Tarlton Law Library: Guide to Free Online Board Games & Puzzles: Traditional Games and Card Games

Traditional Games and Card Games Generally

This section lists options for playing traditional games or card games for free online.

Cardgames.io
This website includes dozen of classic card games, including Hearts, Rummy, and Euchre.
Gold Token
This website contains many traditional games, including Reversi, Chinese Checkers, and Mancala.
IG Game Center
This website includes dozens of abstract games as well as traditional games like Shogi, Checkers, Othello, and Fox and Hounds.
It's Your Turn
This website includes several traditional games, including Backgammon, Checkers, Go, and Othello.
Papergames.io
Play Connect 4, Battleships, Gomoku, and Tic-Tac-Toe live with other people.
Your Turn My Turn
This website includes traditional games like Checkers, Backgammon, and Rummy, as well as more modern games.

Bridge

Bridge is one of the world's most exciting and deepest card games. There are a few good options if you would like to play online for free.

American Contract Bridge League
The American Contract Bridge League is the governing body for contract bridge in the United States and a member of the World Bridge Federation, the international bridge governing body. Although this is not a website for playing bridge, the ACBL provides a host of resources for dedicated bridge players.
Bridge Base Online
This is one of the largest groups of bridge players online, fostering a vibrant community of players across a variety of skill levels. They also offer paid entry tournaments.
Bridge Club Live
A guest membership, which allows you to play up to 96 boards a day, is free. You can upgrade to a paid membership to play more and to have access to other features.
Bridge Doctor
Play against the computer for free. With a paid subscription, you can invite your friends to play together online.

Chess

There are many excellent options for playing this timeless game online. These websites offer a variety of time controls, and many sites also include chess puzzles to solve or even chess variants.

Chess.com
This is perhaps the most popular website for playing chess online, with millions of registered users.
Chess24
You can play chess for free, and a paid premium subscription gives you wider access to instructional videos, e-books, and other features.
Lichess
Lichess is a free, open-source option for playing chess online, with great features for avid chess players and those who want to improve.
Play Chess
This website is affiliated with ChessBase, makers of chess database software as well as the chess program, Fritz.
United States Chess Federation
The United States Chess Federation is the official governing body for U.S. chess and the U.S. representative in the World Chess Federation (FIDE). Although this is not a website for playing chess, the USCF offers a wealth of chess-related resources.

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