Your search for a great free online board game is over

Ticket to Ride Online is a great example of how online board game engines are being used to promote offline products. A free online board game can really help while away the hours.

Being stuck for somebody to play your favourite game with is no longer a handicap, thanks to the worldwide web.

There are plenty of free online board game servers around, so our role is to help you find the one which best meets your needs.

We'll lock the Beast up in his cave with nothing but turkey sandwiches and a high-speed connection. He won't come out until he's reviewed as many online board games as he can find!

It's too early to tell whether certain online games, which made their debut in cyberspace, cross the divide to the real world and become manufactured board games in their own right. Warcraft, a popular computer game, became a board game some years ago, so there is a precedent for this phenomenon.

Online games will be reviewed somewhat differently. Our footprint rating system has had a subtle makeover to reflect the difference between real and online gaming.

We'll approach them assuming you will be playing alone at your computer (which is really the point) and also make our rating reflect the game's waiting area, ranking system (if any) and how faithful a representation it is of the original game, if it's been converted to the online market from an existing board game.

Found an online board game we've missed? Please write to us and suggest that we review it.

Conquer Club

Not an official version of the original, but Conquer Club is the best Risk-style online clone around

Ticket to Ride Online

A faithful, fun conversion of the original, Ticket to Ride Online may make you buy the board game itself

Warbound Online

We haven't yet reviewed this game, but it certainly looks like a solid online strategy board game. Check out Warbound online. It has video tutorials to help you get started. We'll make a point of publishing a full review soon

Backgammon online

Read about backgammon articles, game strategies, tips, and play backgammon online

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