Play with Family While Deployed
A game of Cribbage or Spades with home, wherever you are stationed. One link, and everyone plays on their own phone or laptop. With patchy schedules and time zones, many games also play at your own pace: a move whenever you get a minute, and the game waits.
Games that work across time zones
- Cribbagea favorite on ships and bases for generations. Live or at your own paceStart a table
- Gin Rummya quick hand when you have ten minutes. Live or at your own paceStart a table
- Checkerseasy to play with the kids back home. Live or at your own paceStart a table
- Four in a Rowshort games the kids love. Live or at your own paceStart a table
- Backgammondice and strategy, a move at a time. Live or at your own paceStart a table
- Five Dicethe whole family can join the same game. Live or at your own paceStart a table
- Spadestwo against two, live when you can all be onlineStart a table
- Go Fishfor the youngest at homeStart a table
How it works
Open a game, tap Play with friends, choose Play at your own pace where the game offers it, and send the link home. Each move waits for the next person; a game can take days. For live games, the computer takes over a seat for a minute if someone drops out.
A standing table for the family
Start a family group: one link everyone keeps, any game, and who leads in every game. Not online at the same time? Play today's Five Dice and send the family a challenge with your score.
Questions
Does it cost anything? No. Every game is free, with no sign-up and nothing to buy.
Does it work on a slow connection? The games are small and load fast; a move is a few bytes. Games at your own pace do not need everyone online at once.