Play a game

SpielMas is a festival that celebrates being able to play tabletop games with friends and family.

If you have never played a tabletop game in-person or online, welcome. We don’t play to win; we play to connect with people. You have found a good place. This is fun!

If your first game is online, we make sure it is:

  • Simple: It shouldn’t take too long to learn a game.

  • Strategic: It should lead to lots of difficult decisions, not a lot of luck.

  • Short: It should last between 30-45 minutes.

  • Shareable: It is easy to play online with friends, no matter their device.

Audio

In addition to the game links below, try to connect everyone together using a common audio chat program, such as FaceTime, Google Meet, Facebook Messenger, Discord, or Zoom.

Light Games

There are a lot of good choices out there to play a game online with friends. A number of them are on Board Game Arena, but there are other sources as well such as Steam, Tabletopia, Yucata, and The Happy Meeple.

Start with 💙 for your first game. Games with 💲 cost to play. And games with a 🦁 require a premium account to create a game, but then anyone can play it with you.

Note: Many of these seem random, but they are actually the result of testing using curriculum, a Facebook group, and within my own gaming group. If you have a list of games, tag @SpielMas on social or send me feedback and I’ll create a blog post about it!

Medium Games

If you want to take it up a level, all of these titles have great online versions of their physical games:

The hope is you’ll find a game you love to play online. Then you’ll want to purchase and play it in-person with more family and friends.