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Beware, though

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The games are great! I am addicted to Star Collector.

However, I recommend when you install to not allow it to happen automatically. Several Hoyle products want to install another program that is not necessary to play the games. If it doesn't come up with Hoyle cancel and do a manual install from the disc. You don't need more icons installed, more TSR programs running in the background.

I am not positive this was one, but I got three games at once. Two had it (Board Games, Puzzle Games, Card Games). Not sure which two had it. It will tell you that you cannot install without it. LIES.

Not great.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I used to have an old Hoyle board games cd and I liked it. I thought this purchase would be a safe bet, but I was disappointed. The game selection is poor. Most are just plain boring. Some of the games are difficult to navigate. Pachisi, for instance, is almost impossible to play. It takes several attempts to get your piece to move to the right spot. And the concept of "Hoyle Bucks" is pretty dumb. There isn't anything all that interesting to buy. Overall, I found this cd to be a disappointment. You do get puzzle games as well, but they aren't much better.

Review of Hoyle Puzzle & Board Games.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Mouse placement of player pieces is a bit touchy with some of the games. But overall we like this product.

pretty fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

When I get bored and there is nothing to do I end up playing this game and I always find it fun even though some of the games I have never heard of.

Whole family hooked!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This set of games have been great fun for three generations in our family! Grandma, Mom, and the kids all love it!! Great buy!

I got the 2005 version.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I got the 2005 version when I thought I had purchased the 2007 version from Amazon.
But no biggie.
The games are fun and I like the extra's on it like The Incredible Machines that works on XP.
I have the old Incredible Machines that still works but the computer's nowadays are too fast and the time is up before you blink once lol.
Anyways the 2005 Hoyle games has lots of games crammed into 2 discs and don't mind it is just the 2005 version.

Rummy Squares & Yacht

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I thoroughly enjoy these games; plan to try to learn the other games on this disc later.

Warning for Vista users

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: July 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Microsoft Vista users should know that, although the games work perfectly well in Vista, the help files do NOT work - they're apparently written in a very old Windows help format that is not supported in Vista. So, if you already know how to play the games, this is a lot of fun. If you need instructions, you're out of luck.

You can go to the Hoyle site and download the help files in pdf format. But then when you want help or instructions, you have to exit the Hoyle program and open acrobat reader to read them...not very convenient.

Hoyle of course

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Hoyle has done it again-fun oldies and a lot of new ones. New characters too. I do miss the alien tho.

Pachisi doesn't work

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: March 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game mainly for Pachisi, and it simply doesn't work. Can't move ANY of the pieces. Utterly unplayable.

I like the Zilch game, which was new to me.

The backgammon is good, but for some odd reason I get 6 or seven doubles all in a row and so does my computer partner. Kinda weird.

The AI on these games is very bad if you are playing against computer players. This games are much better if you play with a real person, taking turns - not using the AI characters.

The triple yacht is fun - you can play by yourself without using a computer character.

This is a good "try", but I wonder sometimes if game companies Actually TEST their product out on real people before releasing it to the public.

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