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Available from Domini Games, Mystical Riddles - Haunted Portraits is a Hidden Object Adventure offering.  I have been looking at the Collector's Edition version of this product which comes bundled with a number of bonus items to help enhance the appeal of the main game.  While some of the bonus items will be available immediately, others such as mini game puzzles and Hidden Object game play, are only accessible once they have been tackled in the main game.

With this next title. Elephant Games has opted to return to the Crossroads playing environment.  Rather than the often derided television soap famous for its use of flaky scenery, the Elephant Game's take on Crossroads focusing its attention on a building that you could well walk past and ignore it completely.  It is the type of building that will hide its appeal under a bushel unless it felt your needs and thus would draw you into its warm embrace.

It is time for another visit to the colourful world of StarL as Version 5 of this product arrives.  Developed by Itera Labs, this Match 3 oriented challenge spreads its challenging influence over 130 levels of grid mastery.  As you travel along its journey of action, you will be expected to complete a series of individual challenges as you remove set numbers of colourful pieces of fruit while overcoming obstacles through the use of various boosters.

Point 8 Games would like to invite you to take part in a virtual tour of Alaska.  This invitation comes in the form of the company's Vacation Paradise - Alaska Hidden Object title.  This offering is available in Collector's Edition format but more on that aspect a little later. Those playing this game have a choice of playing the game in a variety of European languages.   You also have the option of playing this game in a choice of Easy, Medium or Hard difficulty levels.

Combining a selection of Hidden Object game play and puzzling mini game challenges, AVI Games has developed Amazing Weekend - Search and Relax.  This title is available in Collector's Edition format bundling bonus levels, extra mini game puzzles, wallpaper and a music play facility to the main game play action.  These extra items become accessible once sufficient progress has been made in the main game area.

"Love Letters" is a new release from Mixo Games' catalogue of products.  While, due to its title, some might think that this offering is about those romantic missives that would dominate personal communications in the past, this title is more to do with the ability to create words using clues in the form of available letters.   Some might regard this offering as being a simplified form of a part of a Scrabble board display.

Anawiki has returned to the land of Avalon for this next game.  This land of magic, powered by the Avalon Jewels, is currently under the threat of being plunged into darkness brought on by the Machinations of the evil witch Morgana.  It is up to you to come to the rescue of Avalon by restoring the power of the Avalon Jewel's strength.  This can be achieved through the ability of the player at completing Match 3 action in this title of Avalon Jewels 2.

The house in question has been cursed and now contains numerous evil demons who have been able to resist other methods of removal.  As a result you have been called in to use your skills at Match 3 game play and mini game puzzle solving to carry out a full spirit cleansing of the building.  When playing this game, with adjustable volume levels, you can opt for Relaxed, Timed or Move restricted action when carrying out your work.

Magic City, for those not familiar with  this particular digital location, is a Domini Game's created environment.  It is a place where those with a mystical power to change their shape and appearance, often into an animal-like form, can reside in harmony with the more natural members of the human race.  But sometimes problems may arise.  This type of event could result in you needing to show your detective skills in order to ease the situation.

Continuing the adventures of the detective twins of Eleanor and Randall Hamilton, Domini Games has released "The Deathly Trick".  This Hidden Object Adventure offering is available in Collector's Edition format which adds a number of bonus items to supplement the challenge offered by the main game play as you join the investigation into the murder of two renowned magicians. The game allows you to make the usual Domini Games range of adjustments to the gaming environment.

Fancy a change of occupation?  If so then you might like to consider becoming an art restorer with a sideline as a general dogsbody as you also take on tasks such as tidying up a house that had been out up for sale.  Offering to provide a digital test of your suitability to these kind of tasks is RestorArt - Fairwood Hills which classifies itself as a puzzle offering.

Match 3 game play has much to offer with regards to the roles to which it can be put.  Recently I have seen this grid-based Match 3 format used to create routes for cats to reach food, set out a search for pirate gold and rebuild Dracula's castle.  Now this format provides the basis with which to create a garden out of a desolate area in order to win a  special reward showing off your skills. Garden for Glory is the name of this game developed by IKi Games.

Continuing its look at the adventures making up Amanda's Magic Book, e-Funsoft has released episode 10 of this series of Match 3 game play.  In this latest episode, Amanda is partnered by her usual companion, Charlie, as the time travelling duo are transported to the 19th century Paris.  Rather surprisingly, the duo's adventure are not the result of Charlie's usual bout of mischievous behaviour.

Do you remember Ace Ventura?  He was the Pet Detective of the cinematic world as played by Jim Carrey in a couple of movies.  Now you can take on a similar role by becoming Artemis Wilde who has recently been appointed Zoo Detective and the lead character in Elephant Game's title of Wilde Investigations - The Zoo Kerfuffle.  Classified as a Hidden Object Adventure, this game is available in Collector's Edition format with a number of bonus items to supplement the main game.

Following excursion to Australia/New Zealand, France, Ireland and Japan to tackle Jigsaw and Swap puzzles, Tiny Little Lion turns its focus of attention to the Nordics.  As with earlier titles in this puzzle solving series, you can explore over 120 images of scenes that include features of Iceland and the Norwegian fjords to challenge the player.  Access to the game's content is delivered by numerous menu options as you make the necessary selections.

The Domini Games'  developed Criminal Archives as a Hidden Object Adventure title.  With the latest offering in the series, the Blade of Deceit casts you in the role of an elite police consultant hired to solve a shocking murder involving a body found washed up on a riverbank.  The body turned out to be a judge which certainly increases the number of suspects for this crime.

Offering to take you on a visual trip to Seattle, Lazy Turtle Games has released the next title in its Amazing Vacation series.  While retaining its usual features for adjusting the game's basic environment, Lazy Turtle Games has made various alterations to the way the title presents its content.  You can adjust volume levels and resolution plus opt for no time limit or either a 10 or 3 minute limit restriction before tackling the new arrangement of the product's content.

Continuing its Big Adventure series of offerings, the AVI Game's title of Trip To Europe 8 takes you on a voyage through 15 European countries with a mixture of Hidden Object challenges and a variety of mini game puzzles.

After a brief sabbatical following the mischievous deeds of Loki, Helga, the Viking Warrior, takes to the battleground once again in e-Funsoft's latest Match 3 offering.  Entitled "Dawn of Doom", this episode 5 of the Helga saga has our heroine entering the shadowed lands of Svartalheim.  Along with her companions, she will need to investigate the changes in the resident Dwarfs' behaviour as a dark force threatens all the realms of Valhava.

I must admit that the title of this next game initially caused me a certain amount of confusion regarding its content.  My first thoughts on seeing the title "Trick Solitaire" were that I was about to learn more about card manipulation and some so-called tricks.  But I was mistaken.