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Classic board games moved into the browser: rules without filler, strategy, and how to get a game going when nobody brought the board.
Generala: a dice game like Yahtzee, explained box by box
Five dice, three rolls, eleven boxes to fill. Generala is the game Argentines and Uruguayans grow up playing at the kitchen table, and if you know Yahtzee, you already know about 80% of it. The other 20% is where it gets interesting.
Backgammon online with a friend: rules, setup and first strategies
Backgammon is a race for two: each player has 15 checkers, two dice and one goal — bring every checker home and bear them all off first. A lone enemy checker can be hit and sent to the bar, and it must re-enter before anything else moves. Here are the rules step by step, first strategies and how to play a friend online.
Dominoes online: block game rules, locked boards and how not to get stuck with doubles
Dominoes is a game for 2–4 players with 28 tiles from 0-0 to 6-6: you take turns matching a tile to an open end of the line, and the first to empty their hand wins the round. If nobody can move, the board is locked and the lowest pip count takes it. Here are the rules, strategy and how to play online.
Ludo online: race rules, safe squares and tactics that win
Ludo is a race for 2–4 players: each has four tokens that leave home on a six, travel around the board and turn into their own colored lane. A lone rival token can be captured and sent home, while safe squares protect everyone. Here are the rules step by step, tactics and how to play online via a link.
How to actually get that chess game with your friend going
Getting a game against a stranger takes five seconds anywhere. Getting a game against Dave, who has been meaning to play since March, is a different problem entirely. Here is how to remove everything standing in the way.
Which board games actually survive a 6-inch screen
Half the board games out there turn into pinch-zoom misery on a phone. The other half play fine one-handed on a crowded train. Here is how to tell them apart.
Battleship for two: how to stop firing at random
Most Battleship games are not lost to bad luck. They are lost in the first twenty shots, fired with no system at all. Rules first, then how to hunt ships faster than the person across from you.
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