Hardwood Spades 1.5

Since the 1930’s, Spades has been one of the most popular card games out there. To my mind, there are two ways of playing the game. You can play it the boring, old fashioned way – with your friends, using a tired old pack of cards. Or you can put your computer to good use and play a spades video game – like Silver Creek Entertainment’s Hardwood Spades.

There is much to like about Hardwood Spades. Silver Creek Entertainment managed to take a classic card game, combine it with story book appeal and come up with a fascinating computer game that you can play by yourself, or with others online. The game features great looking special effects, vivid imagery, and cool sound effects.

If you are new to spades, the game comes with tutorials that will teach you all you need to know about the game. If you already know how to play spades, you can jump right in and enjoy what the game has to offer. You can for example play spades as one of more than 30 characters – you can customize your character and have it represent you in the game. You can select from 24 card designs. Play by yourself, or play online – with other players or in an online tournament.

While playing online you can make new friends. According to silver Creek Entertainment there are more than 1,000 players online at any time. You can socialize with the other players at the table via Hardwood Spades’ chat feature.

Should you decide to get Hardwood Spades, there are some technical details you may want to know about. First of all you may want to know that the download weighs in at some 7.5MB – it shouldn’t take long for the download to complete, especially if you’re on a high-speed internet connection. To start using Hardwood Spades you need to install the application. The installation process goes along smoothly and rapidly; Hardwood Spades works with XP, Vista and Widows 7. Last but not least you may want to know that Hardwood Spades is not freeware. You can use the application free of charge only during a 15-day trial period.

The excellent graphics, customizable characters, and access to numerous online tournaments make Hardwood Spades an interesting game to try out.

Pros

• Good looking game
• More than 30 characters
• Play alone or online
• 24 card designs
• Online tournaments
• Works with Windows 7
• There’s also a Mac version

Cons

• Free to use only during the 15-day trial period

About Silver Creek Entertainment
Additional details on Silver Creek Entertainment and its card and board games are available on the official site here.

Hardwood Spades has been reviewed by George Norman on 07 Jun 2010. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated Hardwood Spades 4 out of 5 stars, naming it Excellent