Our roster of the best Android board games will definitely bring back some of your pleasant childhood memories. You may not find time to meet up with friends and siblings to enjoy like you did in the past, but if you are the proud owner of a smart device running the Google OS, you can have fun with them on the move. All you and your friends need to do is install an application from the random list below and play these titles with each other over the internet.
1 – Wordfeud:
The Google Play store has several scrabble apps, but the one amongst them that takes the cake is Wordfeud. Featuring clean graphics and an intuitive interface, the cross-platform application is also available for iOS too. At any given time, you can play with as many as 30 friends or random opponents on either a standard or a randomized layout. Its rules are just like the original scrabble and after the latest update, it tells you how many points you can expect from the word you are about to make. So you can always choose the one that fetches you the highest points.
The app sends you push notifications to let you know when it is your turn or if you get a chat message from the opponent. It can be played in different languages such as German, Spanish, French, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Dutch, besides English.
Price: Free
2 – Checkers Free:
And now for those who want to play checkers on the move, we have the right application for you on our list. According to the developers, it has been loaded with classy graphics and smooth gameplay.
Apt for beginners as well as experts, the app has 10 difficulty levels and can be played between 2 players. If you get stuck, you have the option to make use of hints and undo your move. Individual stats are displayed alongside each of the levels. It is compatible with smartphones and even tablets.
Price: Free
3 – Elder Signs: Omens:
Elder Signs is one of the most fascinating titles in this particular category and the graphics and animations of the mobile version make it even more interesting. You are supposed to build a team of investigators and make your way through a museum, while ensuring that the Ancient Ones do not invade your territory.
While you are saving the world from them, the application throws some challenges at you in the form of arcane tasks too. You also have the option to make in-app purchases for even more challenging gameplay. Unlike its traditional counterpart, it does not have Ally cards, so here you’ll have to manage without them.
Price: $3.99
4 – Backgammon Free:
This contender in our lineup of Android board games requires you to have skills and a strategy in place to play this ancient title. If you like challenges, you can choose to go for the most difficult level. But if you just a beginner, starting with the easiest would be a good idea and as you get a hang of it, increase the level of difficulty.
The app is optimized for the multi-touch display of your phone as well as the tablet and even tags along 2 sets of pieces. You can expect it to give you hints and display your stats for each level. This is an ad-supported version.
Price: Free
5 – Chess Free:
Another title by the developers of Backgammon and Checkers is Chess Free, an advertisement-supported title for those who like to rack their brains. It consists of more than 30 chess programs and you have the option to change the difficulty level on the scale of 1 to 10. So if you are already an expert at chess, you can go for one of the more difficult ones or stick to the easy ones if you are a novice.
Powered by the ‘human-style’ Treebeard Chess engine, it has been loaded with hints options and has a review mode to enable you to go back and see how you played. It comes with 4 types of piece sets.
Price: Free
6 – Carcassonne:
Yet another famous title on this catalog is Carcassonne, a modern classic which needs to be played on a turn-by-turn basis. Your task in here is to make roads, cities and fields by placing tiles, while your followers like farmers, thieves, monks, knights and more are responsible for collecting points for you.
These points are the deciding factor when it comes to choosing the winner. Featuring The River II, an official expansion of the title, the application brings 12 challenges. It even has the option of the local multiplayer mode wherein 5 people can choose to play at a time. There are tutorials and manuals for those who are not acquainted with its rules and it is available in languages like Spanish, French, German as well as English.
Price: $4.99
7 – Drisk:
Drisk is nothing but the mobile version of Risk, optimized to run on Google OS-based devices. It can be played amongst 2 to 6 players and you can choose any combination of actual players and AI.
The online multiplayer application even supports the local pass-and-play mode. Besides 30 built-in maps, you can choose to play on any of the custom ones that need to be downloaded from your device.
Price: $1.99
Conclusion:
Hopefully, you have found your favorite titles from childhood in our list of the best Android board games. So what are you waiting for? Go ahead and enjoy them on your handheld devices. And when you are done playing, do come back and tell us which one you liked the most.
