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Lazy Turtle Games has released the follow up offering to its World Quest series.  This latest addition to the series is sub-titled "Europe Trip" and features activities such as searching for Hidden Object items and completing Jigsaw puzzles.  This Europe Trip will take you on a journey covering 15 different locations spread through countries such as Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, France, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Italy and the United Kingdom.

Adding to its World Wonders series, 8 Floor Games has released version 3 of this Hidden Object and mini puzzle game offering.  Covering a spread of eight countries, you can use these locations to test your skills when dealing with the game's various elements to gain the reward of stars.  These stars can then be used to reveal more information relating to the country's history and certain other aspects.

Now up to version 4 of the series, Iki Games offering of "Spooky Dwellers" continues with the drive to remove a multiple growth of pumpkins and various other elements from a grid-based playing area.  This title, like the others in the series, is a Match 3 type of game as you move around tiles to achieve the desired results.

In some ways the Video Art title from T1 Games could be referred to as a "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" or maybe it should be more accurate as "A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing".  I will let you decide which description might suit better.  Before explaining why either definition might be appropriate, lets take a look at the features offered by this title. Profiles can be set up to allow different players to tackle the product's artistic capabilities.

However before he could make his decision, he was turned into a monster.  As the newly appointed Court Sorceress, the blame for this transformation falls on you and leaves you no choice but to discover the real culprit and put matters right. In your role as the sorceress Margaret you will need to work through three chapters covering the main story and a bonus chapter that form this title.

When the initial list of game characters and costume list includes a young woman who like to wear a hooded red cloak when visiting her grandmother who lives along in the forest that is also the residence of a pack of wolves, you might think you could be facing a tale based on the Red Riding Hood scenario.  But this particular Enchanting Stories episode has other treats in store for those prepared to enter the forest where magic and danger intertwine.

Solitaire games that usually come my way tend to be based on the popular chain creating concept with cards being selected one up or down from the previous selection within a story-based environment.  However this next Solitaire offering takes a slightly different approach.  Rather than stick with a single Solitaire format, this title offers the player a choice of game styles within an animal-themed background environment.

As you might suppose from its title, Catjong features some elements regarding the feline family and aspects of Mah-jong style of game play.  While both themes are featured in the game, they may not appear in the manner you might expect.  The feline elements comes in the form of a rather large domestic cat, portrayed in cartoon style appearance, whose task is to link together the various sections of the game.

Continuing its Jewel Match series of titles, Suricate Software has produced a festive offering entitled Winter Wonderland 3.

Once again the inquisitive pair of Amanda and her cousin, Charlie, set out to dig beneath the surface of a Match 3 adventure to discover the story of the Islands of the Sleeping Titans episode related in version 12 of the series from e-Funsoft.  This time their adventure begins after discovering an ancient book featuring a distinctive symbol in a dusty library.  Without much ado the pair travel by small boat to reach the island of Florage where they meet up with a small boy called Eli.

But recently there has been a change of circumstances.  From unknown sources, accursed objects were infiltrating the various areas of the Academy.  These objects were infecting everybody with students being affected so strongly that they became hollow-shells and turned into corpses.  Obviously somebody would need to come to the rescue of the Academy.

Casual Arts has organised a vacation tour for you.  This break from your normal routine will take you on a journey entitled the Grand Tour USA II.  During this ultimate USA-to-Caribbean trip of a life time, you will be able to explore iconic landmarks and embark on planned excursions as you search for Hidden Object items and play mini game puzzles.

For the next bout of Relaxing Time, Domini Games has opted to concentrate its focus on the enchanting subject of France.  However the use of France in the game's title might be considered a little misleading.  All the game's various location, while being in France, are all concentrated within the country's capital city of Paris.

Grim Tales - Light in the Darkness is a Hidden Object Adventure game.  Developed by Elephant Games, this title is available in Collector Edition format with a number of bonus items to supplement the main game.  Some of the bonus items will be available immediately while others will require some progress to have been made before access is granted to them. The main game casts you in the role as the companion of Richard Gray who is a master of the Dark Arts.

"Kasual Kode","Tower of Wishes 4 - Shaka"Kasual Kode continues its delve into the world based on the Tower of Wishes.  With this latest version 4 of the Tower of Wishes, sub-titled Shaka, the location of the Tower has moved to the African Continent where it will deliver a wish to whoever ascends the legendary Tower's one hundred levels.

For a change I decided to step back a little in time with this next title under review.  The reason for this decision was to see what changes, if any, I could detect in the set-up and general game play that had occurred over the past few years.  Taking on the role of the title from the past was "Shiver - Moonlight Grove Platinum Edition".  Developed by Artogon, this is a Hidden Object Adventure game that comes with a  number of bonus items to supplement the main game.

Big Adventure - Trip to Europe 10 offers you yet another opportunity to test your Hidden Object searching and mini game puzzle solving skills set in various locations.  As the title of this next product might indicate, you will be taken on a journey covering different European locations as you take part in a digital vacation.  In taking part of this trip around Europe, you will join a party of four that is made up of Helen and Robert with their two children named Lucy and Tom.

Continuing their investigation into crime and unusual events that occur in Victorian London and its surrounding areas, the detective duo of Morgan and Jack return for the latest offering in the Gaslight Cases series.  Now up to number 12 in the series, this particular episode, entitled The Silent Codex, opens with the death of Professor Lyle Hemsworth.

Developed by Itera Labs, Mystery Trip is a Hidden Object game that casts you in the role of an adventurer who doubles as a prospective hunter willing to put his skills to the test in order to earn rewards in order to finance his future enterprises.  In this case, he decides to search for five strange animals that were the beloved pets of a young girl who was a passenger in the ship caught in the storm mentioned earlier.

They do state that "Trouble often comes in pairs".  Maybe that was the premise behind the situation that you encounter at the start of Halloween Trouble 7 offering.  This game, developed by Kasual Kode and subtitled "The Apprentice", is a Match 3 title that opens as the village of Jamberton is being invaded by magical mushroom while it is also suffering from the effects being caused by spells casts by the evil Wizard Sahruk.