Knock‑On

Welcome to the table

Original takes on the board games you love, playable with your friends, right in the browser.

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πŸ†“ Free foreverπŸ”— One link, everyone's in πŸšͺ Just open and play🧭 A Coach in every game

🧭 What is this place?

Knock-On is a small, free platform for playing original takes on classic tabletop games online. No installs, no account needed; open a game, grab a table, play. Built by one person so his game group could survive moving apart; shaped ever since by real game nights and testers yelling about real bugs.

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Free to play

No account needed, no downloads, no "premium dice". Just a browser.

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Private tables

Password-lock a lobby, only your group gets in. One link lands everyone at your table.

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Strangers welcome

Feeling lonely? Open lobbies let anyone join. Some of the best rivals are people you've never met.

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A Coach in every game

A quiet per-player helper: what you can do, plus one decent idea. It teaches; it never plays for you.

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Hard to kill

Wi-Fi died mid-game? The table pauses and waits. Host rage-quit? It keeps running. Games end when YOU say so.

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Table chat

Trash talk is a core mechanic of every board game ever made. We'd never take it from you.

πŸ›Ÿ Playing with strangers? Open lobbies and chat are unmoderated, and Knock-On can't be held liable for what strangers say or do. Keep personal details private, trust your gut, and if anyone makes you uncomfortable, πŸšͺ leave the lobby, no explanation owed.

πŸͺ‘ How a game night works here

  1. Pick a game from the Games tab, sorted by vibe, from property-empire nights to hidden-role chaos. A 🚧 tag just means it's still being tuned.
  2. Create a lobby: choose how many seats, add a password (or don't, and let the world in).
  3. Share it: every lobby has a πŸ“‹ copy-link that drops your friends straight at your table.
  4. Sit down: you pick your own seat and your own name. Nobody gets named by the host. We learned that one the hard way.
  5. Play: turn chimes, a Coach if you want one, and the rules enforced by the table itself, so nobody's cousin can "reinterpret" them this time.

Disconnected? Rejoin and re-take your seat, the game waits exactly where it stopped. Found a bug? The 🐞 button (bottom right) knows what to do.

πŸƒ The games

Fourteen games, sorted by vibe. A 🚧 means it's still being tuned, bug reports welcome. Every table is free and one link away.

πŸ”­ On the workbench , what's coming

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Jewelers

A gem-engine builder, next on the bench, collect gems, build a buying engine, and race for prestige. Coming soon.

πŸ› οΈ Next up
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More to come

More original takes on the classics are always on the workbench. Got a request? There's a whole list, tell us yours below.

πŸ’‘ Suggest one