Tic Tac Threes

It’s like tic-tac-toe, but with limited pieces! Centuries ago, a simple board game used to be popular all across the Old World. Bored guards, monks and students would carve nine marks on any pliable surface at hand and take turns trying to place three small objects in a straight line – usually coins, pebbles or beads. This game, believed to have originated in Ancient Egypt, was naturally called b…