this should be in the games board!
its talked there everyday (if u can believe it),
i come on like once a week and there is always a person who made their "own" version of tic tac toe.

anyways %c is characters
declare em as
Code:
char ch, pl, tn, wn, 
aa, ab, ac, 
ba, bb, bc, 
ca, cb, cc;
to print em use:
Code:
printf("%c", variable);
you want characters not strings btw.
thats basically it (dont forget to check the games board)