3-D Tick-Tack Toe!
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After you've finished drilling, the board should be sanded
and finished to your taste. (You can also smooth and stain
or seal the to-be-exposed ends of each of the nine pegs.)
Once the finishing process is completed and all the parts
are dry, glue the pegs into the holes, taking care that
they remain perpendicular to the board as the glue sets up.
Then, get out your beads . . . and you're ready to play!
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RULES OF THE GAME
In this three-dimensional version, tick-tack-toes are
scored not only in the usual horizontal ways—on three
levels!—but also vertically, or at an angle
from bottom to top. With a well-placed bead, therefore, a
player may be able to complete more than one row in a
single move! For example, if you place one of your beads on
top of two of your own, you score a vertical tick-tack-toe,
but—if you're lucky and/or clever—that same
bead could finish a horizontal and a diagonal row as well,
totaling three points in one move.
The object of the game, of course, is to score more
tick-tack-toes than your opponent. After any impartial
method has determined who moves first, the players
alternately place a bead over any peg on the playing board
in an effort to build or block a three-in-a-row move. The
only restriction is that the beads may not be stacked more
than three high on a single peg. The player with the most
points—after all 27 positions are filled—wins.
A variation of the game (which is easier for youngsters to
master) is to play only until someone scores . . . rather
than continuing until 27 of the beads have been brought
into play. In this version, the first to score a
tick-tack-toe in any direction is the winner!
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