Call of Atlantis

Call of Atlantis
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 Call of Atlantis takes you on a journey of the ancient lands of the Mediterranean to find the mystical power crystals to power the machine that protects Atlantis. Solve Match three puzzles, and collect hidden objects to answer the Call of Atlantis.

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Call of Atlantis is a match three puzzle with an added twist. Enjoy the creative power ups in the challenging match three boards, and then use your keen eyesight to find the pieces of the objects to release the mystical crystals. At the beginning of each level reveal an new fact about the ancient land you are now in.

   
Call of Atlantis is a pleasant match three game where you make matches to drop the objects out the bottom of the board. The scenes are well done, with gorgeous backgrounds that you can earn as screen savers for your computer. My daughter and i found the facts about the ancient civilizations and lands to be interesting, though the boys were more interested in moving quickly to the next round. Call of Atlantis is a nice combinations of game types, that we all found a part of to enjoy.

My Tribe

My Tribe

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Start your own adventure on one of billions of islands in My Tribe. Set your adventurous villagers to tasks to support and grow on your new island home. Let them learn on their own and start families, and then help them to discover the mysteries of the island. Design your new village, and create a thriving, prosperous paradise with My Tribe.

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My Tribe starts out by letting you choose your perfect island from among billions of choices. Next you are introduced to your tribe, and can choose who to set on which tasks. Your islanders are intelligent, and will stick to the task you put them on and continue to learn. Build huts and buildings for storage, research, even clothing design, grow your population, and explore the mysteries of your new island home.

My Tribe reminds us of the Virtual Villagers series by Last Day of Work, with a few welcome changes. Once set to a task, the villagers stick to it. Kids can be set on a task and will automatically go to it when they reach working age. Parents are not bogged down for two years with a nursing baby, but instead immediately return to work while the baby toddles around them. We also like the fact that you can research a clothing design building to change the villagers clothes! My Tribe may seem similar to one of our favorites, but I think it stands alone. It is slightly easier for the younger kids (or us busy parents!) to be able to run their own villages, without coming back to a dead village. All of my kids are really enjoying this one!

Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst ™

Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst ™
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Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst ™ is a Big Fish Games exclusive. You have been again called upon by the Queen to further investigate the mystery surrounding Ravenhearst Manor. Emma's free soul has returned to warn us of the grave danger we are in, and plead with us to free the other souls still trapped within the manor.   Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst ™ will lead you on a thrilling adventure revisiting the eerie halls of Ravenhearst Manor in this thrilling hidden object sequel.

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Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst ™ is the largest Mystery Case Files game yet! If you felt like there was something left at Ravenhearst after freeing Emma's trapped soul, you will be thrilled with Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst ™! Hidden Object games move to a new level as Big Fish Games combines hidden object and adventure game play into a fantastic computer game! Can you solve the puzzles, find all the clues, and figure out how to use all the pieces, outside of the hidden object screens? 

   
Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst ™ is the first of it's kind, I believe. Although this game is a large adventure file game, it is also a hidden object, and a Big Fish Studios release, and so it has a simplified trial file to be downloaded for your 60 minutes of free trial time! With the haunting music, and creaking floorboards, my boys asked me to turn off the music so they could help me with Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst ™. This hidden object/adventure game is filled with so many twists, turns, and combinations that I had to keep going back and forth to find all the pieces. This game is definitely worth looking into!

Hospital Hustle

Hospital Hustle
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Join Sarah as she graduates from nursing school, and starts looking for a job. Landing a job at the Maryville Medical Center, Sarah starts to care for patients, and get them the care that they need in Hospital Hustle. Buy upgrades for your hospital and staff with the money you earn each day, and work your way through increasingly hectic hospitals across the country  in Sarah's career. See how well you can handle the medical mayhem of Hospital Hustle.

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Hospital Hustle puts you in the hospital, but this time you are in control of the decision making! You can even decide what color to make your uniform with the sliding color bars. Move the patients to where they need to go, bring their charts to the appropriate place, and clean up the treatment space after they are gone. Earn money for each patient that is treated. Reach your goal to move on to the next level, and spend your earnings on upgrades to please the patients and make your job easier.

   
Hospital Hustle was a small distraction to my day. It was not enough of an attraction for any of the kids to take anything more than a cursory look at it though. It provides the repetition and challenge of a time management game, in a medical setting. Once you have achieved success at your first hospital, you can move over to quick play, and take care of medical hysteria in a hurry with Hospital Hustle. 

Daycare Nightmare: Mini-Monsters

Daycare Nightmare: Mini-Monsters
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Molly left her thriving monster daycare business behind when she moved. Now the monsters have followed Molly, thanks to a witches spell disguising their appearance, and Molly is back in the daycare business again in Daycare Nightmare: Mini-Monsters. Taking care of adorable mini monsters may sound like fun, but watch out for their special abilities if you are not quick enough on your feet. Can you survive the day in a room full of mini monsters? Find out in Daycare Nightmare: Mini-Monsters.

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Daycare Nightmare: Mini-Monsters takes babysitting to a whole new level! Each type of monster has a special ability that comes out when they are upset. The vampires bite, the ghosts scare everybody, the witches randomly transport the rest of the babies... a challenge to unravel if you fall behind. Can you handle all of the mini monsters needs, and keep them happy?

   
Daycare Nightmare: Mini-Monsters is a follow up story from the original Daycare Nightmare. Whether a blessing or a disappointment, the game play is identical. The new characters in the story are cute, but the hectic bewilderment of letting one witch get upset makes me glad my "monsters" are really human! All the kids clamored to read the story, and hung around to ooh and aww over the monsters in Daycare Nightmare: Mini-Monsters. 

The Mysterious City: Golden Prague

The Mysterious City: Golden Prague
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Your mentor is missing, and you have been called upon to solve the riddle of clues he left in his wake in The Mysterious City: Golden Prague. Travel through ruins and grand museums as you hunt for hidden objects in this intriguing game set in the city of spires. Piece together clues before it is too late in The Mysterious City: Golden Prague.

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The Mysterious City: Golden Prague sets you in the city of spires hunting through fabulous cityscapes for hidden objects and differences. Can your keen eyes and mind find the clues and solve the riddles before time runs out? 

   
The Mysterious City: Golden Prague has beautiful scenes to search through. Both my boys and my daughter joined me to scan through the pictures of The Mysterious City: Golden Prague. To us, this was yet another hidden object game, and we are getting tired of them.

Detective Stories: Hollywood

Detective Stories: Hollywood
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Hollywood awaits! You have been called upon by a famous movie studio as the only person who can help them in Detective Stories: Hollywood. Your impeccable reputation has earned you the privilege to unravel the mystery of the missing money, movie, and leading lady! Get caught up in the web of intrigue of Detective Stories: Hollywood today! 

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Detective Stories: Hollywood puts you on the set of a movie studio in Hollywood. Read fabulous tidbits about the history of tinsel town as you work your way through hidden object levels and logic puzzles! As all props are made to break apart easily as needed, your hidden objects are invariably broken into several pieces and scattered throughout the set of Detective Stories: Hollywood. 
   
Detective Stories: Hollywood surprised me by offering tidbits about the history of Hollywood. Did you know it was originally named after a ranch? The levels were challenging enough that the boys wandered off, while my daughter keenly spotted objects with me. Detective Stories: Hollywood offers a variety of puzzles with a storyline to carry you along. It may not be the best of story lines, but the levels were well done.

Hot Dish 2: Cross Country Cook Off

Hot Dish 2: Cross Country Cook Off
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Compete against professional chefs across the country in Hot Dish 2: Cross Country Cook Off. Create a diverse selection of cuisine as you compete in locations across the country preparing regional dishes at each stop. Earn power ups, buy new recipes, and create culinary delights with Hot Dish 2: Cross Country Cook Off today! 

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Hot Dish 2: Cross Country Cook Off brings you back into the professional kitchen creating local favorites of culinary delights. Buy your recipes, practice them without penalty, and prepare to chop, stir, and sautee your way to five star ratings!Earn bonus tools, and special flavor power ups as you prepare anythign from mulled cider to boiled lobster in Hot Dish 2: Cross Country Cook Off. 
   
Hot Dish 2: Cross Country Cook Off.... Just the name had me cringing. Hot Dish was a exercise in patience with this stirring difficulties I have never been able to overcome. This time I knew what to expect, and it wasn't quite as bad, although I still have not figured out how to get the spoon to stir every time. I think it may have something to do with the fact that I use a trackball mouse, and it doesn't move quite the same way. When the kids saw Hot Dish 2: Cross Country Cook Off, they cleared the room. They remembered the difficulties with Hot Dish, and no one wanted to even take a second look. Overall, I thought the game was fairly fun. I would recommend taking advantage of the trial if you are interested to make sure you don't encounter the same frustration over stirring controls!

Mystery Stories: Berlin Nights

Mystery Stories: Berlin Nights

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Mystery Stories: Berlin Nights  Could it be that a machine to end the world's energy problems was designed and built a century ago?! Archeologists have found a a century old generator that might do just that in Mystery Stories: Berlin Nights. Michelle Deanfield, a journalist, unravels clues surrounding the missing pieces of the generator with the help of a German engineer. Can they find the missing pieces of the generator, and stop the efforts of an ominous sect of  ex-KGB agents?

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Mystery Stories: Berlin Nights gives you the option to play through the story at a relaxed pace, or in heart pounding madness to beat the clock. Through various types of hidden object puzzles, Mystery Stories: Berlin Nights tells the story from the perspective of Michelle. Look for bears of all types on every level to replenish your hint and bonus supplies. 





Mystery Stories: Berlin Nights had an interesting story, that played quite nicely, but did not attract any of the kids. Even finding bears could not hold their attention. The occasional mini game broke up the hidden object levels; and the word monotonous keeps creeping into my mind, even though there were a variety of types of hidden object games. There were find the object by the sound it makes, from the list, decipher the clue given, find the pieces to preform an action with them.... Mystery Stories: Berlin Nights still did not make it onto our list of great games.

Book of Legends

Book of Legends
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A captivating adventure begins when young researcher Charleston Black finds the Book of Legends and mails it to his sister Zoe Black. Join Zoe as she travels to different locations solving riddles with the help of her brother, and locating the clues they reveal. Earn travel money by accepting various jobs to locate missing objects, or fix up broken items. Each clue reveal a new location to travel to. Travel the world with Zoe and the Book of Legends today! 

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Book of Legends places you in the role of Zoe, collecting objects, and solving riddles. With no time limit, you are free to explore every scene completely in your travels. Earn travel money using your superb locating skills and finding items that tourists have lost, or cleaning up after messy tour groups at national monuments. Find items as you are led along an engaging storyline and led on an exciting journey of some of the best known landmarks in the world in the Book of Legends. 
   
Book of Legends captivated everyone! As you have the option of clicking on any listed item to see its silhouette, no time limit or click penalty, an unlimited hint, and all the conversations can be heard through the speakers, the boys were able to find most of the items by themselves. in fact, it started a race to see who could find things first, or the most items on the list. Even my teenage daughter couldn't keep from wandering over to help today! Book of Legends is an adventure our family will return to again!

Build-a-lot 3: Passport to Europe

Build-a-lot 3: Passport to Europe

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Pack your bags for Europe in this traveling time management game, Build-a-lot 3: Passport to Europe. Your reputation precedes you, and you have been invited to take on several projects across Europe. Restore fabulous run down older homes to their original beauty. Raise curb appeal in older neighborhoods by painting and adding enticing landscaping, breathing life back into the cities. Avert crises and crime with your careful plans for public services such as neighborhood Firehouses. Plan incredible landmark structures to entice the town's citizens and the tourists. All of these decisions await your creativity and planning in Build-a-lot 3: Passport to Europe!

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It's more than just building houses in Europe! You actually get to restore older houses that are in disrepair in Build-a-lot 3: Passport to Europe. Respond to the new automatically installed smoke detectors by sending out the firemen. There is even a new section of landmark attractions to buy the blueprints for and plan into your neighborhood projects. New housing styles and paint colors will entice you, while familiarities like building Warehouses for discounted labor are still around in  Build-a-lot 3: Passport to Europe.





Build-a-lot 3: Passport to Europe has the familiarity of Build-a-Lot and Build-a-Lot 2: Town of the Year, with some upgraded ideas built in. This time we are concerned for fire safety, and can even build and own fire Houses. The boys were drawn in by this time management game as usual, but have not quite developed the skills for the challenges that this game presents. Meanwhile they love to watch for mail, fires, repairs needed, and pick paint colors and help design the towns. We are having a marvelous time playing Build-a-lot 3: Passport to Europe together. Just as we had a great time with the #1 Action/Arcade Game of 2007, Build-a-Lot, and it's sequel, Build-a-Lot 2: Town of the Year!

Top Chef

Top Chef
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Fresh out of cooking school and you are competing with top seasoned chefs on Top Chef! Can you cut it in this elimination round time management game? Given a wide array of ingredients, try to tantalize the judges Top Chef with your culinary masterpieces. 

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Top Chef has you facing the heat of the kitchen trying to impress the judges, refrain from getting eliminated in a fast paced time management game. Choose from your offered ingredients, and the judges recommendations, to create 5 star meals and become the Top Chef. New bonuses become available to you as you progress through the challenges that allow you to rotate your ingredients to find something you like better, or get advice on what ingredients go well together.
   
Top Chef brought everyone to gather around the computer, but as the judges disagreed with our choices, everyone wandered off to do something more entertaining. If we liked meat or spicy food we might have done better. Top Chef is definitely more liked by us than the fashion time management games, but is not getting a great recommendation from us.

National Geographic ™ presents: Herod's Lost Tomb

National Geographic ™ presents: Herod's Lost Tomb

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Join the National Geographic Archeological Society as an archeologist hunting the elusive tomb of King Herod. National Geographic ™ presents: Herod's Lost Tomb lets you step into the action to explore the biblical wonders of architecture of King Herod's life, and the mystery of his own hidden tomb. Delve into the thrilling plot and storyline of National Geographic ™ presents: Herod's Lost Tomb and explore the stunning scenery of this exciting hidden object game! 

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National Geographic ™ presents: Herod's Lost Tomb gives you the choice of playing the timed Mode or the Relaxed Mode. Explore various archeological sites to uncover the hidden tomb of King Herod by amassing the listed hidden objects. Unlimited, recharging hints are available in the relaxed mode. And by clicking on the object you will see a shadow image of it to help you identify it. In between levels you are challenged by ingenious mini games integral to the story. National Geographic ™ presents: Herod's Lost Tomb presents you with actual clips from their television special to tell the story and draw your participation along.
   
National Geographic ™ presents: Herod's Lost Tomb is a fascinating hidden object game. With the shadow images available freely, it is added to the list of great for pre readers. The majestic voice tells the story while the words appear at the bottom. The background noises were appropriate and unusual. We loved the birds chirping in various scenes including the palace terrace. National Geographic does a wonderful job of presenting their historical findings through this game, making it an educational experience as well. National Geographic ™ presents: Herod's Lost Tomb is a hidden object game that all of the kids hovered around me while we played, vying for the best location to see from.

Alice Greenfingers 2

Alice Greenfingers 2
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Uncle Berry's laid up with back problems, and his farm is faltering in Alice Greenfingers 2! Join Alice as she steps in and applies her own gentle style to uncle Berry's farm, and nurses it back to full bloom! Pick fruit and sell your crops at market, auction off dairy and the animals you have raised to raise money. Show off your hidden green thumb growing fantastic flora in Alice Greenfingers 2. Earn trophies and badges as you nurture the farm back to full bloom in this budding time management game.

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Alice Greenfingers 2 puts you into Alice's shoes as she learns to run all the parts of her uncle's farm. Plant the seeds, weed the yard, pick the produce, and take it to market to sell and earn cash. Raise livestock, and sell the eggs and dairy that they produce. Earn badges as you accomplish each day's goal in Alice Greenfingers 2. Buy new merchandise at the shop like sprinklers and goats, as well as your standard seeds.
   
Alice Greenfingers 2 brings a few changes from the original Alice Greenfingers. We loved the original game, and I wasn't sure about this one at the beginning, but it grew on me. This time the game is broken up into goals for individual days, but without time limits. This means that the day ends once you have achieved the goal. Alice Greenfingers 2 gives you a choice of a free upgrade for every goal you achieve. This allows you to expand your seed types, livestock options, expand your market booth or farm size, etc. Meanwhile the shop gets in new things occasionally as you need them, and the story allows for you to "find" a few more.

Diner Dash: Flo Through Time

Diner Dash: Flo Through Time
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Grandma has been spending time in the kitchen tinkering with the microwave, and turned it into a time machine in Diner Dash: Flo Through Time! In true workaholic fashion, Flo travels through time serving up everything from dino steaks and pterodactyl roast to cyber snacks!  Diner Dash: Flo Through Time will have Flo and you dashing back and forth in time keeping customers happy with quick serving, while earning the money for the pieces to put back together the time machine and get you Grandma and all the diner customers back home again.

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Diner Dash: Flo Through Time puts you into time twisting diner fun in this fast paced time management game. Join Flo as she serves up delicious time appropriate meals to customers in diners across time in Diner Dash: Flo Through Time .
   
Flo's back again in Diner Dash: Flo Through Time. In our house Flo has taken on the same excitement as say Barney (the big purple dinosaur).... Will she never die?! Everyone did gather around to read the story, and we loved spending time in Flo's Closet. But the play itself left me wanting something original...again... Diner Dash: Flo Through Time is the same old Flo doing the same old thing...'nuff said.

Treasure Seekers: Visions of Gold ™

Treasure Seekers: Visions of Gold ™

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Treasure Seekers: Visions of Gold ™ Treasure hunting must be in your blood. Mother has told you all those tales of your grandmother as a pirate, but you never dreamed they were true! Today is different. Left in charge of your younger brother, you and he find clues leading to the truth of your grandmother's legacy, and become treasure hunters for real in Treasure Seekers: Visions of Gold ™!

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Treasure Seekers: Visions of Gold ™ allows you to take your time, and try everything! There are no time limits and no penalties, so click away. Of course, if you stop to notice, some helpful happenings are always with you. The cursor causes the next puzzle to sparkle. Click on it, and a circle of small pictures appear to tell you what to look for. Move the cursor around the scene in your hunting, and it will turn into a hand with a finger pointing when you locate an object, or an eye when you find something to look under or in! Treasure Seekers: Visions of Gold ™ gives you unlimited use of hints, just wait patiently for the hint button to recharge and you can use it again.





Treasure Seekers: Visions of Gold ™ is a marvelous hidden object game for all of us Life learning homeschoolers out there who believe in letting a child's brain develop before inundating it with forced learning! The words tell the adventurous story of two children in search of their grandmother's pirate treasure, but the entire game can be played without reading! With the wonderful no penalties or time limits, this is a computer game that the youngest hidden object lover can play on their own! I think  Treasure Seekers: Visions of Gold ™ is a fantastic computer game for the whole family to play and feel empowered to finish!

Bubble Town

Bubble Town
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The lump menace from outer space has invaded beautiful Borb Bay in Bubble Town! The cute and cuddly borbs are under attack! Man the cannon in this bubbly match three game.  Bubble Town is full of boisterous borbs who gleefully dislodge the hiding insidious lumps by working in groups of three or more. Banish the lumps and save Borb Bay from calamity! Visit the magical bubble world of Borb Bay today!

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Bubble Town allows you to journey through the game and hear the tale of the borbs being invaded, or hone your skills on a level of continuous bubble popping fun! The cute borbs pack a few surprise bonuses among them, such as a bubble that will blast everything out of its path, and a plunger bubble that will grab any bubble off the board for you to use on your next shot. Sit down to relax into an adorable story of bubbly scenes, or challenge your mind and practice your physics with creative bank shots to earn your scores of bonus points in Bubble Town 
   
Bubble Town's cute, friendly scenes drew the boys in. They had a great time making character voices, and announcing the action. I really enjoyed the plunger bonus ball; I found it a useful way to clear a multitude of lumps in one swipe! After each tube of borbs is emptied, the play area is reduced in some manner before a new tube full of borbs appeared.  Although the friendly scenes and cute borbs of Bubble Town drew the boys in at first, they eventually wandered off to play Elf Bowling on their computer. 

Steve The Sheriff ™

Steve The Sheriff ™

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Steve The Sheriff ™  The exotic, peaceful, underwater city of Neptuneville has been plundered! It is your job, as Steve the Sheriff, to scour various places in this underwater town for clues to who pilfered the items and brought this scourge to the city. Decipher the clues and sharpen your skills in engaging mini games. Can you find the culprit and restore the town's missing statue, street lamp, and key in this underwater hidden object adventure? Find out when you buy Steve The Sheriff ™ today! 

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Steve The Sheriff ™ is a friendly exciting hidden object adventure! Use your keen eyesight to find hidden objects, and develop your sleuthing skills as you solve a multitude of mini games and puzzles with each level. Steve The Sheriff ™ switches you between your standard find the object levels, and notice the differences level. Assemble puzzles and repeat patterns in mini games. In most levels you find objects that need to be used to find the rest of the objects on the list.





Steve The Sheriff ™ is a cute hidden object game. The kids all came to join in as we finally played another friendly fun hidden object game, with no scary scenes or music. Steve The Sheriff ™ is a computer game that is fun enough to be engaging, and friendly enough to entice the kids! And with both a timed mode, and a relaxed (no timer) version, it is a great game for the youngest of hidden object fans!

Forgotten Lands: First Colony ™

Forgotten Lands: First Colony ™

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Forgotten Lands: First Colony ™  The land that your family has called home for nearly a century has been depleted of resources. You have been voted leader of your tribe in the hopes that you can wisely manage the remaining resources and lead the tribe to a new land.  Build buildings, train workers, and lead your colony to a thriving success in Forgotten Lands: First Colony ™. 

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Forgotten Lands: First Colony ™ puts you in charge of the resources of your colony. You decide how many of each type of worker you need and which buildings you need to accomplish the goals for each level. Forgotten Lands: First Colony ™ is full of cute characters, friendly scenes, and a structure of easy learning making the goals very obtainable and fun for all ages.





Forgotten Lands: First Colony ™ is a welcome change to the game styles most often seen. It reminds me of a very simplistic, basic version of Pharoh or Zeus, with a bit of Virtual Villagers thrown in, designed perfectly with easy goals, and cute characters at a difficulty level that all my children could enjoy playing. Forgotten Lands: First Colony ™ is a computer game that the entire family can enjoy playing.

7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven

7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven
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Build some of the world's most beautiful and well known structures as you play through 7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven! Match colorful runes and drop blocks for the workers to gather. Rotate the board to move the keystone into place to unlock each level.  7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven is full of challenging puzzles, and friendly scenes to pass your time.

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7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven has some unique features for a match three game. Matching larger numbers will allow you to earn bonus to use on the board like the ice bonus that will clear a row, and the fire bonus that clears a row and column. The ability to rotate the board allows you to strategize and plan out your moves to the best advantage. 7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven is full of friendly scenes and interesting facts about the structures you are building. The illusion of night and day is even created as you work, and the menu show an estimation of the "years" each project took you. 
   
I really enjoyed playing 7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven. The boys sat by my side watching the cute scene at the bottom of the screen of the workers coming out to gather the blocks that had fallen from the board. It was amusing to see a female character enter the screen when the workers were lazing around waiting for more blocks to get! I found the ability to rotate the board a fun and useful way to accomplish each level of 7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven. I even tried out the shuffle as an easy way to get out of tough spots.