announced.
For all its simplicity, the game has a twist. Here you can calculate your moves ahead and try to put your opponent at a disadvantage by forcing him to make an awkward move.
What games did you play? Share with us the “paper” games of your childhood!