Free Online Party Games With Friends: A Card Game in the Browser
Box of Cards is a free online party game for friends. It is a fill-in-the-blank card game like Cards Against Humanity and it runs in the browser. You send a link, everyone joins on their own phone or computer and nobody installs anything.
What do you need to play games with friends online?
A browser and a link. One of you starts a game and sends the invite link, the others join as guests without an account. It runs on your phone, tablet or computer and every player sees the table on their own screen, so nobody has to share theirs.
How does a round work?
Each round there is a sentence with one to three blanks. Everyone fills it with cards from their hand, then everyone votes for the best sentence. Your answer already sits inside the sentence before you play it, and some words on the cards can be swapped so the sentence still reads right. The rules in detail are in Cards Against Humanity rules.
How many players?
Up to 10. A game needs 3 players, so if only 2 of you are around, bots take the empty seats. You can also play alone against 3 bots. Friends who join later are dealt into the round that is running. More in card game for two.
Can you play it on a call or in Discord?
Yes. The game has no voice chat, so call each other on the side, with whatever app you use. Each player sees the cards on their own device and the call is just for laughing. How that works is in games to play on a call. In Discord you can start Box of Cards as an Activity in your voice channel, see Discord party game.
Is it for adults?
Partly. The default decks are the milder Soft decks. The Rough decks are for players 18+ and only show up after you switch on "Rough decks (Age 18+)". More in adult card games.
What other kinds of online party games are there?
If your group wants something else, drawing games like skribbl.io and Gartic Phone are free in the browser. Codenames has an official free browser version for word puzzles. Jackbox has many party games, one person buys them and shares a screen. Box of Cards is one of the card games to play online with friends, it fits groups who like to make each other laugh with terrible sentences. Card games of this kind side by side are in 10 games like Cards Against Humanity.
Does it cost anything?
No. Box of Cards is one of the free online games to play with friends and shows ads. It is not the official Cards Against Humanity and has its own cards. You can write your own in the card maker.
