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Take turns tapping an empty square.
One screen, two players: tap an empty square to place your mark, then it’s the other player’s go. No devices, no accounts.
Boardee Arcade · Logic & classics
Tic Tac Toe
Classic three-in-a-row.
The classic that needs zero explanation. Perfect as a tie-breaker, a reward match, or the sixty-second brain break between activities.
Also known as: noughts and crosses · X's and O's
👥 2 Players⚡ Zero setup
- Free for teachers · students never need accounts
How to play
Get three of your marks in a row.
That's the goal — no rules to teach. Here's how a round of Tic Tac Toe runs.
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Line up three across, down, or diagonally.
Three in a row wins — across, down or on a diagonal. The centre and corners sit on the most lines, so they go fast.
Block your opponent from getting three first.
Watch for their two-in-a-row and take the open square before they do. That’s the whole game of it: attack, or block.
Ways to run it
Two players, two teams, or a full queue
One screen is all it takes — no devices, no join codes, no accounts. Pick how many are in and press play.
Just two players
Pass one screen back and forth — the projector, a tablet at a station, whatever’s nearby. Take turns tapping; it’s the classic exactly as you remember it.
One screen · no devicesThe whole class, in teams
Split the room into X’s and O’s. The class calls the squares, you (or the kid whose turn it is) taps, and every move turns into a little debate.
Whole class · zero prepWinner stays on
Run it like a tournament: the winner keeps the board and the next challenger steps up. A queue that entertains itself for as long as you let it.
Keeps the line movingWhen to reach for it
Made for the in-between minutes
No prep, no content, no accounts — so it’s the game you reach for when the timing matters more than the topic.
A sixty-second brain break
Reset the room between activities. It’s on the board in a single tap — there’s no content to load and nothing to prepare.
A fair tie-breaker
Who goes first? Which team picks? A quick round settles it, and nobody argues with the board.
A reward match
Work’s done and five minutes to spare — a round they’ve earned, with the bragging rights on the line.
A station game
Leave it running on a spare device for pairs to play while you work with the rest of the room.
Make it yours
Turn it into a review game
Add one house rule — a correct answer earns the right to place a mark — and noughts and crosses becomes revision for any subject. Bring the questions you were going to ask anyway.
Times tables
MathsQ7 × 8 = ?
56earns
This week’s list
SpellingQSilent letter in “knee”?
kearns
Unit recall
ScienceQGas we breathe out?
CO₂earns
Vocabulary
FrenchQ“chien” means…?
dogearns
Key dates
HistoryQWWII ended in…?
1945earns
Capitals
GeographyQCapital of Japan?
Tokyoearns
The library
Tic Tac Toe is one of twenty-five
The Arcade is a library of classroom games — quiz shows, word puzzles, sorting rounds and a handful of no-prep classics like this one. Most fill from a single topic box you type once; Tic Tac Toe just needs a spare minute and two willing players.
- 25 game types — instant classics and topic-filled favourites
- The content games fill from one topic box in under a minute
- Save any round and relaunch it next lesson
Built for the classroom
AI fills it. You press play.
Every Arcade game starts from the same box: type what you're teaching and the content writes itself — questions, words, clues — ready for the board at the front of the room.
- Real content on your topic and grade — skim, edit or reroll before the class sees it
- Big type and chunky buttons, readable from the back row
- Students join with a code and a name — no accounts, ever
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Game types in the Arcade — one topic box fills them all
60s
From typing a topic to pressing play
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Student accounts — a code and a first name is the whole login
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Steps every time: type it, check it, play it
I typed 'the water cycle' and had a class quiz in ten seconds flat. It's the first tool my whole department adopted.
FAQ
Good to know
How many students can play?
Two players — or two teams calling the moves while you tap. Winner-stays-on keeps a queue busy for as long as you let it.
Do students need devices?
No. One screen is plenty — the projector, a tablet at a station, whatever's nearby. Pass-and-play, no setup.
Do I need to prepare anything?
Nothing. There's no content to load — it's ready the moment it lands on your board, which is exactly why it's a great emergency brain break.
Is it free?
Yes. Tic Tac Toe is included on Boardee's free tier with every other game type.
Do students need accounts?
Never. Students join with a code and a name — no emails, no passwords. Teachers don't need an account to try it either.
Same box, different shape
More logic & classics
Same three steps, different game. Type a topic and pick your shape.
What are you teaching tomorrow?
Type it in, check the content, press play. The Arcade does the rest.