FlyOrDie pretty much created the online board game genre of sites for me. They have stayed free and accessible by every computer since their creation through the use of small out of the way ads. The games range from Checkers to Chess to more exotic games such as Gomoku and Go. They keep track of who you play and you wins through a ranking system so that you know the people you play are in your play level. You won’t go on and immediately lose to every advanced player there is. You start out as a white player and advance through various colors and crowns until you get to gold.

Pogo is more of a traditionalist gaming site. They are still free and have a lot of choices but they do not offer any foreign games. Mind you there are still lots to choose from with what they do have. They even bring older classic back to life with new skins and 3d animation. Games like Risk and Monopoly City are just a couple to mention. Otherwise you can stick with the classics and even down the graphics to play faster paced with slower computers.

Yahoo games are not the best of the bunch but you have to give them one thing; they are reliable. They have a different version of each game. One for slow computers and one that has been amped up for faster computers. You won’t get the full feel with the slow one but you can just about play it on any ancient pc you have stashed around your attic. That is pretty much the only reason they are included on the list. Every game they have whether it is checkers or backgammon has a really nice and reliable new version and a not so pretty but 100% stable and can still be played on my grandma’s ancient computer that has windows 2000. So, the next time you’re bouncing around Yahoo searching for satellite tv info, check out their game selections.