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Many of you will remember those party games that have managed over the years to keep us busy playing for entire, sometimes unforgettable, evenings.
Today it is perhaps more difficult to gather everyone around a table, sometimes we are far away, or sometimes it is difficult to create a close-knit group that wants to play our favorite game.

Although we often blame the Internet and technology, believing that they physically isolate people, it is they who come to our aid, allowing us to play the best online party games from PC and also from tablets and smartphones.

Sometimes online parlor games are mere transpositions of the games we have come to appreciate and love; at other times the adaptation has been deeper and some mechanics have been refined to make the digital version more suitable for online play.

The best online board games

risk

And the most famous strategy party game which over the years has ruined many years of friendships, is called Risk in English.

This title has seen many adaptations, and is globally very famous, so online there are many convenient options to play with your friends or strangers, to play games following the classic rules or modified mechanics. In short, every fine strategist will be able to find bread for his teeth with this game.

Since the available options are different, we invite you to consult the article with all the alternatives to play Risiko online.

Board Game Arena

For those who love board games, the Board Game Arena site cannot be missing from the bookmarks, in fact, registration is enough to have access to a large number of board games, perfectly reproduced, to play in the company of strangers or your friends.

Registration is really simple and can be skipped by logging in directly via your Google or Facebook account.

Once registered you will be invited to choose 5 games that you already know (the step can be skipped) and finally you will have to choose the game mode.
At the beginning you can only opt for the simple game mode, then as you level up, the more advanced modes will be unlocked.

Finally, you can select whether to play in real time with other players or to take turns (in the second case you will receive a notification when it is your turn and you will have several hours to make your move).

The site is fully translated in Italian, as are the regulations of the various games that can be played.
Among the various online games there are also the famous: Carcassonne, 7 Wonders, Bang !, Sushi Go and really many others. But on the service there are also several simpler party games such as Yahtzee, Backgammon, Chinese checkers and many others.
In short, Bord Game Arena offers remote fun for all tastes.

This solution is free, but there is a subscription, which avoids waiting lists and allows you to invite your friends even in premium games. The cost is 24 euros per year, or 4 euros per month.

Tabletopia

Tabletopia is the main alternative to Board Game Arena and it is one solution for the most part for a fee but more refined of the competitor, at least in graphics.
It also offers complete app for Android and iOS and a client for PC on Steam.

On Tabletopia they are available many even famous board games such as: Cartographers, Carcassonne, Scythe, Distilled and other 1800 titles for endless hours of fun. Unfortunately, at the moment few games have been translated into our language.

To play on the site you need to create an account:

• L’Basic free account does not allow you to play premium titles and limits participation to a maximum of two tables at the same time.
• L’account silver which costs $ 4.99 a month, offers the option of play all available titles on up to 6 tables at a time.
• Finally, theaccount gold from $ 10 a month it offers access to play up to 10 tables simultaneously and the possibility of invite your friends even in premium games.

Names of things and cities

Among the board games, there are not only the board games, Names of things and cities (also called Saltinmente) always knows how to entertain and amuse.

The game, for those unfamiliar with it, consists in extracting a letter and having a short interval of time, usually 30 seconds, to write in each category a name that begins with that letter. It has been perfectly transposed online on the nomicosecittaonline.net website.

Once on the page you can choose the categories with which you want to try, and then create a new game and play immediately. In short, a simple and exciting pastime is now also available online.

Pictionary

Skribbl.io is the transposition of the simple board game Pictionary, who always knows how to give laughter when playing in a group.

The famous competitive pastime, for those unfamiliar with it, consists in choosing a person who will have to make others guess a word only and exclusively through their drawings within a time limit.

This game has also been perfectly transposed online, the Skribbl.io site, allows you to play with your friends remotely even without registration. To start a game just connect to the site, create the match and then share the link. In turn, a player can choose between one of the three proposed things and will have to draw it to make the players guess.

In short, a simple game, but always fun.

Spaghetti games

Card games are also included among those of society and they always know how to entertain and at duty. Spaghetti games is an excellent solution to play remotely with your friends. Are present several famous games, not just of cards, such as: Briscola, Scopone, Tresette, Burraco, Dama and Chess.

To access the service just create your own account or log in via Google or Facebook. Once logged in, they can be created for free matches against the computer or real players, they can also be created private matches to have fun with your friends.