Board Games to Play Online

Board games here are the quiet ones: puzzles you solve alone and matches you play against a computer or another person. Sudoku asks you to fill a 9x9 grid so every row, column and box holds the numbers 1 to 9 once. Solitaire is a card patience where you build the four suits up from ace to king. Chess and checkers reward planning a few moves ahead, and backgammon mixes dice luck with smart blocking.

Start with Sudoku if you want a calm number puzzle with no clock pressure. Master Chess is the pick for a straight game against the computer, with the usual rules and a board you can read at a glance. Solitaire Klondike - Treasure Island works well when you have five minutes and want to flip cards. For something different, Mahjong Lines is about matching tiles and clearing the layout.

All of them run with a mouse or a tap, so a phone works fine.