<s>
Hoyle	B-Application
's	I-Application
Official	I-Application
Book	I-Application
of	I-Application
Games	I-Application
(	O
or	O
Hoyle	O
Series	O
or	O
Hoyle	O
Games	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
games	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Volume	O
2	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1990	O
,	O
featured	O
28	O
varieties	O
of	O
Solitaire	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hoyle	B-Application
's	I-Application
Official	I-Application
Book	I-Application
of	I-Application
Games	I-Application
:	I-Application
Volume	I-Application
1	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
card	O
game	O
simulator	O
series	O
released	O
by	O
Sierra	O
entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
included	O
are	O
:	O
Crazy	O
Eights	O
,	O
Old	O
Maid	O
,	O
Hearts	O
,	O
Gin	B-Device
Rummy	I-Device
,	O
Cribbage	O
,	O
and	O
Klondike	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
all	O
games	O
,	O
except	O
the	O
last	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
could	O
choose	O
opponents	O
,	O
each	O
having	O
their	O
own	O
AI	B-Application
and	O
manner	O
of	O
playing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
Leisure	B-Device
Suit	I-Device
Larry	I-Device
begins	O
to	O
comment	O
about	O
women	O
,	O
while	O
Roger	O
Wilco	O
wants	O
to	O
escape	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
save	O
the	O
universe	O
again	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Working	O
with	O
SCI	O
to	O
implement	O
card	O
games	O
and	O
to	O
code	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
for	O
the	O
characters	O
proved	O
challenging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hoyle	B-Application
's	I-Application
Official	I-Application
Book	I-Application
of	I-Application
Games	I-Application
:	I-Application
Volume	I-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
the	O
next	O
volume	O
in	O
the	O
Hoyle	O
card	O
games	O
simulator	O
series	O
by	O
Sierra	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
pack	O
offered	O
28	O
games	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
the	B-Application
first	I-Application
volume	I-Application
's	O
six	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
other	O
main	O
difference	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
was	O
that	O
all	O
the	O
games	O
were	O
solitaire	B-Algorithm
variants	O
,	O
so	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
option	O
for	O
choosing	O
opponents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
28	O
solitaire	B-Algorithm
games	O
offered	O
are	O
:	O
Calculation	O
,	O
Strategy	O
,	O
Eagle	O
Wing	O
,	O
Beleaguered	O
Castle	O
,	O
Klondike	B-Language
,	O
Canfield	O
,	O
Golf	O
,	O
Flower	O
Garden	O
,	O
Scorpion	O
,	O
Spiderette	O
,	O
La	O
Belle	O
Lucie	O
,	O
Fortress	O
,	O
Baker	O
's	O
Dozen	O
,	O
Bristol	O
,	O
Eight	O
Off	O
,	O
Shamrocks	O
,	O
Yukon	O
,	O
Eliminator	O
,	O
Slide	O
,	O
Bowling	O
,	O
Nestor	O
,	O
Aces	O
Up	O
,	O
Gaps	O
,	O
Penguin	O
,	O
Pyramid	O
,	O
Triplets	O
,	O
and	O
Poker	O
Square	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hoyle	B-Application
's	I-Application
Official	I-Application
Book	I-Application
of	I-Application
Games	I-Application
:	I-Application
Volume	I-Application
3	I-Application
was	O
the	O
third	O
volume	O
in	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
'	O
s	O
series	O
of	O
computer	O
games	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
officially	O
licensed	O
Hoyle	O
rules	O
and	O
trademark	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Games	O
featured	O
were	O
Backgammon	B-Application
,	O
Checkers	O
,	O
Dominoes	B-Operating_System
,	O
Yacht	O
(	O
the	O
original	O
ancestor	O
of	O
the	O
trademarked	O
game	O
Yahtzee	O
)	O
,	O
Pachisi	O
,	O
and	O
Snakes	O
and	O
Ladders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	B-Application
first	I-Application
volume	I-Application
,	O
and	O
unlike	O
the	O
second	O
volume	O
,	O
this	O
game	O
offers	O
Sierra	O
characters	O
as	O
opponents	O
in	O
the	O
various	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SOlitaire/Majong	O
,	O
and	O
Hoyle	O
Friday	O
Night	O
Poker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
stated	O
that	O
interacting	O
with	O
Sierra	O
characters	O
in	O
Volume	O
1	O
such	O
as	O
Leisure	B-Device
Suit	I-Device
Larry	I-Device
and	O
Princess	O
Rosella	O
was	O
fun	O
,	O
but	O
annoying	O
for	O
those	O
who	O
preferred	O
cards	O
to	O
humor	O
.	O
</s>
