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Simple, cheap, paper-and-pencil strategy games are fantastic ways to practice higher-level thinking. Don't just play the games, but encourage students to notice patterns, develop strategies, and change the rules around.

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Using Games to Practice Thinking

Here's how playing simple, paper-and-pencil games can go beyond fun and also serve as practice for higher-level, abstract thinking.

Other Games Articles

Game: Ghost

How to play the word-building game Ghost.

Game: Number Scrabble

Let’s play Tic-Tac-Toe with numbers. But instead of three-in-a-row, we’re summing to 15.

Order and Chaos (Tic Tac Toe Variant)

Imagine Tic-Tac-Toe if both players could play as both Xs and Os!

Strategy Game: Chomp

Let’s play the simple (but surprisingly strategic) game of Chomp!

Strategy Game: Sprouts

With Sprouts, students draw a small set of dots and then connect those dots with lines. The first person who can’t make a connection loses.

Math Game: Cram

A surprisingly strategic game played on a simple grid.

Math Game: Heaps

Heaps is a lovely math-y strategy game that requires no more than paper and pencil to play.

Let’s Play Tic-Tac-Toe Variants!

Sure, tic tac toe is too boring for most people. But oh golly are there some fun variations!

Fizz Buzz – A Divisibility Game

Here’s a quick to learn but difficult to master math game. Start with some basic divisibility rules, but then feel free to extend it to any math topic.

Quick Strategy Game: Domineering

Wanted to share another cheap, quick, and simple game that has interesting complexities and connections to math. This game is called Domineering. All you need are paper and a pencil. Graph paper would be a luxury.

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