Abs-Trac-Toe

Object: To earn territory points by claiming adjacent territories on a semi-randomly created board. Play: One player draws an irregularly-shaped figure on the paper. That player must divide it into nine sections by drawing two horizontal and two vertical lines. The other player gets to draw one line. This line must start and end at an outside edge. Starting with the player who did not draw the bending line, take turns marking vacant spaces, one at a time. The game ends when there are no vacant spaces left to fill. Winning: Score one point for every interior border shared by spaces that you have claimed. Shared corners (vertices) do not count as shared borders.