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Options for Online Board Games OPTIONS FOR ONLINE BOARD GAMES WORD GAMES DRAWING GAMES OTHER GAMES Boggle Bananagrams Pictionary Telestrations Advanced Civilization Monopoly Deal eWordChallenge.ScienceOnTheWeb.net. Anagrams.JonMarkGo.com. (2-8) Skribbl.io. (2-12) Create room, DrawPhone.tannerkrewson.com. Civ.Rol-Play.com. (2-8) Sign up, PlayMDeal.com. (2-5) Sign up and join (2+) Sign up for a name. Refresh and join Not really bananagrams, close enough. Create share a link, no sign up involved. Similar include (4+) Simplest and best, just share game code. then add friends and create a game. game from lobby. Covidopoly.io (2+) is game. Easy-to-join ongoing public games room and share link, sign up to have a name. Sketchful.io (2-64) and Drawasaurus.org (2-20). Can adjust timer, can’t draw in colour. a COVID-19 themed version, share are at Weboggle.info and SerpentineGame.com. Sketchful and Skribbl can have custom words, BrokenPicturePhone.com. Simple, share room game code, no sign up involved. Drawsaurus has other slightly unique settings. Agricola Cyberspaces.app/wordmine features video chat Scrabble code. No timer, people’s “books” visibly backlog. for 8 people, join easily with shared link. Cosel.io. Simple, share a link. 90 sec timer. Play-Agricola.com. (1-5) Join the same Quiplash isc.ro. (2-4) Sign up, send game invites. Fake Artist Goes to New York game room, don’t have to sign up. There’s many options for online scrabble! Drawception.com. (6, 12, 15) Sign up first. Create QwiqWit.com. (3-12) Virtually just Just One kc-FakeArtistOnline.herokuapp.com. private games and share a link. Can only have 10 Quiplash from Jackbox. It’s free, and can have (3-10) Share game code. No sign up min or 90 sec turns, can’t have simultaneous Catan more players than Quiplash. Share room code. OneWord.games. (3-7) Share Scatagories involved. goes. This site is good for displaying drawings. room name. Don’t have to sign up. Colonist.io. (3-4) Create game and ScattergoriesOnline.net. (2-34) share a link. Catan Universe on Steam Risk Share link. Sign up for extra categories. and mobile is free, but more glitchy. Fishbowl / The Hat Game KeiranKing.com/Gary/ is a simple alternative Warzone.com. (2+). Need to sign up. Can customize maps and rules. Fishbowl-Game.com. (4+) Share with no connecting, just generates new cards. DEDUCTION GAMES Chess ConquerClub.com and WarGear.net are among game code. No sign up involved. Wavelength LiChess.org or Chess.org. (2) Share link, similar sites, though none of these are as simple Out of Context Codenames as playing on Steam/mobile or Pogo.com (2-6). Longwave.web.app. (2+) Share a link, CodenamesGame.com (4+) is the official don’t have to sign up. Chess.com - Has more Taboo OutOfContext.party. (2+). Features various features, sign up needed first, also on mobile. There are variations of Risk called “Dice Wars”. no sign up involved. HereToThere.app site. Share link, no sign up involved. No At QDice.wtf (2-8) you don’t have to sign up, at PlayTaboo.com. (2+) Everyone visits same “Build the Story” type games (read the rules for and gjeuken.github.io/telewave/ doesn’t involve cheating possible (can’t peak at key card). site, no connecting. Just generates new words. each one). Share game code, no sign up involved. KDice.com (2-7) you do. At both sites you just connecting, screen share or take screen shots. Diplomacy join a game room, but can’t make games private. Hanabi Backstabbr.com. (2-7) Sign up, Decrypto Hanabi.Live. (2-5) Sign up and join create a game and share a link to join. Set game from lobby. Simply laid out. SOCIAL DEDUCTION GAMES whoawhoa.github.io/decrypto/. (3-8) No SetWithFriends.com. (1+) connecting, only gives new codes. Screen Dominion Just share a link, no sign up involved. share and digitally note take elsewhere. Dixit The Resistance and Avalon Secret Hitler Dominion.games. (2-6) Sign up and Snakeout.tannerkrewson.com. (5-10) NetGames.io (5-10) is simple, Isolant.Games/en/. (3-16) Register join “table”. Pay for expansions. Stratego Liar’s Dice and sign up, then share room code. Simplest site for Resistance, share share game code. SecretHitler.party is also Stratego.io. (2) Simple site, share room code. No extra roles featured, simple, share link or game code. This site can Cyberspaces.app/liarsdice. (2-8) Dominoes link, no sign up involved. Stratego.com/en/play/ and mission leaders are randomly assigned. uniquely have down to 3 or 4 players. Just share link. Features video chat. Skull has more features, but requires sign up. NetGames.io. Simple Avalon (see below). Secret.Ethanl.ee. Simple site, Share game code. FunNode.com has up to 10 players, Dominoes.PlayDrift.com. (2-4) Just Skull.games. (3-6) Just enter room, share a link, don’t have to sign up. don’t have to sign up but should so your name is join game via lobby, don’t have to sign up. no sign up involved. TheResistancePlus.com. This site is a modified Features Draw, Block, All 5s, All 3s. Tak clone of ProAvalon.com and has multiple displayed. Unlike the sites above this site has a versions of the game (including Avalon). Sign up, traditional game board view. PlayTak.com. (2) At least sign up as join through lobby. Site has small learning curve, Private.SecretHitler.io. More complex. Sign up, Go guest. “Join game” to vs friends. but features voting history and many roles. join via URL or lobby. Features voting history. SITES USED FOR CARD GAMES Online-Go.com. (2) Sign up, join game via lobby. Site has many features. Uno Mafia and Werewolf Spyfall Trickster Cards CardzMania For simpler, see Mattle.online or PlayOK.com. Play.UnoFreak.com. (2-10) Share link Mafia.gg or EpicMafia.com, as well as Spyfall.Adrianocola.com (3+) allows 1 Simplest card game site! Has 9 different trick- Need to sign up. Add friends to play together. don’t have to sign up. Most sites don’t Werewolv.es. (4+) Sign up, join game room. or 2 spies. Spyfall.tannerkrewson.com based card games. Share room code, don’t have Has 22 different card games. Monopoly allow playing with friends. Can also use Uno app. Features many roles. There’s a bit to understand can enable a 2% chance of everyone to sign up. Also available on app for iOS. Solitaires: FreeCell, Klondike, Webopoly.org (2-4) Share game ID with how these sites can facilitate games. being spies. Netgames.io doesn’t feature roles. • 500 • Hearts • Pitch Seahaven Towers, Spider, Yukon or game name. No sign up involved. PaperGames.io At each of these sites, just easily share a room • Bridge • Oh Hell • Spades Pogo.com (need to sign up) and PlayRento.com code, no sign up involved. Trick Games: 325, Barbu, Euchre, Hearts, Oh Hell, Site features 4 classic games. Just share link. If Coup • Euchre • Pinochle • Whist Pinochle, Rung, Sergeant Major, Spades, Whist (don’t have to sign up) are both more complex the host signs up you can play tournaments. (2+) with joining up, but have traditional aesthetics. ChickenKoup.com. (2-6) Simply laid out. Rummies: Canasta, Gin, Rummy, R. 500 Gomoku (2) Tic-Tac-Toe (2) Share game code. No sign up involved. Deception: Murder in Hong Kong PlayOK Others: Crazy Eights, Durak, President Ultimate TTT at ninjabunny.github.io/mihk/. (4-12) Sign up or play as a nameless guest. One of the Mattle.online No connecting, Forensic Scientist visits bejofo.net/ttt, Inhumane Conditions best classic games sites, more games to come. Sign up or easily join as nameless guest from the just share link. site and screen shares. Need to come Playingcards.io Interrogation.ftWinston.com. up with other ways of assigning roles 17 classic board games: lobby. 6 games: Battleship (2) (2) (2) Share link, no sign up involved. and having murderers communicate to the FS. • Backgammon • Go • Ludo • Reversi Has a few games (Go Fish, Match Up, Crazy Azul (2-4) Blokus (2-4) Connect 4 Chess • Makruk Eights, Checkers). Just share a link, no sign up Just share link for Game also found • • Gomoku • Shogi Splendor (2-4) Go (2) • Dominoes • Hex • Mill • Xiangqi involved. At this site you can easily design or set game also found at at c4arena.com, NetGames.io • Checkers (few variations) • Monopoly • Yahtzee up and run whatever card game you want with 7 Wonders: Duel (2) en.battleship-game.org. just share link. Simple site, no sign up involved. Share game code or link. Has 6 deduction games. Easy mobile access. • Mahjong (Solitaire) • Paper Soccer the “custom game” option. It gives you a deck of Century: Spice Road (2-5) As of the release of this list, more games are currently in development, including The Hat Game. cards to play with, as well as the option to make See PlayOK (left) or FunNode for more classic games. 14 card games: your own cards. Manual One Night Ultimate Love Letter Avalon Spyfall Secret Hitler • 3-5-8 • Cribbage • Hearts • Skat dealing though. You can Werewolf (2-4) (5-10) No original (3+) Has locations (5-10) Doesn’t show • Barbu-King • Durak • Oh Hell! • Spades even set up games with The lists featured above only includes board games found on the web. It mostly excludes game platforms, (3-13) Resistance. but no roles. board laid out. • Bridge • Euchre • Pinochle • Switch game pieces, spinners, so therefore games are generally easier for people quickly to share and play.
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