Don’t know its correct name, but we called it Paper Asteroids or Pen Wars? 🤷♂️
It works by placing a ballpoint pen (eg. a Bic) vertically on the paper held up by a fingertip, then moving your finger back and away from the direction you’re aiming until the pen tip slides/rolls itself and the pen drops onto the paper. You draw a small ‘x’ where there resulting line ends.
Your opponent then does the same thing. And you repeat from your previous ‘x’. You’ll each end up with a series of —×—× over the page.
I seem to recall there being two ways to play:
Have your line hit the other player’s leading/current ‘x’. I think this is the normal way, but it’s hard.
Have your line hit any mark the other player has made. Much easier, but doesn’t make much sense.
Either way, it was a fun and cheap way to entertain yourselves during a class break years before everyone had dopamine slabs in their pockets. 😄
Used to play this in primary school. First time I’ve ever seen it mentioned anywhere outside of that time and place. 😄
What is it?
Don’t know its correct name, but we called it Paper Asteroids or Pen Wars? 🤷♂️
It works by placing a ballpoint pen (eg. a Bic) vertically on the paper held up by a fingertip, then moving your finger back and away from the direction you’re aiming until the pen tip slides/rolls itself and the pen drops onto the paper. You draw a small ‘x’ where there resulting line ends.
Your opponent then does the same thing. And you repeat from your previous ‘x’. You’ll each end up with a series of —×—× over the page.
I seem to recall there being two ways to play:
Either way, it was a fun and cheap way to entertain yourselves during a class break years before everyone had dopamine slabs in their pockets. 😄