I have some of those Mystery of the Ancients installed but haven't played any yet.

I finished Enchanted Kingdom: A Dark Seed last night. Later today, I hope to start Secret City: London Calling.

I don't think I've played that Secret City game yet, ob. Let us know what you think of it.

I am replaying a time management game, Alicia Quatermain: Secrets of the Lost Treasures CE.

Played some of "Deadly Cold" now and am very happy with the game

Great! I liked that one too.

I am playing Faircroft's Atiques The Forbidden Crypt. Not challenging but just a relaxing pasttime.

I've got Faircroft's: The Forbidden Crypt waiting on my desktop to play. I played the first 3 of the games but was getting tired of them then. For the longest time I have been playing (off and on) Secret Investigations: Revelation and whenever I finish that I will go back to Faircroft I think.

I started London Calling and played quite a bit of it. I didn't like the beginning much but it did get better, but I won't say it's as good as the last couple of games I played. The verdict is still out .

I finished Secret City: London Calling tonight. Not bad, kind of different, 12 hours (including bonus chapter) and I never got hopelessly stuck, so pretty long. I think that you will like it, Marian.

That sounds really good, ob! I will keep it in mind for my upcoming plays.

I have been playing Mystery Tales: Eye of the Fire for about 4.5 hours, more than half of which was spent on one puzzle but I got it!

ob!

I have played that game and most likely skipped that particular puzzle!

Ugh!!!

Two thirds of the way through a puzzle I've been working on for hours and I accidentally backed out of the puzzle and it reset!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EDIT: I finally got the puzzle after another 1-1/2 hours. To be fair, the 2/3 that I had done before it got reset was not correct, but still - really annoying.

Oh, I hate it when that happens! Hopefully no more puzzle mishaps!

I always find myself clicking out of puzzles it seems, especially HO scenes. My cursor moves too far down on the screen and Wham!

That puzzle really was not that hard and never should have taken that long anyway. Once I really focused on it, maybe a half hour was all I needed, so maybe it was a good thing I had to start it over.

I'm on to my next Mystery of the Ancients now .... Three Guardians ....

Wonderful, Mad! Have fun. It sounds like you are enjoying this series as much as I do.

Ob, I have had that cursor issue before and it sure can be irritating!

I guess I'm getting cranky now. I've come across 3 puzzles this afternoon that I didn't like. One I was able to solve in easy mode, though it made no sense to me in hard mode. The other 2 required used of the skip button.

Oh, the days when I was prepared to struggle with a puzzle for days (not just hours) are long gone .... even for "full-on" Adventure games.

So the "skip" facility in a Casual certainly gets used in frustrating situations !!

Yup! More and more for me too, Mad!

I am playing Stone Age Cafe now, a time management game.

It's getting really challenging already and I am only eight levels in, so not sure how much longer I will be able to play without repeatedly trying to pass levels. It may turn out to be a game that I just dip into between other games.

How many levels is average for a time management game, Marian? I think it's good to have those "dip into between other games" games. I have a few of those going now myself.

About forty or fifty levels is average, I would say. With a CE you often get ten bonus levels.

I am now playing Hidden Expedition: The Lost Paradise. I spent one whole hour on the very first puzzle I hope that's not a sign of what's to come.

I am replaying Golden Trails 3; The Guardian's Creed. I wish there were more in the series.

That's a great series, Marlene! I wish there were more, too.

I am playing two games right now - the previously mentioned Stone Age Cafe, and I am also playing Gardenscapes.

I haven't played Gardenscapes in years! I will pull that one out!