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| |Game Descriptions – Revised 24 May, 2010 |



Inspector Cyndi in Newport Games

Newport, Rhode Island in the 1890's is the summer home to the Astors, Vanderbilts, and Morgans, the Worthingtons, Statelys, and the Huffingtons.

You are a Detective with the Newport Police. Inspector Cyndi is a world famous crime solver on loan from Vienna, in the Austro-Hungarian empire, here to assist you.

Travel around Newport questioning witnesses. Watch Cecil Worthington play tennis at the Newport Casino. Walk along the Cliff Walk with Lady Worthington. Bother Junior Worthington at the Newport Reading Room.

Identify the Culprit. Determine their Motive, Opportunity, and Method. Solve the crime.

Twelve games. Twelve mysteries. The game is afoot!

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| |Death Nell |

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| |Rated: B L, V I, C B, D F, M I, N I |

| |Ages: 10 through Adult |

Nell Langtree, the Worthington’s Upstairs Maid has been found dead in the Worthington library. There is no obvious cause, but Constable Duffy suspects foul play!

Ten suspects. Was it Townsend the butler? Was it O’Brien, the Worthington horse trainer with radical leanings? Our young girl players are convinced it was Young Billy, O’Brien’s assistant.

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| |The Forgetful Sailor |

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| |Rated: B L, V I, C B, D F, M I, N I |

| |Ages: 10 through Adult |

People call him Joao, the amnesiac sailor lately rescued from the sinking Oise Grise. But he certainly acts like more than just a deck hand. Chief Inspector Skye wants you to find out who this forgetful sailor is.

Is he a missing European noble? Perhaps an exiled Brazilian president? Or an absconding Colombian banker?

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| |Lights Out |

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| |Rated: B L, V I, C B, D F, M I, N I |

| |Ages: 10 through Adult |

Muffy Huffington’s engagement ring has been stolen, right off her finger. Mrs. Huffington is not amused. Neither will her fiance, Royal Tarkington, be if he finds out that his family heirloom is missing.

Was it taken by one of the young ladies who were sitting with Muffy when the new electric lights went out? Was it one of the servants?

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| |Unfinished Symphony |

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| |Rated: B L, V I, C B, D F, M I, N I |

| |Ages: 10 through Adult |

Mrs. Worthington’s toy symphony was going along splendidly until the trumpet player keeled over into the potted palm. Constable Duffy suspects foul play!

Was it Miss Alice Chalmers, the French teacher? Or one of the unhappy hired musicians. Was it the Grafin Josepha von Vogelhuber? And just what is a Graphin, anyway?

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| |Fall from Grace |

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| |Rated: B L, V I, C B, D F, M I, N I |

| |Ages: 10 through Adult |

Helen Grace Stately has vanished from the steamship Plymouth, just as it arrived in Newport from New York. A note has been found.

Has Helen Grace been abducted by Irish nationalists? Could that handsome First Mate have gone a bit overboard? Or is her suitor, Freddy Foxworthy involved?

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| |When Irish Spies are Smiling |

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| |Rated: B L, V I, C B, D F, M I, N I |

| |Ages: 10 through Adult |

The submarine Holland 5 has vanished from the Newport Torpedo Station dock. Mr. Holland suspects the Fenians have struck again!

Who was on that dock on the night of the twenty-third? Why did the Watch hear singing? Where were Father MacNamara’s parishioners on Sunday?

Tyler Games

Challenge your memory, your pattern matching skills, your spatial strategy.

Master the Tyler puzzles - Entertaining mind exercises that challenge your brain, not your twitch.

Twelve different mind challenging puzzle games. Easy to play, at the first level. Maddening at the tenth level.

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| |Kim’s Game |

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| |Rated: B L, V I, C B, D F, M I, N I |

| |Ages: 7 through Adult |

In Rudyard Kipling’s book, Kim, a boy was challenged to memorize a set of objects, and then to pick those objects out of a larger set of objects.

Kim’s Game challenges your memory.

There are ten levels, each with an increasing number of objects to remember.

Of course, you could select the Easy button and reduce the number by half.

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| |Tippicanoe |

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| |Rated: C B, D F, N I |

| |Ages: 7 through Adult |

Can you free all the animals by matching them and clearing the play area, while beating the clock?

The trick is, that animals can be matched only if they have two adjacent edges free.

Tippicanoe challenges your matching and spatial strategy skills.

There are ten levels, each with an increasing number of animals to match.

It’s very common to get jammed up at the higher levels. The thrill is when you have only one or two unplaced tiles left and find a match that unjams you.

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| |Raindrops |

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| |Rated: D F, N I |

| |Ages: 7 through Adult |

Match the tiles as they fall. Clear the play area before time runs out.

Raindrops challenges your matching and spatial strategy skills.

There are ten levels, each with an increasing number of tiles to match.

Easy at the first level. The tenth level will have you reaching for the Easy button or the Game Throttle.

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| |Orchestra |

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| |Rated: B L, V I, C B, D F, M I, N I |

| |Ages: 7 through Adult |

The instruments play when you select them. But can you remember their original order?

Orchestra challenges your spatial memory.

There are ten levels, each with an increasing number of objects to remember and place in their original sequence.

Of course, you could select the Easy button and reduce the number by half.

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| |Spotter |

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| |Rated: D F, M I, N I |

| |Ages: 7 through Adult |

Can you match the tiles and clear the play area, while beating the clock?

Spotter challenges your memory and matching skills.

There are ten levels, each with an increasing number of tiles to match.

It’s easy at the first level, maddening at the higher levels.

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| |Slider |

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| |Rated: N I |

| |Ages: 7 through Adult |

Slide the tiles until they match. Moving one tile pushes the other tiles. Sometimes the rows and columns collapse to make it easier. But not too often.

Sounds easy. It isn’t!

Slider challenges your matching and spatial strategy skills.

There are ten levels, each with an increasing number of tiles to match.

Warning: this game can be addictive.

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| |Picture Puzzle |

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| |Rated: D F, N I |

| |Ages: 7 through Adult |

Who doesn’t like a picture puzzle? Besides, they are fun photos of the U.S. and around the world.

Picture Puzzle challenges, well, your puzzle solving skills.

There are ten levels, each with an increasing number of puzzle tiles.

Easy at the first level. Well before tenth level you’ll be reaching for the Easy button, unless you are a puzzle master, of course.

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| |The Edge Game |

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| |Rated: D F, N I |

| |Ages: 7 through Adult |

Tiles keep appearing in the Play Area. Can you move those tiles to their matching counterparts on the edges of the Play area?

Can you dodge the immovable tiles?

Can you do this before the clock runs out? Or do you need the Easy button?

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| |FourSquare |

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| |Rated: D F, N I |

| |Ages: 7 through Adult |

Slide the colorful tiles into four-in-a-row matches. For more points, slide the tiles into a square.

But more tiles keep appearing.

The strategy is in assembling partial sets as soon as you can.

Because, that countdown clock is unforgiving.

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| |Runes |

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| |Rated: D F, C B, NI |

| |Ages: 7 through Adult |

Use the Rune dictionary to translate possible answers to riddles.

Select the correct answer. Can you beat the clock?

As a bonus, you can create SECRET messages in Runes and send them to your friends

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| |Snowflake |

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| |Rated: B L, D F, C B, M I, N I |

| |Ages: 7 through Adult |

Strengthen your memory.

In this game a Snowflake is an ordered set of images or numbers.

You memorize the Snowflake.

Then you select the Snowflake you memorized from a set of Snowflakes.

It's easy when there are just two small Snowflakes.

But can you do it when there are FIVE very complex but similar Snowflakes to choose from?

And can you do it against the clock?

WOOPLE Games

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| |Word Away |

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| |Rated: C B, D F, N I |

| |Ages: 10 through Adult |

Clear the grid by finding the hidden words. As the letters disappear the grid collapses.

When you can't find any more words, you can shuffle the letters. But shuffling too often looses you points.

The strategy is in deciding which words to select.

This game is not for the easily addicted

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| |Word Jungle |

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| |Rated: C B, D F, N I |

| |Ages: 10 through Adult |

If you like hidden word puzzles, you will love this game.

You get a list of 10 words in a given category.

Find those words hidden in a grid of letters.

When you've solved that puzzle, the bonus round starts.

In the bonus round, you find as many valid words as you can in the time allowed.

Each time you play Word Jungle, there's a different category of words.

There are many, many categories.

For a bigger challenge, turn the Easy button off and play without the displayed list.

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| |The Definition Game |

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| |Rated: B L, V I, C B, D F, M I, N I |

| |Ages: 10 through Adult |

How sharp is your knowledge of what words mean?

The Definition game will improve your understanding of the meaning of words.

Select the definition that best fits with the displayed word.

If you guess wrong, the game lets you try again until you get it right. Though you do lose points.

Speed and accuracy will give you the highest score.

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| |Scrambled Sayings |

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| |Rated: B L, V I, C B, D F, M I, N I |

| |Ages: 10 through Adult |

Our culture has a lot of sayings. You'll find old favorites here, as well as many you've never heard before.

Unscramble each word to find out what the saying is.

Then you get another saying.

You never know when something you learn here might be useful.

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| |Synonyms and Antonyms |

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| |Rated: B L, V I, C B, D F, M I, N I |

| |Ages: 10 through Adult |

This has been called the Word Game equivalent to slalom skiing.

A word is displayed along with the instruction "Synonym" or "Antonym."

Then a list of word choices is displayed.

You pick the word that means the same or the word that means the opposite.

It's surprisingly challenging, given that you never know whether you're going to be asked for a synonym or an antonym; and you're working against the clock.

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| |Here Comes the Duck! |

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| |Rated: B L, V I, C B, D F, M I, N I |

| |Ages: 2 through 5 |

Here Comes the Duck is your child's first computer game. Press any key and an animal appears and makes its sound.

When the duck appears and flies across the screen, all the other animals run away.

Here Comes the duck is playable by children as young as two years old.

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| |The Letters Game |

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| |Rated: B L, V I, C B, D F, M I, N I |

| |Ages: 3 through 5 |

Press any letter key and an object with a name that starts with that letter appears. The name is spoken so the child learns to associate the letter with the letter sound.

The child learns which keys are letter keys and where to find them on the keyboard. The game continues until all names for all letters have been displayed.

There are lots of cool pictures and sounds to entertain your child.

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| |The Spelling Game |

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| |Rated: B L, V I, C B, D F, M I, N I |

| |Ages: 3 through 6 |

When you press a letter key, the Spelling game spells the names of the objects that appear.

The child learns that words are made up of letters and how to spell them.

Let your child be the first to spell hippopotamus!

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| |The Dictionary Game |

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| |Rated: B L, V I, C B, D F, M I, N I |

| |Ages: 4 through 7 |

The Dictionary game adds a definition to the name of the object.

Image, sound, the word said and spelled and the definition of the word are all part of this educational game.

Learning is fun!

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| |The Numbers Game |

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| |Rated: B L, V I, C B, D F, M I, N I |

| |Ages: 3 through 5 |

The Numbers Game helps a child learn the numbers from zero through nine and where they are on the keyboard.

The number displays, is spoken, and the number of objects appears and is counted. Even the correct number of sounds is played.

A fun way for a child to learn numbers.

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| |The Numbers Plus Game |

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| |Rated: B L, V I, C B, D F, M I, N I |

| |Ages: 4 through 6 |

The Numbers Plus game introduces a child to the idea of addition.

The child selects two numbers to add and the total number of objects is counted out.

An entertaining way to learn about addition.

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| |The Numbers Minus Game |

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| |Rated: B L, V I, C B, D F, M I, N I |

| |Ages: 4 through 6 |

The Numbers Minus game introduces the child to the idea of subtraction.

The child selects two numbers to subtract and the total number of objects remaining is counted out. Negative numbers are introduced.

Let your child have fun learning subtraction.

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| |What Comes Next? |

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| |Rated: B L, V I, C B, D F, M I, N I |

| |Ages: 7 through 9 |

What Comes Next? introduces the child to the idea of a logical series.

Three to five pictures are displayed and descriptions of the objects spoken.

The child is given three choices for an answer to the question, What Comes Next?

One of the three choices is the logical next object in the series.

Let your child develop their analytical ability while having fun.

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