Any similar suggestions for card games, especially Poker?
I haven't found anything yet, but if I do I'll add it to the article.
How to play board games online with your friends
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#42Tabletopia is another online service for this. They seem to have quite an extensive library.
Good call. I initially left it out because it felt too close to TTS. How does it compare?
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#43Between this article and the comments, I'm bookmarking this page as a good list of these games. I'd be remiss if I didn't add my own humble attempt, a Boggle-like game to be played over screen share: https://wordgame.paulbutler.org/
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#44> In my experience, Zoom is the most consistent service and works on almost any device. One person in your group will need a paid subscription if you want to host an event longer than 40 minutes. Have to disagree on this, Discord has been a FAR better solution for my group of friends and I with our online game nights. We tried Zoom, Discord, Google Meet/Hangouts, and Discord has, by far, been the best UI/UX/clarity/q…
The one thing I like about Zoom above Discord is the ability to see people's faces. Discord doesn't have this, right? It's nice to use the mini-layout in Zoom and put it off to the side like the article suggests. I'm still waiting for some guy on Twitter[0] who's working on his own game board simulator to release his 8-bit video conferencing solution. The pixelation gives the perfect feel when you're playing DnD onli…
Discord has video chat, as well: https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/articles/11500098275...
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#45I was hoping this was going to be how to modify boardgames to play with friends via webcam. We played Monopoly, and had good success - one board, setup a ghost player for the remote people. Remote people used parts of a set to keep track of their money and properties. Later several hours. >In my experience, Zoom is the most consistent service and works on almost any device. One person in your group will need a paid s…
"We played Monopoly, and had good success" Unlikely. What a tedious game
30 seconds per turn per player. Max.
Optimal is 10 seconds.
Keeps the energy high and you can finish a game in 15 minutes.
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#46Any similar suggestions for card games, especially Poker?
https://ba.net/poker/live/
https://truco.ba.net for truco or spanish card games
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#47We're working on an app for social/board games with built in video chat: https://www.cyberspaces.app Current we offer: Boggle (just released yesterday, feedback is especially appreciated) https://www.cyberspaces.app/boggle Codenames (we call it Cyberterms) https://www.cyberspaces.app/cyberterms Liar's Dice https://www.cyberspaces.app/liarsdice Kings https://www.cyberspaces.app/kings
Awesome, thanks!! Codenames is one of our gamenight crew's favorites; will def try it out this wknd! :)
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
"We played Monopoly, and had good success" Unlikely. What a tedious game
30 seconds per turn per player. Max. Optimal is 10 seconds. Keeps the energy high and you can finish a game in 15 minutes.
Speed monopoly! Played with those fun chess timers that you get to smack at the end of your turn.
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#49"a tad clunky"? Every single person I've shown boardgamearena.com has commented on the subpar UX.
But then we play a few games of Coup and all is good :)
https://acquire.tlstyer.com/ is a good implementation of Acquire
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#50We're working on an app for social/board games with built in video chat: https://www.cyberspaces.app Current we offer: Boggle (just released yesterday, feedback is especially appreciated) https://www.cyberspaces.app/boggle Codenames (we call it Cyberterms) https://www.cyberspaces.app/cyberterms Liar's Dice https://www.cyberspaces.app/liarsdice Kings https://www.cyberspaces.app/kings
Awesome, thanks!! Codenames is one of our gamenight crew's favorites; will def try it out this wknd! :)
Of course! We love Codenames too. We are fielding ideas for next week's game so we'd love to hear about the other games your crew plays.