To play the games you will need a non-toxic dry-erase marker. Fine point works best. (NOTE marker not included)To play the dot game two players take turns drawing one line vertically or horizontally between two dots. When a square is formed by a player that player gets to put their initial in the square and take an additional turn. When all the squares are filled, the one with the most initials wins. Tic tac toe two players take turns marking x's or o's in the boxes three in a row wins.