Free Board Games Online

Board games and pencil-and-paper classics you already know, ready to play in your browser. Draw lines and claim squares in Dots and Boxes, the game most of us first played on the back of a school notebook. Play it against a computer that gets smarter as the board grows, or hand the phone to a friend and take turns. Tic tac toe, battleship and four in a row are here too, so there is always a quick two-player game ready.

Every game is free, with no download and no account. They are built for phone screens first, with big tap targets and clear turns, and they work just as well with a mouse. Games against the computer keep your wins, streaks and medals for each board size in the browser, and the online games match you with another player in seconds. More classic board games are on the way.

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Dots and Boxes gameplayDots and BoxesDraw a line between two dots; close the fourth side of a box to claim it and go again. Play the computer on three board sizes or a friend on one phone. Neon Tic-Tac-Toe gameplayNeon Tic-Tac-ToeTic tac toe online for two: only your last three marks stay on the board, so rounds almost never end in a draw. Get matched in seconds or send a friend a link. Neon Fleet gameplayNeon FleetAn online battleship game for two players: hide five ships, take turns firing, and every hit earns another shot. Sink the whole enemy fleet first. Connect gameplayConnectTap a column to drop your disc and race a fast CPU opponent to four in a row.

How to play Dots and Boxes

In Dots and Boxes two players take turns drawing one line between two neighbouring dots. Draw the fourth side of a box and it is yours, and you must draw again. When every line is drawn, whoever owns more boxes wins. The trick is to avoid drawing the third side of any box, and at the end of the game to give away the shortest chains of boxes while your opponent has to open the long ones.

More games to play

Prefer cards? The card games page has classic Klondike and Spider Solitaire. For more games where you plan ahead, try the strategy games, and for something quicker the arcade games are one-finger runs you can finish in a minute.