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Capture (aka Boxes or Dots)
One of the classic pencil and paper games. The players take turns connecting dots that are horizontally or vertically adjacent. If a player can complete a square by connecting two dots then they capture that square. For two players.

Games Compendium Collection
This page includes the rules for Anagrams, Cub 2000, Pictionary, Time-Tables, and Word Puzzle. For various numbers of players.

Ghoulash
Ghoulash is an intriguing 2-player game. Print out the map-like board, then use a pencil to mark features on it like debris, food and first-aid kits. While trying to achieve your goal, you're likely to run into some unfriendly ghouls.

Ghoulash Adventures
Information about Ghoulash Adventures, a series of short stories set in the Ghoulash game universe.

Hangman
The game that inspired Wheel of Fortune, and a great way to occupy some free time. For two players.

Inclusion Project Collection
This page includes rules for the pencil and paper games Art School, Crossword Puzzle, Battle of Hastings, Fives, Bunyips, Consequences, Five Beans, and more. For various numbers of players.

Paper Football
Players flick the paper football back and forth, trying to score touchdowns and field goals. For two players.

Pipelayer
Pipelayer is a pencil and paper game played with two grids of dots that are slightly offset from one another. To win, a player must make a continuous connection from one side of the board to the other. For two players.

Sprouts
The strategy in Sprouts lies in using your lines to divide the paper up into parts that trap dots. For two players.

Stop-Gate
This game can be played on a Checker board with dominos, but it can also be played on graph paper with a pencil. The first player who can't make a move loses. For two players.

Tic Tac Toe
Tic Tac Toe is one of the simplest pencil and paper games. For two players.