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Bravo!
4
Rating: 4,
Useful: 9 / 13
Date: July 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User
A truly wonderful experience. Many old favorites and a few new ones to tempt you. Thank you Hoyle!!
disappointed
3
Rating: 3,
Useful: 8 / 8
Date: September 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User
I was excited to see on the box that there were new players added. Where?? Can't find them. And I have problems with the Pachisi, in moving the piece and putting it where I want. Anyone else find this? Other than that I like this game. And having Jewels and Sudoku is neat. I spend hours playing all the different games.
Excellent entertainment value
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 17 / 17
Date: September 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User
This is a GREAT set of games. There are some new games I am hooked on (e.g. Rummy Squares) and some old ones (Backgammon) that I can now play with humorous, though slightly cheesy, opponents.
Another cool thing about the game is how you can earn "Hoyle Bucks" for various things you do in the game (such as capture the queen in chess, leap over 5 pieces in chinese checkers, etc), the values of which are defined in a "book" in the game, that allow you to "purchase" things from a "catalog" that is also in the game, so you can get different colored boards, different dice, different objects for your avatar to have with him/her, different theme music, etc. It's really sweet.
DEFINITELY WORTH THE MONEY!
Fun, Fun, Fun
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User
If you enjoy puzzle games this is for you. I am totally addicted to Star Collector. The addition of Hoyle Bucks is fun also, letting you earn money to spend on your little space. All of the Hoyle collections are great!
Not much has changed
2
Rating: 2,
Useful: 9 / 9
Date: November 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User
If you don't have a previous version of board & puzzle games I suggest you pick this up, there's lots of fun stuff to keep you busy. For those that do have earlier version I don't recommend it. The new games aren't even built with the normal Hoyle interface (just other companies games launched from the Hoyle menu) and there's much better versions of those games elsewhere.
parts missing, not working
1
Rating: 1,
Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User
I'm very disappointed with my Hoyle 2007 puzzle and board and card games.Some of the features don't work, ie the button in Zilch. When you want stop rolling the dice the keep points button doesn't light up, so you have to roll again and again until you get Zilch. Part of the catalog went missing. There is no longer more than 60 pages to choose from, just 41. I am very unhappy with all three of the Hoyle 2007 puzzle and board and card games,that I bought from Amazon. This is the second bad set of Hoyle 2007 puzzle, board and card game that I bought from Amazon. The first I returned for these bad boys. Just as time was up these went bad. This is just a sample of whats wrong with the games.
Disappointed
1
Rating: 1,
Useful: 6 / 6
Date: January 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User
I enjoyed the 2005 version and waited for the 2007 release. What I received were virtually the same games, no new characters, and a sound track that is defective and unsynchronized with the characters. Shame on Hoyle.
Warning: This is highly addictive!
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User
My family and I are constantly fighting over who's turn it is to get the computers to play these games. Our favorites are the strategy and thinking games like all of the tiles games and crazy contraptions. We have not even gotten to the real reason we bought the game, chess. The face maker adds a nice touch and makes my children laugh when they make their own carachters. Even my 4 year old likes to play the tile games. It is also nice to have something safe for the children to play, unlike so many other game packages out there.
Very addicting!
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User
This 2007 version was a gift, but my rating is based on the 2005 version I have. We have convinced friends to purchase it because they thought it was so much fun at our house. And there's such a variety of games! Great fun for many ages.
Not worth the money
1
Rating: 1,
Useful: 10 / 10
Date: January 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User
Dull, slow, poor graphics. One game quit working. I finally removed the all the software. I love my other Hoyle games (solitaire and word) but this one is not up to Hoyle's standards. Perhaps I should have purchased an older version of Puzzle and Board Games. Save your $ and don't buy this version.
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