Pen and Paper Games to Play Online

Choose by the kind of game you want

• For a fast two-player strategy match, try Dots and Boxes, SOS, or Tic Tac Toe.
• For a bigger group, choose Name, Place, Animal, Thing or Paper Telephone.
• For drawing-and-path challenges, play Paper Soccer or Sprouts.
• For a word game, try Hangman.

Browse eight pen-and-paper games for two players.

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• Tic Tac Toe

  Play the classic X and O game online with a friend, challenge the computer, or take turns on the same screen. No account or download is needed.

  1–2 players · pass-and-play · vs computer · online

  Rules and how to play

• Dots & Boxes

  This free Dots and Boxes game keeps the familiar pencil-and-paper rules: close a square to claim it and take another turn. Play online, locally, or against the computer.

  1–2 players · pass-and-play · vs computer · online

  Rules and how to play

• SOS

  Take turns placing S or O in an open square. Each new SOS scores a point and gives you another move in this familiar paper-and-pencil game.

  1–2 players · pass-and-play · vs computer · online

  Rules and how to play

• Hangman

  Guess the hidden word before the sketch is complete. Play a daily Hangman puzzle, take turns with a friend, or start a private online word round.

  1–8 players · pass-and-play · vs computer · online

  Rules and how to play

• Paper Football

  This is the pencil-and-paper grid game also called paper soccer: draw a unique path for the ball and reach the far goal. Unlike bounce-turn versions, this one switches players after every move. Play online, locally, or against the computer.

  1–2 players · pass-and-play · vs computer · online

  Rules and how to play

• Dots (Sprouts)

  In Sprouts, draw a legal line between dots, add a new dot on it, and keep each dot within its three-end limit. The first player with no move loses.

  1–2 players · pass-and-play · vs computer · online

  Rules and how to play

• Name, Place, Animal, Thing

  Play Name, Place, Animal, Thing (also called Name Place Animal Thing) with friends online, pass and play, or challenge the computer. Fill four categories for each letter; players decide together which answers count.

  1–8 players · pass-and-play · vs computer · online

  Rules and how to play

• Paper Telephone

  Paper Telephone is a group drawing-and-guessing game, also known as Telephone Pictionary. Pass each phrase and sketch along the chain, then reveal how it changed.

  3–8 players · pass-and-play · online

  Rules and how to play