What is the ruling on playing the game "Heads or Tails" for entertainment and laughter? And is it permissible to create a cartoon character similar to a person, while obscuring some features to make it permissible?

Playing games that rely on guesswork and chance, such as dice, is forbidden, based on the hadith: "Whoever plays with backgammon (nardashir) is as if he dipped his hand in the flesh and blood of a pig." So, anything based on guesswork is forbidden, unlike that which is based on calculation and thought.

As for altering images of animate beings, it is forbidden, with the exception of making images for children for educational purposes, and images that are missing a vital part without which life cannot exist (like the head or chest), or images where the facial features are not entirely clear.