Guide
Card games for long distance
Card and board games for two that work across time zones. With Play Anytime you take your turn when it suits you, your partner takes theirs when it suits them, and the game waits in between.
How Play Anytime works
Pair your phones once. Start a card or board game, make your move, and put your phone down. Your partner gets the turn on their phone and plays it whenever they're awake. Nobody needs to be online at the same time, and either of you can still play live on a call.
Full rules
- Court Piece rules for two players
- Rang rules for two players
- Twenty-Nine rules for two players
- Judgement rules for two players
- Hand Cricket rules for two players
- Teen Patti rules for two players
- Rummy 500 rules for two players
- Indian Rummy rules for two players
- Carrom rules for two players
- Antakshari rules for two players
- Dumb Charades rules for two players
- Crossword rules for two players
Card games
- Color Clash — Match it, stack it, slam it
- Stack Attack — +2 on +2 on +4…
- Seven-Zero — Get comfortable with their hand
- Draw Till You Match — No such thing as one card
- Hand Swap — Four wilds that trade everything
- Clash Mayhem — Every house rule at once
- Spades — Bid it, then make it
- Quick Spades — Spades, in half the time
- Hearts — Give them the Queen
- Black Maria — Hearts with a sting in its spades
- Court Piece — Call trumps on five cards
- Rang — Two in a row takes the pile
- Judgement — Say exactly what you'll take
- Judgement: Up & Down — Seven to one and back again
- German Whist — Win the cards, then win the tricks
- Twenty-Nine — Jacks high, trumps hidden
- Crazy Eights — Eights are wild, and so are you
- Mau-Mau — Sevens bite, eights skip
- Switch — Pick up two, and two more
- Speed — No turns. Just hands.
- Kings in the Corner — Solitaire, but you're not alone
- Gin Rummy — Knock at ten, gin at zero
- Quick Gin — Gin Rummy, first to 50
- Indian Rummy — 13 cards, one pure sequence
- Pool 101 — Stay under 101
- Rummy 500 — Dig deep in the discards
- Teen Patti — Three cards, all nerve
- Go Fish — Got any sevens?
- Old Maid — Don't get stuck with the queen
- Bluff — Three kings. Honestly.
- War — Flip. Pray. Repeat.
- Peace — The low card wins
- Twenty-One — Hit me
- Casino — Pair it, add it up, sweep the table
- Scopa — Italy's favourite sweep
- Durak — Don't be the fool
Board games and classics
- Chess — The oldest duel there is
- Chess960 — Same pieces, shuffled start
- Checkers — Jump, jump, crown
- Flying Kings — Kings that cross the board
- Reversi — A minute to learn, a lifetime to master
- Tic-Tac-Toe — The classic, best of three
- Tic-Tac-Four — Bigger grid, longer line
- Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe — Tic-tac-toe inside tic-tac-toe
- Dots and Boxes — Close the box, keep the turn
- Dots and Boxes: 5x5 — Room for long chains
- Dots and Boxes: 7x7 — The long game
- Five in a Row — Stones, patience, one gap
- Hex — Connect your edges
- Pick-up Sticks — Don't take the last one
- Mancala — Sow, capture, plan ahead
- Nine Men's Morris — Make a mill, take a piece
- Snakes & Ladders — Up the ladders, mind the snakes
- Ludo for Two — Roll a six to get going
- Backgammon — Race, hit, bear off
- Sea Battle — Hide your fleet, hunt theirs
- Sea Battle: Hot Streak — Hit, and fire again
- Carrom — Flick, pocket, cover the queen
- Rock Paper Scissors — Stone, paper, scissors… shoot!
- Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock — Five hands, fewer ties
- Hand Cricket — The playground classic, one over each
- Two-Wicket Cricket — Bat till you drop — two wickets
- Odd or Even — Odd-eve, best of five
- Guess the Number — Higher… lower… gotcha
- Pig — Push your luck to 100
- Double Pig — Two dice, twice the greed
- Five Dice — Full house, straights, five of a kind
- Mini Sudoku Race — Same 6×6 puzzle, who's quicker?
- Sudoku Race: Hard — Fewer clues, sharper minds
Play them with your partner on Twine
Questions
Can we play card games when we're in different time zones?
Yes. Every card and board game on Twine works with Play Anytime: you take your turn now, and your partner takes theirs whenever suits them.
Do we both need to be online at the same time?
No. A turn waits on your partner's phone until they play it. You can also play live on a call if you're both free.
Do we both need the app?
To play on two phones, yes. Each of you installs Twine and you pair once.