Play Games Online - Multi-Game Sites

Original strategy games played in email time. (When one person moves, an email is sent to the opponent.) Metis and Breacan are the first two games available.

Games available here include Chess, Checkers, Backgammon, Mah Jongg, various Solitaire card games, Bomb Squad and more. This site requires a special software download.

Shockwave games (board, card and word) incuding backgammon and others.

A collection of links to designer games (e.g. Settlers of Catan, Lost Cities, Modern Art, Web of Power) which can be played online. Includes multi-player and solo sites.

BSW is a site at which you can play designer games (e.g. Carcassonne, Settlers of Catan, Manhattan) online against other humans. It's in German, however, so this link goes to a page that provides help for English-speaking gamers.

Billed as "the Internet center for strategy gaming," GameTable Online has exclusive Internet licenses for board games from companies like R&R Games (Overthrone, Sold!), Cheapass Games (Girl Genius, Witch Trial, more), and several others.

Backgammon and several card games are available.

A must-visit for any word game fan. Includes games similar to Boggle and Scrabble.

HTML, turn-based versions of chess, checkers, backgammon, Reversi and several others.

More than 30 card games and board games are available for free play at this site, which keeps extensive player statistics and offers a variety of tournaments.

Graphical versions of board games like chess, Othello, Pente and many others.

Not primarily a board game server, but it carries some of the classics.

Board games range from Axis and Allies to Trax. Not all are free. Requires the installation of a special browser plugin.