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
- LlamaBerry - (1+) Strategically purchase berry fields to grow the most productive farm. Hire llamas for offensive or defensive moves, and watch out for Grump Llama. Good for groups.
Please feel free to add issues, fork, and make pull requests. Thanks for being interested!