LOL I just discovered that I bought that game but never played it. (That happens a lot!) So I think I will give it a try.

That game has been in my library going on 10 years now but I have not played it either.

I am still playing Legendary Tales. There are way too many collectibles in the game but they do at least have a grabbing hand to make it easier to find them.

I bought the game in 2014. And I see I bought Vampire Legends: The Count
Of New Orleans in 2017 and never played. Sheesh!

Marlene, I have lots of games purchased that long ago and yet to be played. In the past year I have finally gotten around to some games that were purchased at least thirteen years ago...and this even when I have cut way back on game purchases as compared to how I used to be.

LOL Marian. I guess there is no hope for us!I have so much catching up to do!

I finally finished Legendary Tales: Stories. One of the character voices sounds like the guy from Sanitarium, making me think about another replay of that. The game is very long. I guess the stories somewhat connect but I can't follow stories well enough to say how. There are a million collectibles but a grabbing hand helps you find them and, the best part, you are able to go back afterwards to find what you may have missed. In one of the HO scenes there was a code that was supposed to be used but I couldn't figure it out at all so I tried to look at the guide. Of course it was not in there because it was part of the HO scene, so I had to skip that. I also skipped two of the puzzles; one I was pretty sure I'd never get and I did try it again in the "extras" but ended up using the guide to see it. The other one was not in the extras and I can't remember now what it was or why I had to skip it. I liked the game well enough but I am not nearly as big a fan of 5BN games as the rest of you are, so I can't say I loved it.

I'm not sure what's up next.

Thank you for that description of Legendary Tales: Stories. I did hear that the game is very long. Skipping only two puzzles is darn good, in my opinion.

Along with Nancy Drew, for my casual I have been playing Lost Lands: Ice Spell and I am enjoying it very much.

I have played that Flowers Mosaics game twice now as there are some puzzles that hide a jigsaw puzzle piece. I don't think you actually do anything with the puzzle pieces. They seem to just create a picture. It is very hard to tell where a piece is. There is just a very slight different look to the space it is under. I was missing about 10 pieces when I finished the game the first time. I am still missing one lousy piece. I was looking online to see if I could find a guide or something to tell me which puzzles to find the pieces in but cannot find anything. Marian, any idea? I don't believe I am going to pursue it any further unless I can be sure where to look. Two times through the game was enough.

I bought some more of these in the current "bundles" offerings.

I haven't started a new casual yet but hope to soon.

Playing Dead Reckoning - Sleight Of Murder CE. Really enjoying it.

Someone else was just telling me how good this game is. It is in my Purchase History and I've never played it! I will get to it for sure this year.

Good to see you here.

Thanks. Yes, it really is one of the best I've played in a while. If you like MCF (which I do), then you'll have fun with this one or any of them in this series.

I have started another Eipix game, Vermilion Watch: Moorgate Accord. Really good so far. I am developing a deeper appreciation for how well-made most Eipix HOPAs are. They were really good at it.

Last night I finished 100 Doors: Escape from Work which I started sometime in 2022.

Today I started The Mystery of a Lost Planet. I have only played 45 minutes and was interrupted by a phone call. It pretty much tells you everything to do but it still seems pretty hard. Hopefully, I just need to get adjusted to it.

It seems to me that i have enjoyed a lot of Eipix games also, Marian.

I will have to see if I have Mystery of a Lost Planet.

Just finished the main game of Moorgate Accord and it was a nice long game. On to the bonus game.

Congrats on finishing Escape from Work!

Excuse me while I have a hissy fit! I'm not adjusting too well to this game I guess. I'm playing in Advanced Mode which I felt sounded like Regular Mode as opposed to Easy Peasy Mode where everything sparkles all over the place and pop ups make you crazy. Well, I was stuck so I used the hint button - 3 times until it took me to where I needed to be. Then I stopped using the hint and used my brain for a minute. Even though the game pretty much tells you everything you need to do, it doesn't point everything out. I needed to use an item in an area that had no indication that I needed to do something. Okay, found the clue I needed for something else but couldn't get the clue to work. I kept looking at it and saying, oh maybe it means this, oh maybe it means that. (Too many ways to read the clue when you keep looking at it and none of them are working.) So, I tried to use the hint button but didn't realize it was in "skip" mode until I saw the puzzle being solved. Unfortunately, I didn't see it quickly enough to see the actual solution to know what I was doing wrong. Time to exit out of the game!

Are we having fun yet? It does not sound particularly enticing thus far.

At some point I hope you will be, because I just checked and yes I do have this game.

I finished Mystery of a Lost Planet tonight and it is still a mystery to me. I don't know, Marian. It may be a good game but for me it was not. It looks nice and it is different, both good things, but I found it hard and frustrating. I think I skipped half of the puzzles because I didn't have a clue what they wanted from me. And, unless I missed something (certainly possible) it just changed direction somewhere in the middle. First you go off down this path and you're doing stuff, then all of a sudden you're back where you started and you go off a different way. Or maybe it was two different crews, or ???

Anyway, I think my next game will be Mystery Trackers: Black Isle.

I don't think I will like the game very much either, if and when I ever get around to it. But who knows? It always did look kind of odd to me.

I finished Royal Detective: The Last Charm CE yesterday. A nice Elephant game.

And now I am on level 50 of Travel Riddles: Trip to Italy.

I have played Black Isle but it was about 10 years ago. Time for a replay.

Hello Gameboomers. I am in serious, in fact emergency, need of distraction. I have some Grim Tales replays lined up but not the newer ones with the ghost of Anna mother who looks like she just came from a depressing PTA meeting.

I downloaded Last Charm and have started it, not bad, if nothing else turns up I'll go back to it.

Help me out with a HOPA, I'm begging here.

I hope everyone is well and happy.

Hi 8dognight. Off hand I can't think of a game that might fit your needs right now. It's been awhile since I've played a really good fun game that took my mind off of things. I hope you can find what you need. Do you play Match 3 games at all? Some of them can be good distractions.

Have you played the new Lost Lands game that recently released? You can find it here.

There was also a Legendary Tales game released a few months back, which can be found here.

Nice to see you. Let us know if you need other suggestions (maybe you've already played these?). Regency Solitaire 2 (not a HOPA, of course) was released a little while ago on Gamehouse, but it hasn't shown up on Big Fish yet. I am hoping that it will.

Oh, and your description of Anna's mother made me laugh out loud.

Nice to see you here 8dognight! It's been awhile!

Thank-you Oldbroad, Marian, and Ana. I apologize for my extended absence. I do often check the forums and read.

Beyond adventure game information and help, this forum has given me much to be grateful for. Over the years the posts and games themselves have helped me through my husband's five year battle with ALS and my subsequent grief. When reality presses close enough to be overwhelming, Gameboomers is a last outpost of civilization.

I started the new Lost Lands from 5BN then drifted over to Four Horsemen. I love the Lost Lands that starts out with Susan having packed an adventuring tote bag so she's finally not snatched with nothing useful only to have an ectoplasmic octopus tentacle haul her away empty-handed, bag left behind. Such a good joke. I will replay that one, too.

Also am replaying Crimson Hollow from Elephant and am still hooked periodically on Word Bird Supreme from Funkitron with its complex play options and large enough array of dictionaries to be more engaging than the drudgery of ordinary word search. Tapping into that depth has a downside. You have to play with the know-it-all superword feature which is one random tile that when played activates the longest word possible on the board starting with the next letter clicked. Smarty pants Superword can be rewarding if you love words. For example, did you know that "smaragd" means an emerald? I certainly did not. It sounds like the name of a dragon. The adjective is smaragdine which ought to be the name of the dragon's daughter. None of that pleasure in obscure words would be possible without the casual forum's leading me to mine BFG for word games.

8dognight, I too am grateful for this forum and for the same reasons that you have mentioned. Sometimes life is simply too painful to bear and this has always been a home away from home for me. I am glad to hear that it has been helpful for you as well during such sorrowful and difficult times.

I will check out Word Bird Supreme. It sounds like something I would enjoy.

8dognight, I'm happy to hear you find comfort in coming here. Honestly, I think it's one of the main reason we are still here. It's a place where so many of us call home for more than just the games.