A curated list of awesome board games, card games, and party games
This list was initially seeded by many of the links found on this great reddit post.
Games with words!
- Pretend You're Xyzzy - (3+) A Cards Against Humanity clone.
- Boggle (ewordchallenge) - (2+) Sign up for a name. Refresh and join game.
- Boggle (weboggle) - (2+) Online Web Boggle, the free online word game!
- [Serpentine(https://serpentinegame.com) - (2+) Serpentine is an addictive free online boggle game where you and others play to see who can form words the fastest.
- Wordmine - (2+) Wordmine is a word construction game over video chat for up to 8 players.
- Just One - (3-7) Online version of Just One, a co-op word game for 3+ players.
- Fishbowl / The Hat Game - (4+) Fishbowl is a virtual version of a fun (and mostly hilarious) guessing game, designed for any group of all ages!
- Taboo - (2+) Everyone visits same site, no connecting. Just generates new words.
- Anagram Thief! - (2-8) Anagram Thief is a real-time, web-based version of a board game called "Snatch-word" or "Anagrams."
- Scrabble - (2-4) Sign up, send game invites. There’s many options for online scrabble!
- Scattergories (scattergoriesonline) - (2-34) Share link. Sign up for extra categories.
- Scattergories (keiranking) - (2+) A simple Scattergories alternative with no connecting, just generates new cards.
- Out of Context - (2+) Features various "Build the Story" type games (read the rules for each one). Share game code, no sign up involved.
Uncover each other's hidden roles!
- Netgames - Website (mobile friendly) with several social deduction games
- One Night Ultimate Werewolf - (3-21) Figure out who the Werewolves are and to kill at least one of them in order to win.
- Codewords - (4+) Rival Codebreakers race to identify which of the 25 Codewords are their own.
- Secret Hitler - (5-10) Each party wishes to enact their own policies; if they enact enough, then the country will be under their control.
- Spyfall - (3+) There is a spy among you, and you have met to uncover them.
- Love Letter - (2-4) Get your love letter into Princess Annette's hands while deflecting the letters from competing suitors.
- Avalon - (5-10) The Loyal Servants of Arthur are on a quest for the Holy Grail.
- Enigma - (4+) Two warring factions are trying to send secret messages to their comrades, but their communications are broadcast for the enemy to see.
- Snakeout - (5-10) Simple game like Resistance, share room code. No extra roles featured, and mission leaders are randomly assigned.
- Pro Avalon - (5-10) A small band of revolutionaries must use logic and deduction in order to ferret out the spies who have infiltrated their ranks.
- The Resistance Plus - (5-10) Very similar to the Pro Avalon website.
- Mafia - (4+) Mafia.gg is an online, text-based version of the classic party game Mafia.
- Epic Mafia - (4+) EpicMafia is an online expansion of the classic party game Mafia!
- Werewolves - (4+) A free real time version of the social deduction party game Werewolf aka Mafia played in your browser.
- Coup - (2-6) Simply laid out. Share game code. No sign up involved.
- Robot Interrogation - (2) Can you tell if someone is secretly a robot? This is an online version of Inhuman Conditions.
- Secret Hitler - (5-10) Each party wishes to enact their own policies; if they enact enough, then the country will be under their control.
- Netgames - Is simple, share game code.
- secret.ethanl.ee - Simple site, Share game code. don’t have to sign up. Unlike the sites above this site has a traditional game board view.
- private.secrethitler.io - More complex. Sign up, join via URL or lobby. Features voting history.
- Spyfall (adrianocola) - (3+) Allows 1 or 2 spies.
- Spyfall (tannerkrewson) - (3+) can enable a 2% chance of everyone being spies.
- Deception: Murder in Hong Kong - (4-12) No connecting, Forensic Scientist visits site and screen shares.
Who is the best artist in your group?
- Pictionary (skribbl.io) - (2-12) Create room, share a link, no sign up involved.
- Pictionary (sketchful.io) - (2-64) Pictionary with a large group. Can include custom words.
- Pictionary (drawasaurus) - (2-20) Pictionary with custom words and some unique settings.
- Telestrations
- Garticphone - (4+) Create room and share link.
- Drawphone - (4+) Just share game code. Can adjust timer, can’t draw in colour.
- Broken Picture Phone - (?) Simple, share room code. No timer, people’s “books” visibly backlog.
- Cosel - (?) Simple, share a link. 90 sec timer.
- Drawception - (6, 12, 15) Sign up first. Create private games and share a link. Can only have 10 min or 90 sec turns, can’t have simultaneous goes. This site is good for displaying drawings.
What are they really up to?
- Wavelength - (2+) Try to see if you are on the same wavelength as your team members.
- Longwave - (2+) Share a link, no sign up involved.
- Here to There - (2+) No connecting. Screen share or take screen shots.
- Telewave - (2+) No connecting. Screen share or take screen shots.
- Decrypto - (3-8) No connecting, only gives new codes. Screen share and digitally note take elsewhere.
- Liar's Dice (cyberspaces) - (2-8) Just share link. Features video chat.
- Liar's Dice (funnode) - (2-10) Join game via lobby, don't have to sign up.
- Codenames - (4+) The official site. Share link, no sign up involved.
- Hanabi - (2-5) Sign up and join game from lobby. Simply laid out.
- Dixit - (3-16) Register and sign up, then share room code.
- Skull - (3-6) Just enter room, no sign up involved.
- Battleships - (2) Create a room and invite one person to play.
How much money can I make?
- 18xx - An economic system based on railroading history.
- 18xx.Games - (2-12) Free online platform to play 12+ 18xx games async or real-time.
- Board18 - (2+) Map and market state tracker. Requires a spreadsheet to play.
- Boardgamecore
- Food Chain Magnate
- Indonesia
- The Great Zimbabwe
Please feel free to add issues, fork, and make pull requests. Thanks for being interested!