Board games

Board games bring the table-top classics to the screen, with no pieces to set up and nothing to lose under the sofa. This shelf holds 73 of them. Almost all, 71, sit in our Strategy category, with one game from Two Player and one from Casual.

The classics

Tic-tac-toe and battleship each appear three times among the games at the top of the list. For noughts and crosses there are Tic Tac Toe Mania, Tic Tac Toe Multiplayer X O and Tic Tac Toe HTML5; for the guessing game of hidden fleets, TRZ Battleship, Battleship - Infinity War and the space-themed Intergalactic Battleship. Checkers Legend, Chess Master 3D and Domino Battle cover three more table-top favourites.

Beyond the board

Not everything here is a traditional board game. BattleBox has you uncover blocks to collect jewels while avoiding the devils hidden under some of them, Mahjong Street Cafe pairs free mahjong tiles in a cafe setting, and Solitaire TriPeaks Garden is a solitaire card game.

Many of the games at the top of the list let you play against the computer, and several let you challenge a friend instead. All of them are free to play in your browser.