Novice
0 XP
Chess · L3
AI
You
BoardHall is a hall of eight timeless board games you can play instantly — no download, no sign-up, no ads inside the board. Challenge a hand-crafted AI at three difficulty levels (four in chess, up to Grandmaster), or pass the device to a friend in local two-player mode. Every win earns XP toward your Hall Rank, daily streaks reward coming back, and each game tracks your record against every AI level.
Pick a game card in the lobby — they are ordered from easiest (Tic-Tac-Toe) to deepest (Chess). Choose vs Computer and a difficulty level, then tap Play. On touch screens, tap a piece and then tap a highlighted destination, or simply drag pieces where you want them. With a mouse, click or drag; on keyboard, move the cursor with the arrow keys and confirm with Enter. Legal moves are always highlighted, captures are mandatory where the rules demand it (Checkers will tell you), and the Undo and Hint buttons are unlimited — using them keeps your win but won't extend your streak.
Tic-Tac-Toe teaches the controls in 30 seconds — Level 3 plays perfectly, so a draw is the best possible result. Connect Four rewards center control. Gomoku is five-in-a-row on a 15×15 board, freestyle rules. Mancala (Kalah) is a counting race of captures and extra turns. Reversi turns on corner play and mobility. Checkers ships with both American and International (10×10, flying kings) rulesets. Backgammon uses real dice probabilities, gammon scoring and an opening book. Chess runs a full engine with castling, en passant, underpromotion, threefold repetition and the 50-move rule.
Is it free? Yes — completely free, in your browser, online or offline once loaded.
Does it save my progress? Your XP, streaks and per-level records are stored locally on your device. No account needed.
Is the AI fair? Yes. It never peeks at dice, the chess engine is perft-validated, and lower levels make believable human-like mistakes rather than random ones.
Can two people play? Every game has a local 2-player hotseat mode — friendly matches don't affect your stats.
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