About Pizza Tac Toe
It's pepperoni against veggie in the cheesiest version of tic-tac-toe you've ever played. You place pepperoni pizzas, your opponent places veggie pizzas with basil and mushrooms, and the first to line up three in a row takes the round. Play against the CPU on Easy, Medium or Impossible, or pass the device back and forth with a friend in 2 Players mode.
Want more room to think? Switch to the Big Board, a 5×5 grid where you need four in a row and the CPU plays a sharp Expert game. The starting player alternates every round, and a scoreboard keeps track of wins and draws for your session. Against the CPU, the game also remembers your best unbeaten streak for each difficulty. Fair warning: the Impossible CPU never loses on the classic board, so a draw is a win in disguise.
How to play Pizza Tac Toe
- Choose your opponent (CPU or 2 Players), a difficulty and a board size, then press Play.
- Take turns placing your pizza on any empty square. You are pepperoni, and your opponent is veggie.
- Line up 3 pizzas in a row on the classic board, or 4 in a row on the 5×5 Big Board. Rows, columns and diagonals all count.
- The starting player switches every round, and the scoreboard tracks wins and draws.
Pizza Tac Toe controls
| Input | Action |
|---|---|
| Click / Tap | Place your pizza on a square |
| Arrow keys | Move the highlighted square |
| Enter / Space | Place your pizza on the highlighted square |
| 1 – 9 | Place directly on the classic board (1 is top-left, 9 is bottom-right) |
| Esc | Open the menu to change mode |
| M | Mute or unmute sound |
Tips and tricks
- When you move first, take the center or a corner. They sit on the most winning lines.
- Set up a fork, a move that creates two threats at once. Your opponent can only block one of them, and it's the best way to beat Medium.
- On the Big Board, block three in a row early when both ends are open. On a five-square line, three in the middle threatens to win on either end.
- Against Impossible, play for the draw. Every draw extends your unbeaten streak, and that's the score that counts.
