1st Edition

Tic Tac Test Beat the Book at Noughts and Crosses

By Barry R. Clarke Copyright 2026
80 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by A K Peters/CRC Press

190 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by A K Peters/CRC Press

190 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by A K Peters/CRC Press

At last, a tic-tac-toe computer that needs no electrical power! Tic Tac Test: Beat the Book at Noughts and Crosses is an interactive book that will test your logic skills. The computer will sometimes randomise its responses so you’ll never get bored. Either you or the computer can start first but you’ll have to keep your wits about you or it will leave you scratching your head! Daily... Read more

Contents

 

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. The translator wheel

Chapter 3. Play the game

Chapter 4. Sample game

 

Biography

Barry R. Clarke has published over 1,800 puzzles in The Daily Telegraph and has contributed enigmas to New Scientist, The Sunday Times, Reader’s Digest, The Sunday Telegraph, and Prospect magazine. He has written 11 puzzle books with Challenging Logic Puzzles Mensa selling over 100,000 copies. As well as a PhD in Shakespeare Studies, Barry has published peer-reviewed papers and academic books in quantum physics. His other skills include mathematics tutor, film-maker, comedy-sketch writer, cartoonist, computer programmer, and blues guitarist! For more information please visit the following:

http://barryispuzzled.com and https://www.youtube.com/@barryispuzzled

"The book turns the classic game of noughts and crosses into a logic-based challenge where readers play against the book."

-Oxford Mail