Comments on: Help us play together

Question: Help us play together

wanderingmind — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:13:46 -0800

Help me find the ideal Mac game for two people separated by hundreds of miles.

We've both got OS X. We're looking for something casual and perhaps a bit puzzle-y that we can play together over the Internet. Freeware preferred. Needs to be more of a strategy game than reflex-based, and it should be for 2 players (i.e. not massive). Any suggestions?

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:25:53 -0800

Chess. One of the chess games that came with my mac seems to have a network option, so you may already have it.

By: evariste

evariste — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:28:08 -0800

Civ IV.

By: boaz

boaz — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:57:49 -0800

Lux is kinda cool, like Risk with 100 different maps.

By: PenDevil

PenDevil — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:58:18 -0800

DEFCON

By: PenDevil

PenDevil — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:00:04 -0800

Oops... seems I was a bit hasty... it's not available for Mac.

By: billtron

billtron — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:36:23 -0800

My friends and I love to play Xplorers but we use PCs, so I don't know if you have a computer that's able to run it. It's free, online, and basically the same thing as Settlers of Catan.

By: boaz

boaz — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:45:54 -0800

Also, Kurnik is a good gaming site for all the standards, chess, checkers, reversi, backgammon, various card games, etc.,

By: nathan_teske

nathan_teske — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:27:11 -0800

Quinn. I can't describe it more specifically because it may anger the Tetris company.

By: Rubbstone

Rubbstone — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:38:32 -0800

DEFCON

By: evariste

evariste — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 01:55:04 -0800

SketchFighter?

By: evariste

evariste — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 01:57:04 -0800

This isn't Mac-specific (it's Java, so any computer works), but I love playing Literati and Backgammon on Yahoo! with a friend. Literati is a Scrabble-type game. games.yahoo.com. And you can chat right in the game window so you can tease and taunt one other and such.

By: evariste

evariste — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 01:58:29 -0800

Poker for play money can be fun, too. Full-Tilt Poker makes a decent Mac client, and it also has chat. Just meet up at the same table and have fun.

By: edd

edd — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 03:39:16 -0800

Never played it myself, but Freeciv?

By: outlier

outlier — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 04:57:37 -0800

Ticket to Ride - it's cross platform and cheap and is "challenging enough" and runs up to about an hour.

By: camworld

camworld — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:03:15 -0800

Bolo. (Bonus points for those who remember this gem)

By: dorian

dorian — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:11:57 -0800

camworld I will see your bolo and raise you one spaceward ho! ...

By: unixrat

unixrat — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:21:00 -0800

Big Bang Board Games integrates with iChat, supports network play, and it looks great too.

By: louigi

louigi — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:39:33 -0800

Bolo is my favourite multiperson computer game ever. Here is a current version. It is an excellent mix of strategy and action, and doesn't require insane reflexes so much as good planning.