Almost every adult in Australia has played Noughts and Crosses at some time in their life--it is that sort of game, a universal classic. Very few Australian adults play Noughts and Crosses, adult against adult, unless they are bored, witless and cannot think of anything better to do. Adults stop playing this game. Many will say it is boring, while lots will say the reason they find it boring is that they always win because they know the winning strategy. The main mathematical challenge of Noughts and Crosses is to find the optimum way of playing--this is, in fact, a perfect strategy for forcing a draw. In this article, the author presents a problem one could try to solve. He discusses Philip Clarkson's outlines on some approaches to this analysis of Noughts and Crosses. He cites Clarkson's suggestion to vary the standard rules, explore the mathematical thinking, and strategy-solve the resulting new variants.