Why I’m building Boardless 🎲

Why I’m building Boardless 🎲

Jul 14, 2026

I’ve always liked the idea of family game nights, but getting everyone to actually play can be harder than it should be.

Someone has to find the game, set everything up, explain the rules and convince everyone to put their phones down.

So I started building Boardless.

Boardless is a collection of party and board-style games that you can play together without downloading anything. One person opens the game, everyone scans a QR code with their phone, and you’re ready to play.

The aim is simple: make it easier for families and friends to spend time together, whether that’s at home, during Christmas, on holiday or at a gathering.

I’m still building and testing it, so I’ll be using this page to share progress, new games and some of the decisions behind the project.

Boardless will be free to play.... for now. Supporting the project is completely optional, but every coffee helps cover things like hosting, artwork and testing.

More importantly, I’d love to know: what game always comes out during your family game nights?

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