Encore Card Games Collection

If you want some Solitaire games, then it's a good collection. It has 50 of various Solitaire games, and there are a lot of options for backgrounds and card designs, including high-contrast and big numbers on cards for better readability on small laptop screens. The graphics are pleasant enough. For other games, there might be some inaccuracies of how they work. It's worth noting that classic card collection is more polished and better: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1246930/Encore_Classic_Card_Games/ Except for the graphics - the new one has modern resolution support and everything looks okay on bigger screens. While the older one is low-res square resolution, which might be not comfortable for some.

It did not work for my NEW Windows 11 Gaming Computer, do the math.

fun

realy great

Should have read the other reviews before buying... I bought this because it's clearly an updated version of the old Hoyle card game. All my old favorites are there, but this version has much more jank than the old one. Most of the games, there's no fanfare if you win the game, and then it just starts another game w/o asking if you want to continue. A lot of the variations/house rules that were in older versions aren't available, either, despite being explained in the help files (unless they are unlocked somehow... I've only played for a couple of hours, and there are unlockables, but so far it's just backgrounds and other cosmetics, so I doubt this is the case). As someone else pointed out, Spite and Malice is bugged; if you use all 5 sideboard cards, you're supposed to refill them and keep playing, but instead it ends your turn. And when the game is over, the scores seem arbitrary. Played for 45 minutes and neither person advanced beyond 11 or 12 points, despite me setting it for a 100 point game. That said, it's still the same old game, so if you liked playing Canasta, Pitch, or Skat (w/o any alternate options) in the old Hoyle, this will scratch that itch at least. I've enjoy…

I played this game decades ago when it was Sierra based. I had it on my wishlist for ages and purchased it somewhat tentatively reading the reviews, but I thought I had gotten a lot of enjoyment from it over the years in the past and wanted to give it another shot now. I have to say that I am happy with my purchase. It does bring back memories of the old MS-DOS game but it also has additional new games added. Other reviewers' grumblings about different rules here or there - I wasn't too fussed about it. Look it is not the cheapest game on Steam but it is not the most expensive either. I have played it for hours. Improvements if I could suggest some - some better card fronts for those who suffer eye strain - most of them are too bright and garish and those which aren't are just novelty (i.e. the Victorian ones). Also the rendering of the full screen doesn't work on my gaming laptop. But aside from that, it is worth it. So I recommend it if you like playing a range of card games.