Family games online

Games to play with your parents, with your grandparents, or with the family who live a plane ride away — from a phone browser, on the same board.

What you need: A browser on a phone or a tablet. There is no app to install.
For the people you invite: They open the link and they are in. No account, no sign-up.
How long a game runs: Gomoku, Reversi, Sevens and Mancala take 10 minutes; Hanafuda Koi-Koi takes 15; Hearts takes 20.
How much to remember: The screen shows whose turn it is and keeps the last move marked. Every game here has a tutorial, and the rules stay one tap away while you play.
If you are a player short: Add a CPU and start with the people you have.

Each one in a sentence

Checkers: Checkers is a board game for 2 players that takes about 10 minutes. Pieces step diagonally forward and capture by jumping; take all of your opponent's pieces to win. Free. In-browser. No account.
Gomoku: Gomoku is a board game for 2 players that takes about 10 minutes. The first player to line up five stones wins. Free. In-browser. No account.
Hasami Shogi: Hasami Shogi is a board game for 2 players that takes about 10 minutes. Every piece is a pawn; trap enemy pieces between two of yours, and the first to capture five wins. Free. In-browser. No account.
Hearts: Hearts is a card game for 3 to 5 players that takes about 20 minutes. Avoid taking hearts and the queen of spades — the lowest score wins. Free. In-browser. No account.
Hanafuda Koi-Koi: Hanafuda Koi-Koi is a traditional Japanese card game for two players that takes about 15 minutes. Match cards by month and collect sets to score. Free. In-browser. No account.
Mancala: Mancala (Kalah) is a board game for 2 to 4 players, about 10 minutes. Collect the most stones in your store and you win. Free. In-browser. No account.
Japanese Mancala: Japanese Mancala is a board game for 2 to 4 players, about 10 minutes. Empty your own side first and you win. Free. In-browser. No account.
Crazy Eights: Crazy Eights (also called Page One) is a card game for 2 to 6 players that takes about 10 minutes. Match the colour or the number on the table and empty your hand first. Free. In-browser. No account.
Reversi: Reversi is a board game for 2 players that takes about 10 minutes. Sandwich your opponent's discs to flip them; the most discs at the end wins. Free. In-browser. No account.
Sevens: Sevens is a card game for 3 to 6 players that takes about 10 minutes. Build out from the sevens and empty your hand first. Free. In-browser. No account.

Family who live far away

You do not have to be in the same house to look at the same board. Start a party, send the link or the QR code, and the other person opens it in a browser. One of you can be on a laptop and the other on a phone.

Keep a call running while you play. A 10-minute game leaves room to catch up between rounds, which is usually the point of the evening.

Playing with grandparents

Gomoku is one stone on one crossing point. Mancala and Japanese Mancala are picking stones up and sowing them around the board. There is almost nothing to memorize before the first move, and the screen says whose turn it is, so nobody has to ask twice.

Hanafuda Koi-Koi is the longer one here at 15 minutes, because you are collecting scoring sets. What each set is worth can be checked on screen, so there is no paper table to keep beside you.

Parents and children, in a short sitting

For a game nobody has played before, play a round against the CPU before you invite anyone. Then you are not explaining the rules while everyone waits, and a 10-minute game still fits before dinner. If someone has to step away mid-game, the CPU takes their seat until they come back.

How to choose

Starting from scratch: Gomoku or Reversi — place a stone, 10 minutes a game. Checkers and Hasami Shogi run 10 minutes too.
For cards, Sevens or Crazy Eights — play in turn and the game carries itself.
Three or more of you: Sevens (3–6 players), Crazy Eights (2–6), Hearts (3–5).
For something slower, Hanafuda Koi-Koi: 15 minutes, with points for the sets you collect.

FAQ

Can two people play on the same device?

Use one device per person. Even under the same roof, each person enters the party code on their own screen to reach the same table.

Can we play with family in another country?

Yes. Send the party link or the QR code, and they join by opening it in a browser.

Is it free?

Every game on this shelf is free, and the people you invite do not need an account.

Will my grandparents be able to play on their phone?

If the phone has a browser, yes. There is no app to install, so all they do is open the link you sent.

What if three or four of us are around?

Sevens takes 3 to 6 players, Crazy Eights 2 to 6, and Hearts 3 to 5. A CPU can fill any empty seat.

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Last updated 2026-09-13 · Run by Qdan, Inc.