3) Chess.com is not really "official" chess, just the largest online platform with the obvious domain. "Official" would porbably mean FIDE, USCF, or another national organization for OTB play. In that respect there is the American Checkers Federation (ACF) and other national organizations, but they are much less well established than FIDE or USCF. Online play happens on sites like playok.com, flyordie.com,... Source: about 1 year ago

Surprisingly I'm looking forward to doing this more as well. I actually like to play pinochle @ playok.com while I watch my little guys pour their heart their animated hearts out trying for a 4v5 win. Source: over 1 year ago

Playok.com is active all day every day. Source: over 2 years ago

Been playing for years on playok.com, iReversi (it was an iPhone app), OthelloQuest (on mobile for quick games) and these days mostly on eothello.com. Source: almost 3 years ago

I would suggest playok.com . You can play without registring but its more fun if you do...It is a very convenient interface. Source: almost 3 years ago

I've been looking for any way to play some of the old pogo games for so long. Penguin blocks especially. I just want to play these old games again. If anyone knows of any archive, or any way of playing old pogo.com games, please let me know. Source: 9 months ago

I remember pogo.com would penalize you for this. Source: 12 months ago

Do folks still use pogo.com? Is the site safe to use? Haven't found other good Scrabble alternatives...Is it also safe to chat on there? Thanks! Source: about 1 year ago

Could possibly be a pogo.com type downloadable game. Source: about 1 year ago

I play online scrabble at pogo.com every day. It's so much easier and faster than real Scrabble with a real board and tiles - I feel spoiled by it. Source: about 1 year ago