# 2-player online game needed... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 13, 2001, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-player-online-game-needed/75991 "2001-08-13T04:14:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-player-online-game-needed/75991/1 "2001-08-13T04:14:43Z")
I want a card/board game that can be played by two people (specifically, **racinchikki** and I) over the 'net. Something along the lines of MS Hearts, but internet instead of LAN. Browser-based would be okay, but I’d prefer a standalone\* program. It must be free; that is, cost me nothing. \*–well, except for the 'net connection Any suggestions? Is there a way to modify MS Hearts to work over the internet? (doubtful, but anything’s possible…) ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-player-online-game-needed/75991/2 "2001-08-13T04:32:51Z")
[http://www.games.com](http://www.games.com)[http://games.yahoo.com](http://games.yahoo.com) Or you could play the free version of Starcraft, thats sort of like a board game. ---
**Author:** ![absoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-player-online-game-needed/75991/3 "2001-08-13T04:35:20Z")
How about cyber-sex? Of course, chess comes in a close second. ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2001, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-player-online-game-needed/75991/4 "2001-08-13T05:34:54Z")
Another vote for [http://www.games.com](http://www.games.com) they have a bunch of board and card games that you can play over the internet. They’ve also got a bunch of oldtime videogames (Asteroids, Tempest, etc.), but I think those are only one player games. Eric ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-player-online-game-needed/75991/5 "2001-08-14T02:29:59Z")
MSN GameZone: [http://zone.msn.com/](http://zone.msn.com/) chess, checkers, card games, you name it, all free. ---
**Author:** ![fenrir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/43a26b/32.png) [@fenrir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fenrir)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-player-online-game-needed/75991/6 "2001-08-14T02:42:20Z")
I usually play most of the games at yahoo online with my friend. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-player-online-game-needed/75991/7 "2001-08-14T05:24:16Z")
For a good site, try [http://www.popcap.com](http://www.popcap.com) Psychobabble is an excellent game, and you can play it with two people. My wife plays there pretty much every night. In Psychobabble you get a board with a whole bunch of ‘magnetic words’ all around it. You grab the words and try to make sentences within a certain theme, in under 60 seconds. After everyone’s made their sentence, they all appear on a list and you vote for the one you like the best. You get points if people vote for yours, or if you vote for the one that wins. It’s really addictive. Then there is [http://www.isketch.com](http://www.isketch.com) which is a cool drawing game where the computer gives you a word or phrase and a sketch pad, and you have to draw it. Everyone else in the game can see it, and they have to guess the word or phrase. After 60 seconds, the round ends, points are awarded, and the sketch pad moves to the next player. It’s fun.