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About Board Game Arena
Board Game Arena lets you play board games directly in a web browser with no download. The site lists 1,378 games and over ten million players, and it is available in 42 languages. Games can be played in real time or turn-based, so a match can fit a lunch break or stretch over days.
It works on PCs, Macs, phones and tablets through the browser. Players can learn new games at their own pace or join ranked games against other players.
Strengths
- Large catalog of licensed board games
- Real-time and turn-based play
- Runs in any modern browser with no install
- Ranked games and a large player base
Limitations
- Requires an internet connection
- Proprietary hosted service
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree to play in the browser.
- License
- Proprietary
- Platforms
- Web
- How it runs
- Web application
- Works offline
- No
- Best suited for
- Playing board games online with friends or strangers
- Categories
- Gaming tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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