Traffic Lights

Many variants on the concept of noughts and crosses exist. This version was created by Alan Parr. It is played on a 3x3 or 3x4 board with a supply of red, yellow, and green markers. The object is to get a line of three of the same color.

On each turn, you may do ONE of the following:

(1) Put a red counter in an empty square.
(2) Replace a red counter with a yellow one.
(3) Replace a yellow counter with a green one.

So ultimately the board will fill with green counters.

According to the book "What's your Game" by Michael Cornelius & Alan Parr, the game is a first player win with perfect play.