1 Pick up the dimes and give your friend the pennies. 2 Look

1 Pick up the dimes and give

your friend the pennies.

2 Look at the game board.The

black circles are the spaces you

play on.

3 Take turns placing coins on

the circles until both of you have

put down all your coins.

4 Now take turns moving your

coins. On each move you can

slide your coin forward,

backward, or sideways along a 

line to the next circle.You 

can’t jump any coins.

5 Keep playing until someone 

gets three coins in a row.

That person wins!

What You Need

• a friend

• 3 pennies

• 3 dimes

game

™

Katta  

 

Villaya

tu

This 

game

 

from 

India

 

is like

 

Tic-Ta

c-Toe

.

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Illustrations by Stephen Schudlich.

Sent in by Apoorva V.

of Fitchburg, MA

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My Idea for a 

New

game

™

Ka

t

ta

 Vi

ll

aya

t

u

Here’s another game that’s

similar to Katta Villayatu.

Draw a Tic-Tac-Toe

game board on a separate

piece of paper. Use coins 

for X’s and O’s.When you

and your friend have put

down all your pieces, take

turns moving pieces,

until someone gets three in

a row. Can you think of an

idea for a 

new game

that

uses coins for pieces?

on

™

TM/© 2003 WGBH Educational Foundation.

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