Why I buy this one ?
- Scrabble
- Boggle
- Hangman
- Word Hunter

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What our customer's say!

"Fun, but flawed", I have been playing this for weeks, despite annoyances. The best game here is Wordhunter, but only for those who can type quickly. Upwords is fun, but the computer opponent uses words no one has ever heard of. The computer version of Scrabble has a computer opponent that uses challenging words, but the words used by Upwords are downright baffling. Which is fine, I'm up for expanding my vocab. However, when you switch to Hangman, these same unknown and strange words are also used, making the word absolutely unguessable. There should have been some restrictions when the dictionary was loaded into these games. So, fun and worth buying, but it really should have been edited better.

"Fun and works over network", Purchased for Upwords and enjoy playing with family over network. Does not requre leaving CD in computer to play which is very good.

"Not a bad purchase!", If you are serious about learning new words for game play the hangman game on here is great, but the other games are a little boring. I would recommend it though if you like a nice variety in word games.

"Fun Games", Upwords is the best of the bunch but has a problem in the software I think, occasionally it will just stop running inthe middle of a game. Boggle is fun too. The other two games aren't nearly as fun.

"Old Fashioned Fun", Was fun to play the games of my youth. Hangman was the best, no maybe Boggle was.

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"A pleasant surprise!", I usually shy away from Valuesoft, but what a pleasant surprise here! No problems installing the collection on my XP system, no noticeable bugs, thoughtful options... and some great games! For this price, you can't go wrong if you like word games.

In my opinion, Upwords is the clear pick of the litter. Extremely addictive! While the game can be played the classic way, several options allow you to spice it up: unlimited tile stacking (instead of the usual 5-tile high), colored tiles (where letter tiles are of different colors, and forming words in the same color doubles your points), time limit, etc. I found the AI to be a decent opponent, even though I didn't know some of the words it used. Another nice touch is that the game displays your current word(s) score before you commit to it -- and if one of the words shown has a score of zero, it means it's not in the game's dictionary.

Boggle is fun too. You can play it solitaire, or with AI player(s), and with or without a time limit. The board can be the classic 4x4 cubes, the Big 5x5 cubes board, or the Mega board with 6x6 cubes. Here again, several options allow you to modify the standard play to spice things up (multi-use letters, disallow "s" plurals, minimum word length, and more).

Word Hunter is similar to a game called Super Text Twist. Your are given 8 letters forming an anagram, and a certain amount of words to find between 3 to 8 letters. I found the game quite entertaining. Perfect for a quick game if you don't have time for something more meaty.

Hangman didn't hold my attention very long, but maybe younger players would enjoy it. One option lets you change the classic hangman character into a spider -- with 8 legs, it allows for more wrong guesses. Other options allows you to make the game more difficult, for instance by disallowing vowel guesses.

Pros:
- Infinite replay value.
- Single player, multiplayer hotseat/network/LAN (haven't tried any multiplayer games yet)
- Adjustable AI players difficulty.
- Music and/or sound effects can be turned off.
- Can be played without the CD in the drive.
- According to my CD, it's compatible with Windows Vista too.

Cons:
- Can't save a game in progress (not a big deal, although it would have been nice for Upwords).
- Can't edit the dictionary used by the game (Upwords refused the word "zen" for instance, which I found irritating).
- None of the games save high scores.

All in all, a great value for very entertaining games (Upwords alone is worth it!)

"Boggle/Upwards, etc.", I am addicted to Upwards now. (Although the computer puts in words that I've never heard of.)