''Spyglass Board Games'' is a video game developed by independent software developers Freeverse Software and Strange Flavour for the Xbox 360's

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service. It is a compilation of

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, and

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. The title supports the Xbox Live Vision camera.

Reception

''Spyglass Board Games'' received mixed reviews from critics. On

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, the game holds a score of 54/100 based on 10 reviews. Alex Navarro of ''

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'' gave the game 5/10, praising its amount of content for the low cost (400 Microsoft Points) and option to play multiplayer, but complained about "how shoddy everything feels, from the game options, to the presentation, to the online implementation." David Craddock of ''

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'' was similarly critical of the game, giving it 4.5/10 and calling out the game's lack of playable tutorials (especially for Mancala and Reversi) and the Xbox Live Vision camera support as being "tacked on."

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Official website
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