Rock Paper Scissors

21 entries in Games / Rock Paper Scissors

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Robert E. Neale	End Game	three objects moved according to instructions, outcome predicted History The Children's Game (Rock Paper Scissors) The System A Variation Two Betting Games Addendum The Second Game (with cube/die) The Election Game		Feb. 1973	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 4)	593	Dice (small) / Miscellaneous Games / Rock Paper Scissors Games / Instruction Games Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Numbers / Principles / Nontransitivity
Philip T. Goldstein	Jan-Ken-Pon	rock paper scissors cards, winning card and prediction	Related to Jan-Ken-Ponder (Philip T. Goldstein, 1991) Also published here Jan-Ken-Pon (Max Maven, 2015)	Dec. 1980	Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 12)	960	Paper / Mental Stuff Games / Rock Paper Scissors Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Karl Fulves	Games Without Numbers	chapter intro, Scissors-Rock-Paper		1991	Swindle & Cheat	25	Games / Rock Paper Scissors Articles / Intros & Epilogues Numbers / Principles / Nontransitivity
Philip T. Goldstein	Jan-Ken-Ponder	rock-paper-scissors variant with coins or chips	Related to Jan-Ken-Pon (Philip T. Goldstein, 1980)	1991	Swindle & Cheat	48	Games / Rock Paper Scissors Numbers / Principles / Nontransitivity
Simon Aronson	Child's Play	rock/paper/scissors with small prop versions, with three chips, outcome predicted	Inspired by "My First Trick" (Robert Neale, Tricks of the Imagination, 1991)	1995	Simply Simon	31	Games / Rock Paper Scissors Games / Instruction Games
Bob Farmer	Chased	paper rock scissors type game with suits		Aug. 1996	Magic (Vol. 5 No. 12)	84	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Spectator is the sucker Games / Rock Paper Scissors Numbers / Principles / Nontransitivity
Cy Endfield	Rock, Paper, Scissors	Hummer's Three Card Monte with Rock paper scissors theme	Inspired by Hummer's Three-Card Monte (Bob Hummer, 2012)	2012	Magical Mathematics	209	Games / Rock Paper Scissors Games / Instruction Games
Robert E. Neale	Bob Neale's Rock, Paper, Scissors	Hummer's Three Card Monte with Rock paper scissors theme variation	Inspired by Hummer's Three-Card Monte (Bob Hummer, 2012)	2012	Magical Mathematics	210	Games / Rock Paper Scissors Games / Instruction Games
Michael Weber	Rock Paper Millions	rock/paper/scissors routine with paper cards, with prediction finale	Related to Rock Paper Scissors (Michael Weber, 2013)	2012	Rock Paper Millions	5	Games / Rock Paper Scissors Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Numbers / Principles / Nontransitivity
Carol Vogel	Rock, Paper, Payoff: Child’s Play Wins Auction House an Art Sale	article that inspired the routine		2012	Rock Paper Millions	9	Games / Rock Paper Scissors Articles / Articles
Michael Weber	Bonus	simplified routine		2012	Rock Paper Millions	11	Games / Rock Paper Scissors
Michael Weber	Further Sources	only names listed without sources		2012	Rock Paper Millions	13	Games / Rock Paper Scissors
Michael Weber	Rock Paper Scissors	rock/paper/scissors routine with paper cards (PDF bonus from ca. Apr. 2013)	Related to Rock Paper Millions (Michael Weber, 2012)	Apr. 2013	Real Secrets (Vol. 2 No. 13)	1	Games / Rock Paper Scissors Numbers / Principles / Nontransitivity
Jorge "The Jack" Garcia	L-Mentary	three spectators, without looking	Also published here L-Mental (Jorge "The Jack" Garcia, 2015)	2014	Lecture Notes 2014	29	Games / Rock Paper Scissors Games / Instruction Games
Jorge "The Jack" Garcia	L-Mental	three spectators, without looking	Also published here L-Mentary (Jorge "The Jack" Garcia, 2014)	2015	7 Mysteries of Mentalism	58	Games / Rock Paper Scissors
Max Maven	Jan-Ken-Pon	Lost Horizons rock paper scissors cards, winning card and prediction	Also published here Jan-Ken-Pon (Philip T. Goldstein, 1980)	June 2015	Genii (Vol. 78 No. 6)	19	Paper / Mental Stuff Games / Rock Paper Scissors Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Alberto de Figueiredo	Piedra, papel o tijera	rock, paper, scissors, written on pieces of paper, three names written on paper, instruction game with several phases	Inspired by a routine by Looch	2018	Veinticinco	137	Games / Rock Paper Scissors Games / Instruction Games
Jeff Pierce	Solitary Rock, Paper, Scissors	mathematical three card monte with rock, paper scissors theme, several phases	Inspired by Nu-Sense (Alain Nu, 2003)	2020	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12	169	Games / Rock Paper Scissors Games / Instruction Games
Doug Conn	Psychic RPS	three items, one chosen, predicted	Related to Connecting Columns (Joshua Jay, 2022) Also published here MAGIC, Aug. 2012	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)	1132	Games / Rock Paper Scissors Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Michael Murray	Rock & Roll	prediction of chosen symbol, using the Tombola Force		2023	Experimental	17	Games / Rock Paper Scissors Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing
Michael Murray	Child's Play (Rock, Paper, Scissors)	routine with prediction who wins		2023	Experimental	20	Games / Rock Paper Scissors