Unremarkable Tic Tac Toe

Unremarkable Tic Tac Toe Games played on three-in-a-row boards can be traced back to ancient Egypt, where such game boards have been found on roofing tiles dating from around 1300 BC. An early variation of tic-tac-toe was played in the Roman Empire, around the first century BC. The early Roman version was known as terni lapilli, or three pebbles at a time. In the mid-1800s, Britain used the name noughts and crosses, with nought referring to the O’s (or zeros) used in the game. The phrase tick-tack-toe wasn’t used until the late 1800s, and there’s some findings that report it might have been used to describe a completely different game. Evidence of these games were found chalked all over Rome, proving how even in ancient times, humans passed the time with games of all kinds. Outside of Rome, similar Tic Tac Toe-like games appeared in ancient Egyptian and Middle Eastern civilizations as well as Native American civilizations. The United States officially adopted the name tic tac toe in the 20th century. Historians aren’t completely clear about the origin of the game’s name, but it could be referring to the noise of repetitive ticking or writing that goes along with the game’s play. Tic Tac Toe was brought to the digital world in 1952 as a game called “OXO.” Produced by Sandy Douglas, a British computer scientist, OXO became one of the first known video games that pit human players up against a computer opponent capable of playing perfect games.