OCTGN

OCTGN places a wide range of card and board games at your disposal, as well as an environment in which you can play them with other people from all over the world. It comes with built-in lobby and chat systems, a challenge board, as well as other fun features. You can host new games or join existing ones, and the best part is that you get to interact with a large community. Essentially, this piece of software is like a virtual hobby shop, where you meet people and play your favorite games with them.

Not only is OCTGN free, but it's also open source and constantly updated, so you can add your own games if you want to. However, you can pay for a subscription if you want to help further developments. Downloading and installing the software shouldn't take more than a minute, even if you have to create and log into an online account. There is no need to install any special tools or services, and you won't notice any significant impact on your computer's performance.

There are many interesting features to discover, once you log into your OCTGN account. You can find existing games, hosted by other users, on the lobby tab, where you can filter them, join them, either as a player or as a spectator, or start hosting your own games. When you start or join a game, the software will display a playing board on a new window, on which you can exchange cards, move pieces or whatever else the game involves.

OCTGN supports a good number of games, created by the developers or the community. They are displayed in a list, on their own tab, on the main user interface, along with detailed descriptions. You can filter the games, remove them from your feed or add new ones. Furthermore, you can install any game, with nothing more than one click, after which you can select it in a drop-down menu when you start hosting.

Another useful feature is the possibility of creating and managing card decks. If you want to have the best cards when playing against other players, you can browse through countless cards and choose the ones you need using the software's deck editor. You can even set up multiple decks pick a different one quickly and easily when the situation calls for it.

OCTGN gives you the possibility of meeting new people and playing card and board games, without having to look for hobby shops.