Games for a notebook and a friend
The kind you’d play in the park with a pencil — dots, sprouts, and the rest — but with mates who aren’t in the same postcode. Pick a game, send a link, take turns.
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Dots
Draw lines, claim squares, outscore your opponent.
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Triangles
Connect corners, form triangles, steal points from each other.
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Sprouts
Draw curvy lines, sprout new dots, last move wins.
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Sim
Colour lines — don't complete a triangle in your hue.
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Hex
Bridge your side of the board before your opponent does.
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Noughts & Crosses
Classic 3×3 — three in a row wins.
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Connect Four
Drop discs, line up four, block your opponent.
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Battleships
Deploy your fleet, hunt theirs, sink every ship.
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Draughts
Jump and crown your way across the dark squares.
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Reversi
Flip discs to outnumber your opponent.
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Yacht Dice
Roll five dice, fill your scorecard, beat your friend.
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Farkle
Roll six dice, push your luck, race to 10,000.
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Hangman
Guess letters, then the word — or pass to your friend.