The following are a few of the many games available for free (no cost!) over the web. Just download them to your computer, and start playing. While many of these free games are graphically simple, some rival commercial products in their capabilities and quality:
Free Games - Backgammon
- Jellyfish Light - Windows
- Quick Backgammon - Windows
Free Games - Checkers
- 100% Free Checkers - Windows
- Checkerboard - Windows
- Magicwand Checkers - MS-DOS
Free Games - Chess
- 100% Free Chess - Windows
- Crafty - Macintosh, Windows, Linux
- ExaChess Lite - Macintosh
- Funny Chess - Windows
- GChess - Windows
- j2chess - Macintosh
- MacChess - Macintosh
- Sigma Chess Lite - Macintosh
- ThatChess - Windows
- Sjeng - Windows
Free Games - Dice
- AllFive XP - Windows
- Yahdice - Palm Pilot
Free Games - Go
- 5star Free Gomoku - Windows
- Aba Daba - Windows
- AUGOS - Windows, DOS
- AtariGo - Palm Pilot
- Dariush - Windows
- GNU Go - Unix
- Goban - Mac
- Go - Palm Pilot
- Igowin - Windows
Free Games - Reversi
- Cintos - Macintosh
- Freak Othello - Windows
- Happy End - Windows
- HBT Otello - Windows
Free Games - Misc.
- 2004 Mahjongg Lite - Windows
- Mindgames (Abalone, Awari, Ludo, etc.) - Windows
- X Board Games - Windows
- Capture The Flag - Windows
- 4Free (Connect Four) - Windows
- 4C (Connect 4) - Windows
- Domination (Risk) - Windows
- Fyrad 32 (Connect Four) - Windows
- Shogi Variants - Windows
- Konane - Palm Pilot