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72 of 77 found the following review helpful:
 Milking the Hoyle name for all it's worth. Sep 19, 2009
By D. Herdegen
Why Encore feels the need to release yearly versions of the Hoyle series is totally beyond me. I think they spend most of their time designing a cool-looking box for the disk instead of improving the games themselves. I also feel that they are just assuming that by placing the "Hoyle" name on the box means that people will automatically buy their product.
The 2010 is basically identical to the 2009 version. The games don't appear to have been changed at all. In fact, all of the Hoyle games, (Card, Puzzle & Board), seem remarkably similar in gameplay as Hoyle versions of the last several years.
I also use Hoyle Table Games and Board Games from 2004. This is when they were made by Sierra. These titles work fine under Windows 7 and interestingly, they are just more fun. Newer doesn't always mean better in terms of software.
If you have any Hoyle Puzzle/Board/Table games from the past, you may as well skip the 2010 edition. You're just throwing good money away. Otherwise, find an older edition on eBay.
I'm fed up with Encore and these yearly titles that offer little in the way of new games or improvements to the games already included. Please do not fall for this sham like I did and save your $20.
45 of 48 found the following review helpful:
 Recommended for board game lovers Jan 10, 2010
By D. Cameron
I played this on OS 9, and am delighted these games are now available in a format that will play on OS X Intel. I hope that when the next big change in operating systems comes along, the company will make these favorites playable on that system also. There is good reason some of these games have been popular so long. Backgammon, for example, has existed about 5,000 years! Games such as Backgammon, Chinese Checkers, Chess, and Dominoes have stood the test of time because they are good challenging games requiring the ideal combination of skill, strategy, and a bit of luck.
The following games are included. I haven't played all of them, but the half dozen or so I have, I like.
* Backgammon
* Battling Ships
* Bump 'Em
* Checkers
* Chinese Checkers
* Chess
* Dominoes
* Crazy Contraptions
* Tile Games
* Master Match
* Maze Racer
* Maze Raider
* Pachisi
* Panic
* Placer Racer
* Rays
* Reversi
* Rummi Squares
* Solitaire Arcade
* Star Collector
* Sudoku
* Time Breaker
* Word Games
* Yacht
* Zilch
19 of 22 found the following review helpful:
 poor Sep 26, 2009
By flamarieo937
poor instructions, children unable to follow, no help in manual for use of keyboard keys or mouse.
adults do not fair any better. would not reccommend. old version much, much better!
20 of 24 found the following review helpful:
Poor customer service Oct 05, 2009
By Gina Earles
"ginadapotr"
I purchased the previous version of this software for one computer. I later replaced that computer. When I went to install this game for my kids, I no longer had the serial code that had apparently been written on the original packaging. I contacted the company and they will not give me a new code without paying them $10. The game is not even worth that.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Hoyle Puzzle and board games Feb 14, 2010
By Sheila D. Galindo
This game is no different from the 2007 one I already have. I ended up returning it because there is no difference between it and the older game. Oh yes, there is a difference: you can't go back and check your scores against the game like you could on the older one. I"m going back to that one.
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