Who sits at the table
- 25games
- 20languages
Istaka Okey,
Mizan Spades and
Vesper Hearts seat four. You can start with one friend and let bots play the empty seats; anyone who opens the link later sits in. Okey is a race to 7 points, Spades has bidding, spades-trump and partner rules, and Vesper Hearts plays to 50 or 100 points.
Haveli Ludo seats two, three or four, or two against two.
Jackdaw Crazy Eights,
Marfil Dominoes,
Kestrel Poker, Morello Blackjack, Portolan Trade, Rollick Dice and Plume Dots and Boxes all take two to four players in one room. Dacha Durak seats two to six, up to teams of two, with bots in the empty seats, and Shisham Carrom seats two face to face or four in doubles.
Twelve duels
The rest of the list is head to head. Boxwood Chess has draw offers and resigning, and White and Black swap at every rematch. Zarif Backgammon plays matches to 1, 3 or 5 points. Sedef Checkers covers seven rule sets, from English checkers to Turkish dama.
Onyx Reversi starts from a standard or a varied position,
Trellis Four in a Row has Classic, Wide and Pop out boards, and
Cowrie Mancala plays as Kalah, Oware or Mangala.
Kordon Pishti goes to 101 or 151 points,
Juniper Gin Rummy to 50, 100 or 150, and in
Fathom Sea Battle both fleets stay hidden until they are found.
Hinoki Go plays on 9×9, 13×13 or 19×19 boards with Japanese or Chinese rules, and both players mark the dead stones and accept the count together. Rosewood Xiangqi is a duel for two with offers of a draw and resignations, and Cinnabar Farkle is a dice duel to 5,000 or 10,000 points.
Online, Boxwood Chess, Cowrie Mancala, Onyx Reversi and Sedef Checkers take away undo and hints, and in every duel you can resign. Hinoki Go switches off the Territory view too.
Chips, dice and house rules
Kestrel Poker and
Morello Blackjack are played for chips with no real money, nothing to buy and nothing to cash out, and both are for adults. In Kestrel Poker the table picks 1,000, 1,500 or 3,000 starting chips and slow, normal or fast blinds, and the last player with chips wins. In Morello Blackjack everyone bets at once against the same dealer for 10 or 20 hands, and the biggest stack wins.
Rollick Dice gives each player their own scorecard in Classic, Yatzy or Maxi rules, and in
Portolan Trade you set the length and the starting cash before the lots and sealed auctions begin.
Every game on this list is free to play in the browser, and the options a game offers, such as points, rule set or table size, are set when you create the room, before the link goes out.
Frequently asked questions
Which of these games work best with just two people?
The duels seat exactly two:
Boxwood Chess,
Zarif Backgammon,
Sedef Checkers, Onyx Reversi, Trellis Four in a Row and Cowrie Mancala. Haveli Ludo, Jackdaw Crazy Eights and Marfil Dominoes also work with two, because bots play any seat nobody fills. Dacha Durak also plays with two, and Shisham Carrom is a duel for two, with doubles as the option for four. Hinoki Go is a duel for exactly two as well. Rosewood Xiangqi and Cinnabar Farkle are duels for exactly two.
Do online matches change my progress?
Not in the games that keep a ladder, missions or a daily deal. An online match in Kordon Pishti, Onyx Reversi or Vesper Hearts leaves all of that untouched.
























