Dotty Six

 

You need a partner, a $1$-$6$ dice and a grid like this;

3 by 3 grid


Take turns to throw the dice and draw that number of dots in one of the boxes on the grid.

Put all of your dots in one of the boxes. You can't split them up and you can't have more than six dots in a box.

When a box is full, you could put a tick in the corner like this:
 
 

Keep going until there are three ticks in a row or column or diagonal. The winner is the person who puts the last tick.  
  
You can see how two people played the game here (although they haven't put a tick in a box when it has six dots).
 
Now, can you change the game to make your own version? 
 
Send us some of your ideas so that we can share them with other children.

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