![]() ![]() Even better are Yacht (a Yahtzee clone), Battling Ships, Mahjong Tiles (which comes in several variations, including ‘Gravity Tiles’), Snakes and Ladders (Chuttes and Ladders), Line ‘Em Up (Connect Four), Reversi and Mancala (a fast-paced count-and-capture thingamajig), totaling eighteen games in all.įaceMaker has been available since Board Games 3 and makes an expected return here as well. As with every iteration of Board Games, you get a suspiciously similar interface peppered with a couple of new gaming choices.The usual representatives, such as Backgammon, Checkers, Chess, Dominoes and Pachisi still feel and sound much like their real world counterparts. Then you have rewards for each accomplishment (Hoyle Bucks), a catalog for buying stuff and the ever customizable Facemaker.Anyone who enjoys board games will find much to love in Hoyle Board Games 5. ![]() Other good pickings includes DoubleCross (Scrabble), Battling Ships (Battleship) and Master Match (Mastermind). It’s a very fun two-player experience if you enjoy pool games, and a host of classic and special game types give plenty of room for variety. ![]() The game is more simulator than arcade game, with varying degrees of difficulty dictating visual aids (such as ball trajectory) and AI competency overall. Hoyle has a tendency to bundle other games into the mix and this edition includes Maximum Pool. Dice games include Yacht (Yahtzee), Triple Yacht (which is a three-rowed version of Yacht for much longer games), Zilch (a fun and fast-paced Yahtzee-like dice game) and Word Yacht (hands you 10 dice with random letters and a limited time to make words out of them – great for honing your grammar skills). Chess, Backgammon, Checkers, Rummy, Pachisi, Reversi and Dominoes make up the old timers. Hoyle Board Games 2005 includes many classics from previous versions and some extras thrown in. ![]()
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