How playing with a friend works
Open a game and choose Play a friend. Type the name your friend will see, and AllFun opens a table with a five-character room code. Tap Share invite, Copy link or WhatsApp and send it. When your friend taps the link, the game opens in their browser and takes them to your table: no app to install, no account to make, not even a name to type, since a guest name is chosen for them the first time. In Backgammon you pick a table for the room, and your friend taps Join. If they would rather type the code, they choose Play a friend and enter it under Have a code?.
It works between any two devices: an iPhone and an Android phone, a tablet and a laptop, two computers. Both of you see the same table live. If a phone locks or a page reloads, the game takes you back to your seat; the table waits for a player who drops out, 90 seconds in most games and 30 in the fast live ones, before the other player is given the win. When the game ends, Rematch starts the next one once you both tap it.
Play Online: a quick match with another player
No friend around? Play Online looks for another player who wants the same game right now and seats you together within seconds. When nobody else is looking at that moment, you may be matched with a computer-controlled player, so you never sit waiting; it plays by the same rules as you. After a game you can ask for a rematch or find a new opponent.
A two-minute game or a long evening
For a quick one, try Four in a Row, a 4×4 board of Memory, three short rounds in Fishing, a motorbike race of about a minute in Moto Rush, a best-of-three fight in Strike District, an Air Hockey match to five, or a single game to 11 in Table Tennis. Ludo's Quick mode races two tokens instead of four, and a round of Pip Parlor is thirteen turns.
For something longer, settle in with Chess, a best of three at Backgammon, nine holes of Mini Golf, or a match to 100 at Gin Rummy, Crazy Eights and Dominoes. Billiards sits in between: a rack of 8-Ball takes a few minutes, and with a friend you can switch to 9-Ball. Darts, Spades and Hearts each have a shorter and a longer way to play, and in Checkers a friend's table can use flying kings.
New to a game? The guides explain the rules before your first match: chess, backgammon, checkers, Four in a Row, 8-ball and 9-ball, darts, table tennis, mini golf, Ludo, dominoes, Pip Parlor, gin rummy, crazy eights, hearts and spades.
Questions and answers
Does my friend need to download anything or sign up?
No. The link opens the game in any modern browser and seats them at your table. An account is optional; it only keeps your coins and progress safe across devices.
Can we play on one phone?
Yes, in seven games: Chess, Four in a Row, Memory, Air Hockey and Darts have a two-player mode on one screen, and Ludo and Pip Parlor let two to four people pass the device around.
Are the games free?
Yes. Online games use play coins, which you get for free: a welcome gift of 800, free games every day for guests, and more for playing. An online game costs 40, as does a game of the arcade and sport games on one device; the board games and Memory are free on one device. Coins never have any cash value.
Can more than two people play together?
Yes, several are multiplayer games. Hearts and Spades seat four, so up to three friends can join you by link, and a Moto Rush race takes up to six riders. On one device, Ludo and Pip Parlor take up to four players.
What if the connection drops in the middle of a game?
Open the game again and it puts you back in your seat. If a player stays away too long, the one who stayed wins.