Single player paper games

The aim for each player is to get their line to connect with a stick figure on the other half of the paper once it has been folded. If a line connects with a stick figure, that figure gets crossed out. Next, Player 2 takes a turn. The game continues until all stick figures on one team have been taken out. Once the grid has been set up, each player takes it in turns to place a counter. The aim is to line up four of your own pieces either horizontally, diagonally or vertically.

The challenge comes into play when the opposing player is trying to accomplish this at the same time. The first player who gets four in a row wins. Word Ladders is a fun word game that can get you using your brain to improve your vocabulary. Word ladders can be played on your own or with any number of friends, but it works just as well either way. For Word Ladders you will need a single piece of paper and a pen for each player.

Each player must start with the same word at the top of their paper — it is usually best to start with three letter words like cat. Every turn, each player can write a new word below it that has either one letter changed from the word it derived from or one extra letter added. Here is an example with the starting word cat. The objective is to achieve the biggest word possible, and a point goes to the player who manages to achieve that.

The Long Word Game is similar to Word Ladders in the sense that it gets you thinking about words and players will be rewarded for their thinking skills and vocabulary. Once again, the Long Word Game can be played on your own or with any number of friends. If ready to play, a large word must be agreed upon. The longer the word, the better it is. Once you have picked the word, set a timer and see how many words you can create from the letters within your word in 3 minutes.

For example, with marshmallows, you could create the following: mars, swallow, swallows, mall, small, marsh, etc. If you want to play for longer, award points for each word and play multiple games.

Tally it up at the end to crown the ultimate word game winner. Paper Chinese Whispers is one of the funniest pen and paper games that can end with a room full of laughter.

Other than that, I think that particular niche has pretty much taken the leap to electronic form. Fighting Fantasy? B was fun and solitaire. I don't remember if it was "epic", though. I though the Lone Wolf books books were pretty great when I was twelve. No idea if they hold up, but there seems to be a cult following.

That would be "thought the Lone Wolf books BTW, the lone wolf series is playable online through a web UI. As are some amateur Fighting Fantasy style ones. I heartily recommend Cthulhu-ish one. Response by poster: Thanks everyone. Those are exactly the kinds of games I'm wondering about. I've played a lot of computer RPG's over the years, but never got into the pen and paper ones. I feel like I'd like to experience part of my childhood that was missed, although I don't have time for large get togethers on the weekend.

Also, it doesn't have to be an RPG type game necessarily, although I prefer that kind of thing. I'm curious about different non-card solitaire type games that would be played on paper, and engaging. I'm not ruling out the need for dice or other game pieces. Although it's not actually based on the film, so it doesn't quite qualify as one of the best movie board games that are actually good.

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Play begins with nine spaces on a paper created by crossing two perpendicular sets of two parallel lines. One player begins take turns being the first player by placing an X in one square. The next player draws an O in another square. Draw six dots in a hexagon. Two players take turns drawing line segments between each dot in their own color pen. The object of the game is to avoid drawing a triangle in your color pen. Players secretly write down common phrases on pieces of paper and fold them up.