Stickman Battle
Fold the page. Stamp their stickmen.
Stickman Battle is Ninety-Nine's take on the classic pen-and-paper war game. Aim on your side of the notebook, fold the page and watch your mark mirror onto Scribble's side. Knock out all three stickmen before Scribble gets yours. In the app you can also play a friend on one phone.
One match against Scribble, on Rookie. It plays by the app’s own rules, copied from the game. You get two matches a day here. The app has no limit.
In the app
- 2 Players: pass the phone and battle a friend, Player 1 on the left page and Player 2 on the right
- Scribble climbs a ladder, Rookie to Ace, and remembers where you left it
- A three-lesson walkthrough with Scribble, and a hearts report card to share
- Rematches with new fighters from six hand-drawn ones, and the first shot swaps every match
Free. No ads, no in-app purchases, no account.
How to play Stickman Battle
- Aim. Tap your side of the notebook to aim. An outline shows exactly where the paint will sit.
- Fold. Press Fold, and the page folds over at the spine.
- Reveal. Your paint stamps onto Scribble's side, mirrored across the fold. Any stickman it lands on is knocked out.
- Win. You take turns. Knock out all three of Scribble's stickmen before Scribble knocks out yours.
A childhood paper battle, brought to the screen
Plenty of people remember fighting wars on a sheet of notebook paper. Each player drew an army on their own half of the page, stickmen or tanks or ships, then made a mark on their side and folded the sheet so the mark pressed through onto the enemy's half. Whatever it touched was hit. The game had no single name and no fixed rules: they changed from one classroom to the next.
Stickman Battle keeps the part that made it fun. You never aim at the enemy directly. You aim on your own page, fold, and see what the mirror gives you, in the same hand-drawn notebook as the rest of Ninety-Nine.
Aim on one side. Hit the other.
The challenge is spatial. You can't tap Scribble's stickmen, only your own page, and the fold flips your shot left to right. A stickman near the spine on Scribble's side means aiming near the spine on yours. One near the outer edge means aiming near your outer edge. Read the mirror right and one fold is enough.
Here in the browser you play Scribble on Rookie, its most forgiving level, with two matches a day. The app has no limit.
Questions
- What is Stickman Battle?
- Ninety-Nine's digital take on the folded pen-and-paper battle game: three stickmen on each side of a notebook spread, and shots that only land once you fold the page.
- How do you play Stickman Battle?
- Aim on your page and press Fold, and your paint lands mirrored on Scribble's page. Any stickman it touches is knocked out, and the first side to lose all three loses.
- Is Stickman Battle based on a pen-and-paper game?
- Yes. It's inspired by the paper war games played in classrooms, where a mark on one half of a folded sheet transfers to the other. Those games went by many names and rules. This is Ninety-Nine's version.
- Can I play Stickman Battle online?
- Yes, on this page, with nothing to install. The full game is part of the free Ninety-Nine app for iPhone, iPad and Android, where Scribble gets sharper as you win.
- Can two people play Stickman Battle?
- Yes, in the app. Pick 2 Players and pass the phone: Player 1 has the left page, Player 2 the right, and the first to knock out all three of the other side's stickmen wins. Here in the browser you play Scribble.