Board games rendered as physical objects on a 3D table with no rules enforcement, so you can still play badly like at home.
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Tabletopia sits in Board Games under Play, and we have it filed as coffee break — five to fifteen minutes of proper attention. It reads as clever and beautiful.
Chess, draughts, connection games and modern board games ported honestly. Play a stranger or send a link to someone in another country.
Backgammon against ranked humans, with an analysis pass afterwards that quantifies precisely how reckless your doubles were.
Several hundred properly licensed board games with the rules enforced for you, so nobody argues about whether that move was legal.
A German board game world that has hosted Carcassonne and Puerto Rico since 2001, complete with a slightly baffling lobby.
Chess tactics training with a rating that goes down, plus an endgame trainer that reveals exactly how much you do not know.
The default chess address for most of the planet, with a bot for every skill level and puzzles that will quietly humble you.
Nearly a million recorded games from four centuries of chess, replayable move by move, with the real arguments in the comments.
Settlers of Catan in a browser tab, complete with the trade negotiations and the one player who will not give you wheat.
Free chess with no adverts, no account required and an analysis engine better than the paid ones, funded entirely by donations.