GameColony.com

Play free online games at GameColony.com, and enjoy the thrill of competition in one of their daily cash tournaments. Games include Chess, Checkers, Gin Rummy, Cribbage, Dominoes, and Backgammon. The games feature true peer-to-peer and tournament play for fun or for cash with no downloads, full chat and instant message functionality, and no aggravating ads or anything else that gets in the way of what you want to do -- play games!

Excite Games

Excite offers a number of Java-based games. Board games include Backgammon, Checkers, and Chess. Excite also has arcade games, card games, casino games, trivia games, and word games.

Play online games like Backgammon, Chess, Checkers, and Reversi with players from all around the world. Customize the look and feel of GameSite 2000's full graphic interface, to your liking. Features include: Innovative chat, 'Dropper Stopper', 'Privacy' and Web Cruises with your friends. Requires downloadable Windows client software. Membership is $55 per year.

Play free online games including Backgammon, Battleboats (Battleship), Chess, Checkers, Othello, Pente, and more - over 35 different games and variations. No Java, no downloads. Tournaments and extensive message boards are part of this active community.

The web's premier free multiplayer games community. Play using a Java-enabled browser, or download and install the PlaySite client for Win95/98/NT.

Play games on Yahoo! with people all across the Internet. All games are FREE and require NO extra plug-ins. Chess, Checkers, Backgammon, and other board and card games are available.