Freeverse

New York - February 23, 2004 - Freeverse Software began initial shipments of the real-time strategy game, Northland, for Macintosh computers. The game is the first of a two-game deal to bring games published by e.p.i.c. interactive to North American gamers.

Northland is the sequel to Cultures 2 - The Gates of Asgard, and continues the story of Hatschi, Sigurd, Bjami, and Crya, the four heroes who defeated the Midgard Serpent and saved the world. Loki seeks revenge for the slaying of the serpent, and his subsequent banishment from Asgard, so he decides to torment the four heores in hopes of sneaking back in. The strategy game received the PC Action Gold Award and the PC Extreme Silver rating in Europe, and was called "the cutest buildup game to ever grace the Macintosh" in the November 2003 issue of the German magazine, Mac Life.

Northland challenges players to take control of a group of Vikings, and develop their town while meeting the needs of the individuals in your groups. Unlike other real-time strategy games, each character in the village has a name. Players can leave the Vikings to fulfill their own desires, or micromanage them into jobs and marriages. By developing a village, the Vikings can mount an offensive against the minions of Loki.

"Northland brings new life to the Mac RTS scene," Said Colin Lynch Smith, Freeverse Vice President. "We were drawn to this game's unique approach to the genre, which is why Freeverse had to bring it to North American Macintosh gamers."

Minimum system requirements are:
Mac OS 9.x / 10.x
G3 350 Mhz
192 MB RAM

Recommended system requirements are:
Mac OS 10.2.x or better
G4 700 MHz
256 MB RAM

The game is available starting today from the Freeverse Store for $29.95. Additionally, Freeverse is re-releasing the Northland demo. The 68 MB demo is available from the Freeverse Download page.

After months and months of work, we're proud to announce the release of 3D Hearts Deluxe 7.3, 3D Bridge Deluxe 2.3, 3D Spades Deluxe 3.3, 3D Euchre Deluxe 2.3, and 3D Pitch Deluxe 2.3 for the Macintosh. The update is free for all users, and is highly recommended for all users.

Here's just a small highlight of some of the changes:

• Bot auto-substitution during network play when a player drops.
  
• Speech synthesis.
  
• Support for XML-based puppets, which are up to 50% smaller at the same quality compared to the previous versions.
  
• Numerous usability enhancements.
  
• Reduced CPU and resource usage
  
• New game rules options for Spades and Hearts
  

For a full changelist, please click the Read More link below.
If you have a previous version, use these links:
Bridge 2.3 Update
Euchre 2.3 Update
Hearts 7.3 Update
Pitch 2.3 Update
Spades 3.3 Update

If you've never downloaded one of the card games before, use these links:
Bridge 2.3
Euchre 2.3
Hearts 7.3
Pitch 2.3
Spades 3.3

3D Bridge Deluxe 2.3

New Features

• GameSmith 3.4.3 is now bundled with Bridge. For details, see GameSmith Changes.
  
• NOTE: some of the new features described below require that all human players in a network game are using Bridge 2.3 or later. When this is not the case, a warning message will be displayed in the game chat.
  
• Bots now automatically substitute in when a player drops out of a network game.
  
• Added support for an iPuppet Images folder. Put a folder (or an alias) with this name at the same level as the game (i.e., Plug Ins) and/or in your Home folder’s Pictures folder and put images in it, or folders of images (aliases to either are OK). This is a super-quick way to manage many iPuppet images.
  
• Added support for the new Game Info dialog in GameSmith. The rules and status information are now properly provided to GameSmith, so anyone using GameSmith 3.4 can track the progress of your game.
  
• Added support for Speech Synthesis. The pre-recorded chat messages that are normally spoken by puppets can instead be spoken using Apple’s Speech technology. In the Puppets dialog, you can specify which voice (if any) to use for each position. In Network games, once you assign a voice to another human player, the player will retain that voice even after changing positions.
  
• The Rules, Puppets and Solo Stats dialogs are now sheets in Mac OS X, which means you can open them and still interact with GameSmith.
  
• Added a new /help command in the game chat to see which commands are available.
  
• Added a new /save commmand to save game chat.
  
• Control-clicking in the game window allows various operations, depending on whether you click on a puppet or the game background and whether you are playing a solo game or hosting or joining a network game.
  
• You can now mute players by control-clicking.
  
• You can hide the iPuppet image for a single player by control-clicking.
  
• There is a new option to Resign. This is only available in network games after the fifth hand, and all players must agree to it. It can only be used when losing.
  
• Added new automatic be-right-back support in network games when using iPuppets: just type brb into game chat and then click when you are back.
  
• Added a new option to automatically shuffle player seat positions after each game via a checkbox in the Puppets dialog.
  
• Added a new Network menu item to shuffle player seat positions on demand.
  
• Improved Score Pad appearance with proper suit glyphs for bids.
  
• Fixed Undo. It has not worked correctly since Bridge 1.5. Undo during bidding is also supported once again.
  

• General improvements to many game messages to include additional information about who has not clicked to be ready, who is dealing and who will lead, etc.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused games to sometimes stall or “lag” unpredictably.
  
• Emoticon menu has been rearranged and includes emoticon images in Mac OS X.
  
• Chat Bubbles now include emoticon images instead of their text equivalents.
  
• As players move from seat to seat (say, because of swapping), they now maintain the same chat color for consistency.
  
• Keyboard support for bidding and passing has been disabled in network games so that chatting cannot trigger inadvertent bids.
  
• Pressing Escape clears the chat edit field in the game window.
  
• Chat Bubbles are drawn more smoothly in Mac OS X.
  
• Preferences now has an improved iPuppet Preview.
  
• Added a new Show Scoreboard item in the Game menu.
  
• Improved Quit & Open: supports Crazy Eights and Gin Rummy and also includes the game icons.
  
• Added a notification when a network player is using a puppet you do not have.
  
• Joiners can no longer restart network games after they end. Only the host can do that.
  
• Hide Desktop was very seriously broken. Now it’s not.
  
• Command ` can no longer cycle to the desktop’s hidden window.
  
• Fixed the Puppets dialog so that, when making changes (adding a bot, swapping seats), it no longer tells you there is a game in progress when the game is actually over.
  
• Fixed the Puppets dialog so that it can be used to change the seats of GameSmith account names with special characters.
  
• Added Command-F as a keyboard equivalent for Restart Game.
  
• Fixed a bug that would result in a blank Dummy Hand window if the game were not in the foreground at the end of a hand.
  
• In solo games, you can take back your bid by pressing the same number again, much like clicking the same bid value takes it back.
  
• Startup time has been reduced significantly.
  
• The Help has been updated and cleaned up.
  
• The end game win/lose animations require fewer CPU resources on older computers.
  
• Removed the random, occasional “grumble” sound that players could make in network games.
  
• Fixed a number of issues with Exposé when using the Hide Desktop option.
  
• Fixed a problem where players would sometimes be invisible after first joining.
  
• Added support for new XML-based puppets.
  

3D Euchre Deluxe 2.3

New Features

• GameSmith 3.4.3 is now bundled with Euchre. For details, see GameSmith Changes.
  
• NOTE: some of the new features described below require that all human players in a network game are using Euchre 2.3 or later. When this is not the case, a warning message will be displayed in the game chat.
  
• Bots now automatically substitute in when a player drops out of a network game.
  
• Added support for an iPuppet Images folder. Put a folder (or an alias) with this name at the same level as the game (i.e., Plug Ins) and/or in your Home folder’s Pictures folder and put images in it, or folders of images (aliases to either are OK). This is a super-quick way to manage many iPuppet images.
  
• Added support for the new Game Info dialog in GameSmith. The rules and status information are now properly provided to GameSmith, so anyone using GameSmith 3.4 can track the progress of your game.
  
• Added support for Speech Synthesis. The pre-recorded chat messages that are normally spoken by puppets can instead be spoken using Apple’s Speech technology. In the Puppets dialog, you can specify which voice (if any) to use for each position. In Network games, once you assign a voice to another human player, the player will retain that voice even after changing positions.
  
• The Rules, Puppets and Solo Stats dialogs are now sheets in Mac OS X, which means you can open them and still interact with GameSmith.
  
• Added a new /help command in the game chat to see which commands are available.
  
• Added a new /save commmand to save game chat.
  
• Control-clicking in the game window allows various operations, depending on whether you click on a puppet or the game background and whether you are playing a solo game or hosting or joining a network game.
  
• You can now mute players by control-clicking.
  
• You can hide the iPuppet image for a single player by control-clicking.
  
• There is a new option to Resign. This is only available in network games after the fifth hand, and all players must agree to it. It can only be used when losing.
  
• Added new automatic be-right-back support in network games when using iPuppets: just type brb into game chat and then click when you are back.
  
• Added a new option to automatically shuffle player seat positions after each game via a checkbox in the Puppets dialog.
  
• Added a new Network menu item to shuffle player seat positions on demand.
  
• Added a new game rule to require all players to have trump before bidding.
  

• General improvements to many game messages to include additional information about who has not clicked to be ready, who is dealing and who will lead, etc.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused games to sometimes stall or “lag” unpredictably.
  
• Rules dialog has been improved visually and now allows the game to points to be to any value you like.
  
• Emoticon menu has been rearranged and includes emoticon images in Mac OS X.
  
• Chat Bubbles now include emoticon images instead of their text equivalents.
  
• As players move from seat to seat (say, because of swapping), they now maintain the same chat color for consistency.
  
• Keyboard support for bidding and passing has been disabled in network games so that chatting cannot trigger inadvertent bids.
  
• Pressing Escape clears the chat edit field in the game window.
  
• Chat Bubbles are drawn more smoothly in Mac OS X.
  
• Preferences now has an improved iPuppet Preview.
  
• Added a new Show Scoreboard item in the Game menu.
  
• Improved Quit & Open: supports Crazy Eights and Gin Rummy and also includes the game icons.
  
• Added a notification when a network player is using a puppet you do not have.
  
• Joiners can no longer restart network games after they end. Only the host can do that.
  
• Hide Desktop was very seriously broken. Now it’s not.
  
• Command ` can no longer cycle to the desktop’s hidden window.
  
• Fixed the Puppets dialog so that, when making changes (adding a bot, swapping seats), it no longer tells you there is a game in progress when the game is actually over.
  
• Fixed the Puppets dialog so that it can be used to change the seats of GameSmith account names with special characters.
  
• Improved the appearance of score pad.
  
• Added Command-F as a keyboard equivalent for Restart Game.
  
• Fixed a bug in netplay when Screw the Dealer is off and everyone passes in both rounds of bidding.
  
• Startup time has been reduced significantly.
  
• The Help has been updated and cleaned up.
  
• The end game win/lose animations require fewer CPU resources on older computers.
  
• Removed the random, occasional “grumble” sound that players could make in network games.
  
• Fixed a number of issues with Exposé when using the Hide Desktop option.
  
• Fixed a problem where players would sometimes be invisible after first joining.
  
• Added support for new XML-based puppets.

3D Hearts Deluxe 7.3

New Features

• GameSmith 3.4.3 is now bundled with Hearts. For details, see GameSmith Changes.
  
• NOTE: some of the new features described below require that all human players in a network game are using Hearts 7.3 or later. When this is not the case, a warning message will be displayed in the game chat.
  
• Bots now automatically substitute in when a player drops out of a network game.
  
• Added support for an iPuppet Images folder. Put a folder (or an alias) with this name at the same level as the game (i.e., Plug Ins) and/or in your Home folder’s Pictures folder and put images in it, or folders of images (aliases to either are OK). This is a super-quick way to manage many iPuppet images.
  
• Added support for the new Game Info dialog in GameSmith. The rules and status information are now properly provided to GameSmith, so anyone using GameSmith 3.4 can track the progress of your game.
  
• Added support for Speech Synthesis. The pre-recorded chat messages that are normally spoken by puppets can instead be spoken using Apple’s Speech technology. In the Puppets dialog, you can specify which voice (if any) to use for each position. In Network games, once you assign a voice to another human player, the player will retain that voice even after changing positions.
  
• The Rules, Puppets and Solo Stats dialogs are now sheets in Mac OS X, which means you can open them and still interact with GameSmith.
  
• Added a new /help command in the game chat to see which commands are available.
  
• Added a new /save commmand to save game chat.
  
• Control-clicking in the game window allows various operations, depending on whether you click on a puppet or the game background and whether you are playing a solo game or hosting or joining a network game.
  
• You can now mute players by control-clicking.
  
• You can hide the iPuppet image for a single player by control-clicking.
  
• There is a new option to Resign. This is only available in network games after the fifth hand, and all players must agree to it. It can only be used when losing.
  
• Added new automatic be-right-back support in network games when using iPuppets: just type brb into game chat and then click when you are back.
  
• Added a new option to automatically shuffle player seat positions after each game via a checkbox in the Puppets dialog.
  
• Added a new Network menu item to shuffle player seat positions on demand.
  
• Added a new game rule: Shoot the Sun.
  
• Added a new game rule: Taking no tricks is +26 point penalty.
  
• Added a new game rule: Reach end score exactly go back to zero.
  
• Added a new game rule: More variations for passing order.
  
• Added a new game rule: Rotate lead with random first leader.
  

• General improvements to many game messages to include additional information about who has not clicked to be ready, who is dealing and who will lead, etc.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused games to sometimes stall or “lag” unpredictably.
  
• Rules dialog has been improved visually and now allows the game to points to be to any value you like.
  
• Emoticon menu has been rearranged and includes emoticon images in Mac OS X.
  
• Chat Bubbles now include emoticon images instead of their text equivalents.
  
• As players move from seat to seat (say, because of swapping), they now maintain the same chat color for consistency.
  
• Keyboard support for passing has been disabled in network games so that chatting cannot trigger inadvertent bids.
  
• Pressing Escape clears the chat edit field in the game window.
  
• Chat Bubbles are drawn more smoothly in Mac OS X.
  
• Preferences now has an improved iPuppet Preview.
  
• Added a new Show Scoreboard item in the Game menu.
  
• Improved Quit & Open: supports Crazy Eights and Gin Rummy and also includes the game icons.
  
• Added a notification when a network player is using a puppet you do not have.
  
• Joiners can no longer restart network games after they end. Only the host can do that.
  
• Hide Desktop was very seriously broken. Now it’s not.
  
• Command ` can no longer cycle to the desktop’s hidden window.
  
• Fixed the Puppets dialog so that, when making changes (adding a bot, swapping seats), it no longer tells you there is a game in progress when the game is actually over.
  
• Fixed the Puppets dialog so that it can be used to change the seats of GameSmith account names with special characters.
  
• Improved the appearance of score pad.
  
• Added Command-F as a keyboard equivalent for Restart Game.
  
• Added an arrow to the Score Pad to show the pass direction for each hand.
  
• Startup time has been reduced significantly.
  
• The Help has been updated and cleaned up.
  
• The end game win/lose animations require fewer CPU resources on older computers.
  
• Removed the random, occasional “grumble” sound that players could make in network games.
  
• Fixed a number of issues with Exposé when using the Hide Desktop option.
  
• Fixed a problem where players would sometimes be invisible after first joining.
  
• Added support for new XML-based puppets.
  

3D Pitch Deluxe 2.3

New Features

• GameSmith 3.4.3 is now bundled with Pitch. For details, see GameSmith Changes.
  
• NOTE: some of the new features described below require that all human players in a network game are using Pitch 2.3 or later. When this is not the case, a warning message will be displayed in the game chat.
  
• Bots now automatically substitute in when a player drops out of a network game.
  
• Added support for an iPuppet Images folder. Put a folder (or an alias) with this name at the same level as the game (i.e., Plug Ins) and/or in your Home folder’s Pictures folder and put images in it, or folders of images (aliases to either are OK). This is a super-quick way to manage many iPuppet images.
  
• Added support for the new Game Info dialog in GameSmith. The rules and status information are now properly provided to GameSmith, so anyone using GameSmith 3.4 can track the progress of your game.
  
• Added support for Speech Synthesis. The pre-recorded chat messages that are normally spoken by puppets can instead be spoken using Apple’s Speech technology. In the Puppets dialog, you can specify which voice (if any) to use for each position. In Network games, once you assign a voice to another human player, the player will retain that voice even after changing positions.
  
• The Rules, Puppets and Solo Stats dialogs are now sheets in Mac OS X, which means you can open them and still interact with GameSmith.
  
• Added a new /help command in the game chat to see which commands are available.
  
• Added a new /save commmand to save game chat.
  
• Control-clicking in the game window allows various operations, depending on whether you click on a puppet or the game background and whether you are playing a solo game or hosting or joining a network game.
  
• You can now mute players by control-clicking.
  
• You can hide the iPuppet image for a single player by control-clicking.
  
• There is a new option to Resign. This is only available in network games after the fifth hand, and all players must agree to it. It can only be used when losing.
  
• Added new automatic be-right-back support in network games when using iPuppets: just type brb into game chat and then click when you are back.
  
• Added a new option to automatically shuffle player seat positions after each game via a checkbox in the Puppets dialog.
  
• Added a new Network menu item to shuffle player seat positions on demand.
  

• General improvements to many game messages to include additional information about who has not clicked to be ready, who is dealing and who will lead, etc.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused games to sometimes stall or “lag” unpredictably.
  
• Rules dialog has been improved visually and now allows the game to points to be to any value you like.
  
• Emoticon menu has been rearranged and includes emoticon images in Mac OS X.
  
• Chat Bubbles now include emoticon images instead of their text equivalents.
  
• As players move from seat to seat (say, because of swapping), they now maintain the same chat color for consistency.
  
• Keyboard support for bidding and selecting trump has been disabled in network games so that chatting cannot trigger inadvertent bids.
  
• Pressing Escape clears the chat edit field in the game window.
  
• Chat Bubbles are drawn more smoothly in Mac OS X.
  
• Preferences now has an improved iPuppet Preview.
  
• Added a new Show Scoreboard item in the Game menu.
  
• Improved Quit & Open: supports Crazy Eights and Gin Rummy and also includes the game icons.
  
• Added a notification when a network player is using a puppet you do not have.
  
• Joiners can no longer restart network games after they end. Only the host can do that.
  
• Hide Desktop was very seriously broken. Now it’s not.
  
• Command ` can no longer cycle to the desktop’s hidden window.
  
• Fixed the Puppets dialog so that, when making changes (adding a bot, swapping seats), it no longer tells you there is a game in progress when the game is actually over.
  
• Fixed the Puppets dialog so that it can be used to change the seats of GameSmith account names with special characters.
  
• Improved the appearance of score pad.
  
• Added Command-F as a keyboard equivalent for Restart Game.
  
• Startup time has been reduced significantly.
  
• The Help has been updated and cleaned up.
  
• The end game win/lose animations require fewer CPU resources on older computers.
  
• Removed the random, occasional “grumble” sound that players could make in network games.
  
• Fixed a number of issues with Exposé when using the Hide Desktop option.
  
• Fixed a problem where players would sometimes be invisible after first joining.
  
• Added support for new XML-based puppets.
  

3D Spades Deluxe 3.3

New Features

• GameSmith 3.4.3 is now bundled with Spades. For details, see GameSmith Changes.
  
• NOTE: some of the new features described below require that all human players in a network game are using Spades 3.3 or later. When this is not the case, a warning message will be displayed in the game chat.
  
• New game variation: Suicide Spades. In Suicide Spades at least one partner must bid nil each hand.
  
• New Blind Nil game variation: Blind nil can only be bid when behind by at least two hundred points.
  
• Bots now automatically substitute in when a player drops out of a network game.
  
• Added support for an iPuppet Images folder. Put a folder (or an alias) with this name at the same level as the game (i.e., Plug Ins) and/or in your Home folder’s Pictures folder and put images in it, or folders of images (aliases to either are OK). This is a super-quick way to manage many iPuppet images.
  
• Added support for the new Game Info dialog in GameSmith. The rules and status information are now properly provided to GameSmith, so anyone using GameSmith 3.4 can track the progress of your game.
  
• Added support for Speech Synthesis. The pre-recorded chat messages that are normally spoken by puppets can instead be spoken using Apple’s Speech technology. In the Puppets dialog, you can specify which voice (if any) to use for each position. In Network games, once you assign a voice to another human player, the player will retain that voice even after changing positions.
  
• The Rules, Puppets and Solo Stats dialogs are now sheets in Mac OS X, which means you can open them and still interact with GameSmith.
  
• Added a new /help command in the game chat to see which commands are available.
  
• Added a new /save commmand to save game chat.
  
• Control-clicking in the game window allows various operations, depending on whether you click on a puppet or the game background and whether you are playing a solo game or hosting or joining a network game.
  
• You can now mute players by control-clicking.
  
• You can hide the iPuppet image for a single player by control-clicking.
  
• There is a new option to Resign. This is only available in network games after the fifth hand, and all players must agree to it. It can only be used when losing.
  
• Added new automatic be-right-back support in network games when using iPuppets: just type brb into game chat and then click when you are back.
  
• Added a new option to automatically shuffle player seat positions after each game via a checkbox in the Puppets dialog.
  
• Added a new Network menu item to shuffle player seat positions on demand.
  
• Added a new game rule for Suicide Spades.
  
• Added a new game rule to only allow blind nil bidding when behind at least 200 points.
  

• Team bids are now limited to thirteen, so if your partner bids six, you cannot bid more than seven. Avoids accidental impossible bids.
  
• General improvements to many game messages to include additional information about who has not clicked to be ready, who is dealing and who will lead, etc.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused games to sometimes stall or “lag” unpredictably.
  
• Rules dialog has been improved visually and now allows the game to points to be to any value you like.
  
• Emoticon menu has been rearranged and includes emoticon images in Mac OS X.
  
• Chat Bubbles now include emoticon images instead of their text equivalents.
  
• As players move from seat to seat (say, because of swapping), they now maintain the same chat color for consistency.
  
• Keyboard support for bidding and passing has been disabled in network games so that chatting cannot trigger inadvertent bids.
  
• Pressing Escape clears the chat edit field in the game window.
  
• Chat Bubbles are drawn more smoothly in Mac OS X.
  
• Preferences now has an improved iPuppet Preview.
  
• Added a new Show Scoreboard item in the Game menu.
  
• Improved Quit & Open: supports Crazy Eights and Gin Rummy and also includes the game icons.
  
• Added a notification when a network player is using a puppet you do not have.
  
• Joiners can no longer restart network games after they end. Only the host can do that.
  
• Hide Desktop was very seriously broken. Now it’s not.
  
• Command ` can no longer cycle to the desktop’s hidden window.
  
• Fixed the Puppets dialog so that, when making changes (adding a bot, swapping seats), it no longer tells you there is a game in progress when the game is actually over.
  
• Fixed the Puppets dialog so that it can be used to change the seats of GameSmith account names with special characters.
  
• Improved the appearance of score pad.
  
• Added Command-F as a keyboard equivalent for Restart Game.
  
• Startup time has been reduced significantly.
  
• The Help has been updated and cleaned up.
  
• The end game win/lose animations require fewer CPU resources on older computers.
  
• Removed the random, occasional “grumble” sound that players could make in network games.
  
• Fixed a number of issues with Exposé when using the Hide Desktop option.
  
• Fixed a problem where players would sometimes be invisible after first joining.
  
• Added support for new XML-based puppets.
  

3D Hearts Deluxe $9.95 for one week only

New York - February 11, 2004 - A rogue cupid invaded the office of Freeverse Software, demanding that the company spread more love in the world. To appease the intruder, Freeverse was forced to place its card game for Windows and Macintosh, 3D Hearts Deluxe, on sale from Wednesday, February 11 through Wednesday, February 18.

"I realize that Freeverse's 3D Hearts Deluxe offers the most realistic card-player perspective on the market today, but my demands have nothing to do with the exceptional quality of the title," said the cupid, who would not give his name. "The world's supply of hearts must be replenished in time for Valentine's Day because I have emptied my quiver of heart-tipped arrows at Freeverse Vice President Colin Lynch Smith, and he has still not located a suitable mate."

Colin Lynch Smith would only comment that the rogue cupid has horrible aim.

The software for Macintosh or Windows makes an ideal gift for Valentine's Day, and is available through the Freeverse web store.

We've updated our two wildly popular tile-based board games, X-Words Deluxe and CrossCards, to version 3.0.4.

The new versions bring numerous bug fixes, board balancing tweaks, and interface refinements. For a full list of changes, please click the Read More link.

Download X-Words Deluxe 3.0.4
Download CrossCards 3.0.4

Version History

X-Words Deluxe 3.0.4

• New opening music (thanks Kevin).
  
• Sensible warning appears if game starts up on a read-only volume.
  
• Fixed error that appeared when auto-updating GameSmith.
  
• Included latest GameSmith release.
  
• Fixed a Panther bug when displaying player names.
  
• Fixed a bug that could mistakenly end game after a forced pass.
  
• Fixed a challenge bug that could occur after a player left.
  
• Fixed a bug in the handling of bonus words when you joined a
  network game and the host was using a different scenario.
  
• The correct word list is displayed when joining a network game.
  The word list used by the host will be ticked in the joining player's
  Words menu (if it exists) and reset when the game ends.
  
• Bingo/bonus messages and sounds are now seen and heard by all
  players in a network game (not just the player who moved).
  
• Letters added by other players in a network game now blink.
  
• New scenario files can be added to the Scenarios folder without
  having to quit and restart the app.
  
• Added a few more vowels to the Solar System scenario.
  
• Set the bonus points in the Race to the End scenario to 50.
  
• Host can only change the scenario if network game hasn't started.
  
• Command-E is a keyboard equivalent for End/Exit Game.
  
• Fixed a problem quitting app from dock on OS X.

CrossCards 3.0.4

• New opening music (thanks Kevin).
  
• Sensible warning appears if game starts up on a read-only volume.
  
• Fixed error that appeared when auto-updating GameSmith.
  
• Included latest GameSmith release.
  
• Fixed a Panther bug when displaying player names.
  
• Bonus hand messages and sounds are now seen and heard by all
  players in a network game (not just the player who moved).
  
• Cards added by other players in a network game now blink.
  
• New scenario files can be added to the Scenarios folder without
  having to quit and restart the app.
  
• Host can only change the scenario if network game hasn't started.
  
• Command-E is a keyboard equivalent for End/Exit Game.
  
• Fixed a problem quitting app from dock on OS X.