Free Family Games

These are the games that come out at the kitchen table — the ones with rules simple enough for a kid and enough bite to keep a grown-up hooked. This collection gathers the timeless tabletop classics in one place, no box to dig out and no pieces to lose down the sofa. Roll for a full house in Yahtzee, sow and capture your way around a Mancala board, match the ends in dominoes, drop discs to connect four, jump for a double in checkers, or settle it over a game of chess. They are the kind of games that turn ten spare minutes into a proper round, whether you are passing a phone back and forth on a car trip or playing the computer while you wait. Every one is free, loads instantly in the browser with nothing to install, keeps your record or best score locally, and scales cleanly to a phone, tablet or laptop. Pick a game below and deal everyone in.