Play board games, card games and puzzles in your browser
Asobi Lounge is a Japanese game site with 42 games, from Shogi, Go and Riichi Mahjong to Chess, Reversi and the card game Daifugo. The games run in the browser on a computer or phone, with nothing to install, and cost nothing to play.
The game screens are in Japanese
These English pages explain each game's rules and how to play it on Asobi Lounge. Menus and buttons inside the games are currently in Japanese only. Where it helps, a guide gives the Japanese label of a button in parentheses.
Popular games
- ShogiPlay shogi, the traditional Japanese chess where you checkmate the opponent's king on a 9×9 board, right in your browser.
- Riichi MahjongJapanese mahjong, where you collect tiles, build a scoring hand (yaku) and try to win the hand (agari).
- GoPlay Go on a 9×9, 13×13 or 19×19 board: place stones and compete for the larger territory.
- DaifugoA card game widely played in Japan, where the order in which players empty their hands decides their rank, from Daifugo (grand millionaire) down to Daihinmin (extreme pauper).
- ReversiA classic game where you sandwich your opponent's discs between yours and flip them to your color.
- ChessPlay chess, the board game played all over the world, for free.
- GomokuA simple game where Black and White take turns placing stones on a 15×15 board, and the first to line up five in a row vertically, horizontally or diagonally wins.
- Texas Hold'em PokerPoker where you compete to make the strongest five-card hand from the two cards you are dealt and five shared cards on the table.
- SudokuA logic puzzle where you fill a 9×9 grid with the numbers 1 to 9 without repeating any.
- Billiards (8-Ball)Play 8-ball in your browser with 15 object balls and a white cue ball.
- Connect 4Take turns dropping discs into an upright board of 7 columns and 6 rows, and line up four of your color vertically, horizontally or diagonally to win.
- YachtA dice game where you roll 5 dice up to 3 times per turn to make combinations, fill in a 12-category score sheet and compete on the total.
Play without an account
Pick a game, read its English guide, and press Play now. Games against the CPU and solo modes start right away without signing in. Only online play needs an account.
Without signing in
- Games against the CPU
- Solo modes (puzzles, music, simulations and more)
- Two players on one device (in games that support it)
With a Google account
- Online play (random matches and private rooms)
- Stats and leaderboards
- Friend invites (your friend also needs to create an account and register as your friend)