A book that can beat you at Tic-Tac-Toe? That's what the author says anyway. If the book is really that good, I must be the best Tic-Tac-Toe player ever.
Tic Tac Tome
The Autonomous Tic Tac Toe Playing Book
By Willy Yonkers
Quirk Books
June 2014
This is a massive book. About 3-4 inches thick (and only 4x4 in size) with like a thousand pages. What's interesting is that this could be an app with maybe 40-50 kb worth of data. It's big but really simple. You choose where you want to place your mark (O or X) and turn to the designated page. On that page you'll see your mark and also the book's next move. Repeat. Repeat. Cat's game. Pretty much every time.
That's the bummer thing about this book (and this game): once you recognize the gambits of the other player you really can't lose. And neither can they. So this game is really for newbies and kids. As such, so is this book. I had my 7 year old play it and he figured out how to Cat's pretty quickly. My 12 year old never lost. Two adults who "played" the book also never lost. In fact, I never saw anyone actually get beat by the game.
This is a gift book with limited interest. Fun for a moment.
NOTE: In case you see a different book of the same name by Ty Liotta, this is actually a reprint with Quirkbooks from the 2011 ThinkGeek version that has been out of print.
