Hoyle Board Games [2005] PC Game

The 2005 release of Hoyle Board Games includes 17 classic tabletop games and Hoyle Maximum Pool, a collection of 12 pool games. Traditional board games include chess, checkers, Chinese checkers, dominoes, backgammon, mahjong, pachisi, and mancala. Titles based on commercial board games include Battling Ships (Battleship), Line’em Up (Connect Four), Master Match (Mastermind), Reversi (Othello), Yacht (Yahtzee), Snakes Ladders (Chutes and Ladders), and Scrabble. Rummy Squares is rummy with tiles in place of cards, while Placer Racer is an action puzzle game. As with previous versions in the ongoing series, players can create a talking persona using the facemaker feature before challenging an assortment of offbeat, animated characters, from an Elvis impersonator to a talking dinosaur. Ingame tutorials are available for each game type, and players can amass virtual "Hoyle Bucks" to unlock music tracks, extra characters, new boards, and more. Each game also features multiple difficulty levels, board types, and rule settings. ~ Scott Alan Marriott, All Game Guide