Beginner tutorials
Learn each game by playing your first match step by step, then pick up simple strategy you can practice right away against a friend or the computer on the same device.
How to play chess: a beginner's tutorial
Learn how to play chess step by step: your first moves, opening principles, simple tactics and basic checkmates. Practice each lesson free against the computer.How to play Ludo and win: a beginner's guide
New to Ludo? Follow this step-by-step beginner guide, then use 10 practical tips on when to move, capture or stay safe to win more games against friends.Tic-Tac-Toe Strategy: How to Win and Never Lose
Learn the tic tac toe strategy that never loses: the best first move, how to set up a fork and how to block every trap. Then test it on the unbeatable bot.How to play checkers: a beginner's guide with strategy
A step-by-step beginner guide to playing checkers, plus the strategy that wins games: control the center, keep your back row, trade when ahead and use the king.How to play backgammon: a beginner's guide
A friendly step-by-step guide to playing backgammon, then beginner strategy: the best opening moves, making points, when to hit and when to run home safely.How to play Mancala and win: a beginner's guide
Learn how to play Mancala step by step, then win more with beginner strategy: chain extra turns, hoard in the right pit, set up captures and guard your stones.Hangman strategy: best letters, patterns and hard words
Win at Hangman with the best letters to guess first, smart vowel and consonant order and pattern spotting, plus the hardest Hangman words to stump friends.
More tutorials are added as each game launches. Need the exact rules? See the rules guides.