

A player who decides to play rock will beat another player who has chosen scissors ("rock crushes scissors" or "breaks scissors" or sometimes "blunts scissors" ), but will lose to one who has played paper ("paper covers rock") a play of paper will lose to a play of scissors ("scissors cuts paper"). "Scissors" is identical to the two-fingered V sign (also indicating "victory" or "peace") except that it is pointed horizontally instead of being held upright in the air.Ī simultaneous, zero-sum game, it has three possible outcomes: a draw, a win or a loss. These shapes are "rock" (a closed fist), "paper" (a flat hand), and "scissors" (a fist with the index finger and middle finger extended, forming a V).


Rock paper scissors (also known by other orderings of the three items, with "rock" sometimes being called "stone", or as Rochambeau, roshambo, or ro-sham-bo) is a hand game, usually played between two people, in which each player simultaneously forms one of three shapes with an outstretched hand. None to some, depending on the skill level of those playing A chart showing how the three game elements interact
