Hoyle Card Games (Jewel Case)

List Price: $9.99 Discount Price: $6.99

Features:

• 30+ classic card games including everything from solitaire to 7-card stud
• Tutorial mode and in-game strategy and rule book
• Adjustable skill levels so you can start as amateur and play like a pro
• 10 interactive characters; customize your character with facemaker feature
• Earn Hoyle Bucks that allow you to earn new content

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine

Customer Reviews:

card game [Posted on 2008-03-15]
Nice software, fun to play with, but what's not very practicle is that you have to load the CD in it before playing everytime you want to play.Some games have the tutorial options some don't, and reading the card game rules is not very pleasant.

inaccurate information [Posted on 2008-03-18]
This is not for Windows ME as is listed in the description. Not what I was looking for. I want to play a card game and am not interested in characters comments.

Beware [Posted on 2008-03-22]
Does not work well with Vista. "Clunky". If you are running Vista, make sure game(s)you buy/use are compatable. Another lesson learned

Great games [Posted on 2008-03-24]
The first one I received would not run on my computer but the one they sent to replace worked great.

Using it to learn Bridge - pretty good! [Posted on 2008-05-01]
I am taking a bridge class at a local bridge studio. All the information can be very overwhelming and for a variety of reasons, I am unable to attend the supplemental practice sessions. So I wanted a piece of software that I could practice with.

I had read a lot of poor reviews of lots of different brands of Bridge software along the lines of "the robot players make stupid mistakes" etc etc. I already had [...]multiple experiences like this at free online game sites (the robot partners at pogo site Bridge game NEVER EVER bid, no matter what cards they hold!).

So, long story short, I didn't have high hopes. But this disc was priced right so I decided to give it a whirl. So far I can tell that the robots are for the most part conforming their behavior to what we are learning in class so it's been very very good practice. I played with the computer players muted so I didn't have to endure the silly comments.

As another reviewer mentioned, it is rather annoying to have to have the disc in your drive whenever you want to play. I realized the reason is copyright protection and I suppose that's fair enough. Installation was a tiny bit counter-intuitive but nothing horrible.

FYI I am running XP.

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