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Online Games
Updated January 1, 2012
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Multi-Type Game Links
Multi-Type Game Links
| Yahoo Games | Free trial versions of hundreds of online games. |
| Pogo Games | Casino, cards, arcade, word, and board games. Most free, some available for downloading. |
| GameColony | "GameColony.com 's mission is to replicate land-based tournaments of skill in a secure online environment and to maintain a thriving online community where players from all over the world are engaged in healthy skill-based competition for prizes or for free." |
| Ganymede | "We have developed over 100 single and multi-player on-line games. Most of our games are casual games and we attract to our gaming site—GameDesire.com—an audience that enjoys playing for fun and camaraderie. All of our games have a built-in chat sub-system that enables real-time communication between players while they play." |
| AGames.com | Hundreds of online games in every category |
| GameTap | "Every week we change up what's free to play in GameTap. No registration required." |
| Ninja Kiwi | "We showcase a combination of exclusive and non-exclusive Ninja Kiwi games, and the very best and newest of other games available on the web. Ninja Kiwi Games is simply the best source of new and original free online games available." |
| Slingo | Keno, Bingo, puzzle and card games. |
| UgoPlayer | 100 free online games, more added monthly. |
| Game House & Real Arcade | Over 200 puzzle games. Also word, board, card, casino, action. Many can be downloaded to be played offline |
| 2D Play | Puzzle, word, card, board, arcade, sports, and games that can be downloaded |
| Grab | "Grab is where fun and friends come together. Whether you're unwinding at the end of the day, goofing off on the weekend, or surfing while the boss isn't looking, Grab will have something to bring a smile to your face and help you connect with your friends or even make new friends. " Also has multiplayer games: play with friends online, no matter where they live. |
| Free Games | "Free Games Online, Play Computer Video Games in the Internet: Strategy, cards arcade, board, sports, puzzles ... fun games" |
| Play First | "PlayFirst is a leading publisher focused on creating shared casual game experiences around lasting original brands. Committed to building casual gameplay rich in story and character, PlayFirst works with talented internal and external developers to bring mass market games to multiple platforms, including PC, Mac, mobile, handheld and console. The company's portfolio includes the world-renowned Diner Dash® franchise as well as top-selling games such as Wedding Dash™, Chocolatier™, and Dream Chronicles™." |
| Zylom | " Play the Best Card Games and Board Games for Free at Zylom, including Sudoku! " |
| Free World Group | A huge selection of casual games including some multi-player board games. |
| Big Fish Games | Available in English, German, French, and Japanese |
| eGames Online | "Registration gives you added benefits at eGames Online, including adding your scores to the high scores lists and exclusive content," |
| FreeVerse | "Freeverse strives to develop and publish seamless software, with a particular concentration on the Mac OS and the Xbox 360. Our developed and published titles have been honored with more Apple Design Awards than any other company. Our original characters have appeared in TimeDigital, Wired, and Animation World magazines, as well as television commercials for Blockbuster Video." |
| Uproar | "Our mission is to help you play more and search less! Whether you’re looking for free downloads, online action, games for purchase or community reviews, we’ve got the goods on where to play. Find downloads, free games and online games - new games are added daily!" |
| Most Freebies Games | In addition to games, has links to sites that provide coupons and discounts. (We always urge caution in such situations, nothing is truly "free") |
| Games Games | "GamesGames.com has the most free games. Each day we add new games." |
| Game Desire | "Founded in 1998, Ganymede is the leading entertainment software developer in Poland. We design and develop game related software including: on-line games, gaming websites, game platforms, and advergames." Available in more than a dozen languages |
| Online Flash Games | "Wanna play free games and online games? Here, you can find more than 3000 online games, free games and flash games. Including arcade games, classic games, sport games, multiplayer games, action games, adventure games, card games, board games, puzzle games, racing games,shooting games, skill games, fighting games, kid games and miscellaneous games..." |
| Game Hero | " Welcome to gamezhero.com, the source of great free online games including arcade games, action games, sports games, flash games, board games, web games, internet games and much more. Our aim is to have the best and newest free games That's why we update new games on regular basis. " |
| ESPN Games | Both one-person and multi-player games |
| Family Fun Games | From Disney Family |
| Duel Board | Two-player games. Must create a free account with them. |
| Games Dash | "Games Dash is a growing free online games site that also includes funny pictures and videos. All games, videos and pictures are categorized and searchable." |
| Bingo Zone | Bingo and much more |
| Funny Games | "Scroll down and play your favorite game or pick one category" |
| Excessively Free Games | "Excessively Free Games is a comprehensive online game collection. There is no signup process or complicated steps to get started, and no charges...just a simple way to play Internet games for free! Action, adventure, arcade, casino, fighting, humor, puzzles, racing, retro, shooting, sports, strategy games, and more are all available for immediate Flash game-play." |
| Fwend | "The fwend collection contains games, puzzles and educational programs. You'll find classic entertainment like Blocks, Crashpad or Leapfrog, but also more original applets like game of Col, SpiderCount and ColorSums." |
Cards and Board Games
| Solitaire Central | Free downloads with a limited use. Pay for the full version. |
| Solitaire Links | "Card games for one player are called Patience in Britain and Solitaire in America. The rest of the Card Games web site deals mostly with games for more than one player, but on this page I have provided some links to sites which specialize in one-player games. Some of these sites contain rules or analysis, and many of them provide software, since these solitary games are particularly suitable for play against a computer." |
| Solitaire Network | "We now have 46 Free SoliTaire! Games on SoliTaire! Network, including 11 originals found nowhere else!" |
| Play Solitare Online | Play the classic game of solitaire online for free. |
| Free Solitaire Games | "Here you can play the best free solitaire games and card games we have made and collected. For those of you who just want to play solitaire online now, here are some quick links to our games to let you get started!" |
| Play Gin Rummy Online | "Gin Rummy is a card game for two players. A game consists of a series of hands, and it ends when a player accumulates 100 or more points. Then, the final scores are calculated and the player with the higher score is the winner. On this site you can play Gin Rummy against other people worldwide. You can play regular gin-rummy, gin only games, oklahoma gin, select from 100 to 500 point games, play tournaments etc." |
| Kickin Games | "Enjoy these great free card playing games. These free card playing games can be played online and some downloaded." |
| Nabisco World | A few card and board games |
| American Contract Bridge League | Learn, Play, and Join. |
| Chess Games | "Chessgames.com is a database of historical chess games combined with discussion forums. You are encouraged to participate and learn from players stronger than yourself, while guiding those who are weaker. To search our chess database, fill out one or more fields on the form above, and click Find Chess Games! " |
| Play Chess | "Chess is the most popular 2-player board game of skill. It is played on an 8x8 checkered board, with a dark square in each player's lower left corner. The goal in chess is to put your opponent's king in checkmate while keeping your king safe." Free, must register |
| Internet Chess Club | "The Internet Chess Club (ICC) is the longest running, most popular, and best place to play chess on the Internet. No where else can you find as many chess enthusiasts ready for a quick round of blitz, a short chat, an impromptu tournament, or simply enjoying the wealth of Chess.FM shows and live event coverage. It is not uncommon to find more than 3,000 chess players hanging out on ICC where more than 100,000 games are played each day." |
| Chess Maniac | ChessManiac.com is a free online chess playing community where you can play chess online, participate in tournaments, teams, chess clubs and more. |
| Chess Here | "ChessHere.com is an online chess server where you can play online chess against chess players from across the globe. Are you ready to play some interesting online chess games ? Do you want to improve your chess ? Do you want to make some new friends ? Yes! Then Register Now For Free to play online chess with chess players all over the world. No additional software required to play chess. Just make moves using your normal web browser." |
| Backgammon Rules | "Backgammon is a game for two players, played on a board consisting of twenty-four narrow triangles called points. The triangles alternate in color and are grouped into four quadrants of six triangles each. ....." |
| Play Backgammon Online | "Backgammon is predominantly a game of skill. Backgammon is played by two players with 15 checkers each on a board consisting of 24 spaces or points. The checkers are moved according to rolls of the two dice. Each player tries to bring his own checkers home and bear them off before his opponent does, hitting and blocking the enemy checkers along the way." |
| Backgammon Trial | "Learn the rules and basics of backgammon, know more about this ancient game's history and strategy and try the free backgammon games to get started." |
| Backgammon Directory | "Your guide to the best web sites for the game of backgammon." |
| Skill Room Board Games | "Board games are an interesting category of skill games, as they often incorporate a large element of chance, just like casino skill games. While success at games like Monopoly are obviously largely due to strategy and forethought, there's still the random element of luck involved in rolling a die. Other board games such as chess involve absolutely no element of chance whatsoever, with the winner solely determined by pure, unadulterated skill." |
| Jamaican Dominoes | Rules included |
| Dominoes Online | "This site offers a two-players dominoes game thereby preventing any collusion that is rampant in partners dominoes. There are 28 dominos and each player gets 7 (or 9 in a 9-bone variation) dominos at start. " Must register |
| Free Dominoes Online | Two versions. |
| Domino Games | "Welcome to Domino-Games.com, your dominoes portal, where it's all dominoes, all the time. This site is a central resource for information about the game of dominoes, including free online play. |
| Checkers WS | "Checkers Online and and Board Games. Play online checkers - droughts, othello, reversi, chess, Chinese checkers and other classic free games." |
| Chinese Checkers | "Chinese Checkers Online. Rules and instructions to play star checkers game and other classic free board games." |
| Lexulous | "Lexulous is one of the world's most popular online word game and has millions of users. The objective of the game is simple - use letters in your rack to get the highest score by efficiently exploiting the bonus squares! You can also use Lexulous to keep in touch with family and friends over asynchronous games which do not require players to be online at the same time." |
| Yahtzee | Free one-person game. |
| Online Dice Games | Four free online dice games. Complete directions given. High scores are saved. |
| Galactic Magnate | Galactic Magnate game enables you to play monopoly online for free against other players all over the world. Meet other monopoly fans, chat in chat rooms and play together. Use our online ranking system to find out how good you are compared to the other players. |
| Monopoly Online | Are you good enough to make it onto the Leader board? Play Monopoly Online and find out! In order to play the online game you must first register. You only need to do this once - just follow the steps below: |
| Tic-Tac-Toe | "This online version of the classic game of Tic Tac Toe gives you the chance to play against the computer." |
Casino Type Games
Casino Type Games
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| Freebie Casino Games | Poker, slots, roulette, and more |
| Free Slots | "Choose from 30+ totally FREE 3-reel and 5-reel slots, also known as fruit machines in the UK and pokies or poker machines in Australia. Play Treasures of Egypt, Magic Wheel, Bonus Land, Shopping Spree, Flaming Crates, Fruit Smoothie, Party Bonus and more!" |
| Top Free Slots | "Dozens of no download, Flash or java-based online slot machine games that can be played instantly by clicking the corresponding image." |
| Roulette | "You start with $500 in bank. Just place your bets and click roulette wheel start game. This roulette online game is free and you can spend hours playing it just for fun." |
| Free Roulette | "Play free roulette game online for as long as you want. Enjoy outstanding software. Tap into unlimited free credits" |
| Roulette For Fun | Includes a free roulette game guide. |
| Free casino Games Online | Welcome to Internet Gambling's free casino games. These are no download casino games that you can play online. The games use use the latest technology for great graphics and sounds without the necessity of any download. |
| 5-card stud (live) | "Each player starts with a 2-card hand, there are no community cards unless the dealer runs short of cards at the end." |
| Video Poker | "Video Poker is a card game played on slot machines all over the world. The objective is to assemble the best five-card poker hand from the cards that are dealt. Five cards are dealt initially, and you have the option to hold from 1 to 5 of these cards and discard the rest. The discarded cards are replaced by new cards from the deck. Depending on the resulting five-card combination, you are awarded amount of virtual money according to the table. If there is no combination, you lose your bet." |
| Casino.com | In German |
| Blackjack | "This free Black Jack card game will load in a new window that can be re-sized or enlarged to play full screen." |
Puzzles
Puzzles
| Conceptis Puzzles | "Explore the fascinating world of logic puzzles, online or with pencil and paper. Learn everything about number logic and picture logic puzzles from the world's leading logic puzzle source. " Includes: Sudoku, Kakuro, Battleship, Hitori, Slitherlink |
| Brain Games and Mind Puzzles -- Play With Your Mind | Features over 100 original mind games, brain puzzles, brain teasers and IQ tests. If you haven't yet heard, playing brain games exercises your cognitive abilities and improves your brain fitness. |
| BrainBashers | "Welcome to BrainBashers™, an exciting collection of brain teasers, puzzles, riddles, games and optical illusions. With thousands of brain teasers and puzzles, over one hundred awards, BrainBashers is updated with optical illusions and games regularly and has 5 new puzzles added every other week." |
| ArcadeVoid Flying Game List | "Free puzzle games from arcadevoid.com with new games every Friday" |
| Vegas Mahjong | Decent game, but you have to wade through advertisements to get to it. |
| Triplets | " Get three in a row to beat the computer in this online game of strategy!" You can set the board size. |
| Flash Puzzle Zone | "We specialize in online jigsaw puzzles and other photo puzzles. Listed below are all the categories used for online jigsaw puzzles" |
| Mastermind | " Guess the colors chosen by the computer. choose 2 colors for easy play or up 6 colors for more advanced skill levels. " |
| Skill Room Puzzle Games | " Puzzle games usually involve logic, strategy, pattern recognition, sequence solving, and word completion, as well as other skills." |
| Penny Press's History of Crossword Puzzles | With a link at the bottom of the page to a new crossword puzzle every day. |
| Best Crossword | "BestCrosswords.com offers a variety of online and printable crossword puzzles. All the crossword puzzles on this site are free and play directly in your web browser. " |
| Crossword Puzzles | "Need help with a puzzle? Use the WordWeb Online Dictionary to look up definitions and synonyms or find words matching a pattern'" |
| A Snapshot History Of Sudoku Puzzles | History and lots more, with a link to puzzles: "This Flash Sudoku game is not only beautiful, it is challenging. You have four daily puzzles to solve in addition to historical games. So check back often. " |
| Sudoku Mania | The online Sudoku site the editors of Slightly Creaky start their day with. (Look for "TheDuck.") Possibly the most challenging Sudoku online. |
| Sudoku Online U.S. | "Welcome to our new Sudoku Puzzle Generator. This generator has over a billion different puzzles available. Hope you enjoy our new puzzles!" |
| Krazydad's Daily Sudoku | " Every day, I make eight fresh Sudoku puzzles which you can print out and solve." |
| Daily Sudoku | "The aim of the sudoku puzzle is to insert numbers in the boxes to satisfy only one condition: each row, column and 3x3 box must contain one each of the digits 1 through 9." |
| AARP Daily Sudoku | Try this popular number grid game to exercise some brain cells. |
| Youda Puzzles | "Our free online flash puzzle games force the player to think carefully about every single move they make. You gotta use your brain! Play carefully!" |
| Netgate Online Puzzle List | A list of link to over 50 online puzzle games |
| PuzzleMaker | Make your own puzzles to print our and share with others. Good for group involvement. "Create and print customized word search, criss-cross, math puzzles, and more using your own word lists." |
| Slidding Block Puzzle Page | "Welcome to the Sliding Block Puzzle Page. Here, you'll have the opportunity to see and play some sliding block puzzles that otherwise may be difficult or impossible to find without having to build them yourself!" |
| Slider Puzzles | "These are picture puzzles. An image from the history of Social Security is presented in a scrambled form which you solve by moving the pieces of the puzzle into proper order." |
| Virtual Online Cube | Online Rubrik's Cube puzzle. |
| Armor Puzzle Games | Seven pages of skill and puzzle games |
| Four Rivers Strategy Puzzle | "In this strategy puzzle, the challenge is to identify identical tiles which can be paired and thus removed. In order to qualify, the corresponding tiles must be able to be connected by a path which changes direction no more than twice with no intervening tiles to block the way. " |
| Jigsaw Puzzle | "A new free online jigsaw puzzle will appear every day." |
| AARP Jigsaw Puzzle | You get an audible click when you match correct puzzle pieces. |
| Crazy 4 Jigsaws | Play for free: "Premium membership is a paid upgrade from our free membership which gives users more features including large full-screen puzzles, rotated puzzle pieces, and customized jigsaw backgrounds. Learn more about premium membership." |
Word Games
Word Games
| Boggle | " Boggle is played with a tray of 16 letter dice, which is shaken to get 16 random letters. In Interactive Boggle™, the computer randomly generates this grid for you. Players have three minutes (shown by the countdown timer) to find as many words as they can in the grid, " |
| WordsPlay | Free registration. Similar to Boggle. |
| Hangman Flash | " Hangman: this is quite a classic. in this particular hangman game you can play in either single or multiplayer game as well as chose different game modes, other than that you play by the basic hangman rules, where you guess the letters of the hidden word, if you get the letter wrong the guy will get closer to being hanged, and if you get the letter right you get to go again." |
| Letterbox | "Play the Letterbox Game by placing letters one at a time into the left-hand grid to make as many 3- and 4-letter words as you can - across and down. See how often you can beat the computer. Random letters appear in the box at the bottom of the display, alongside the "Next" button. Click in any vacant square of your playing grid to place the letter." |
| Babble | Babble is a free online word game with a friendly community. Stop playing those boring old word search puzzles |
| Daily Word Search | "Test your word-finding skills with this online word search game! A list of words is hidden within the square of random letters. Words may be hidden horizontally, vertically, or diagonally - forward or backward. To circle a discovered word, click your mouse on one end of the word and drag your mouse to the other end of the word. Each word will disappear from the list after you find it" |
| A Game A Day | A collection of games that change every month. Most of them are word games. |
| Chihuahua | " The aim is to make as many words as you can from nine given letters. The letter in the middle has to be used in every word. Your words must be at least four letters long, and there must be at least one nine-letter word." |
| Skill Room Word Games | "Word skill games are interesting in that they're not only very popular but they also often employ such "old-fashioned" technology as paper and pencil, and don't rely on broadband connections or graphics cards. They can be played on airplanes, while waiting for the bus, even when bored at work!" |
| Netgate Word Game Links | Free Online and Downloadable game links |
| CR Puzzles | " Welcome to CRpuzzles, your on-line puzzle magazine committed to giving solvers free, daily-updated, print magazine-class puzzles. User-friendly, Java interactive solving capabilities and careful construction by experienced print puzzle contributors distinguish CRpuzzles from other web sites" |
| Literaxx | Free registration. Access is on right side of page. "Literaxx is a Scrabble-like crossword game with the following differences: letter values are determined by tile colors, some board fields appear in tile colors, letter bonuses are scored when a tile color matches the field color" |
| Quick Words | " Make words from the provided letters in this word game. Form at least one six letters word to qualify for the next round. Extra points are given for making extra words. Click on the letter balls to make a word and press ENTER button, if your word is found in the listed words, it will be shown in listed words on right side of the game screen. You can press ROTATE button to shuffle letters if you get stuck to see other possible word combinations. " |
| Thinks Crosswords | A listing to crossword puzzles online. |
| Lexulous | "Lexulous is one of the world's most popular online word game and has millions of users. The objective of the game is simple - use letters in your rack to get the highest score by efficiently exploiting the bonus squares! You can also use Lexulous to keep in touch with family and friends over asynchronous games which do not require players to be online at the same time." |
| Bigololis | "Look for a new numbered fill in puzzle to appear within the daily puzzles randomly throughout the month." |
| Daily Crossword Puzzle | A free daily crossword puzzle that you can solve online in your browser. If you wish you can use the timer to time your progress. A printable version of the crossword is available (using the links below) if you prefer solve the traditional way with pencil and paper |
| Open Directory Crossword Puzzle Links | Links to two dozen online daily crossword puzzles. |
| Benedick's Quicks | "Welcome to Benedick's crosswords. A free quick crossword appears every day. All puzzles are interactive and remain in the archive for 8 days." |
| Poins' Crosswords | "A new crossword appears each week." |
| Best Crosswords | "BestCrosswords.com offers a variety of online and printable crossword puzzles. All the crossword puzzles on this site are free and play directly in your web browser." |
| Boatload Crosswords | "Boatload of Crosswords is the world's largest supply of crossword puzzles. Solve Boatload of Crosswords' 40,000 free online crossword puzzles below." |
| Canadian Criss Cross | "The crosswords below will take you on an adventure into Canada. You will learn about Canadians from all walks of life. You may even learn things you didn't know were Canadian." |
| Word Turtle | "This is a custom seek and find word search game. You give FunBrain a list of words which it then hides in the puzzle. Select a level and whether you want to play against FunBrain or if you want the puzzle to be printed out on paper so you can play it away from the computer." |
| Daily Word Search | "You can choose between several versions. You can browse through the previous days. Or you can search the archive. You can even submit a word search of your own to challenge your fellow visitors." |
| East of the Web - Word Games | Ten word games for one or more players |
| Jet Punk Vocabulary Quizes | Huge variety. |
Hobbies Categories 2012
Each area includes hobbies, how to do, and collecting
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