I'm really liking Awakenings Kingdoms.  It took a while to get the hang of what was going on.  I have Tirama as a friend now  I'm on level 10, almost 11, and I'm in a bidding war with someone over a Jewel Egg.  There's collections you can complete and cash in for various resources, if you need an item you can buy it with diamonds(I think) or look for it in an auction.  An egg set cashes in for 300 gold, it's up to around 50 now, but since you need 5 different eggs I figure the value of any one egg is only 60, but I only have one jewel egg and 4 or more of all the others.  I only put a few things up for auction to fulfill a quest, I just hate to sell anything, I might need it later  I just used an energy drink to open up a new HO scene and I can't wait to go explore it but I have to wait for more energy, although sometimes you get rewarded with energy drinks in an HO so I have a few in reserve.  I have to be careful now because I'm almost to the next level and you want to be almost empty of energy when you level up because it increased your energy and fills it up.  I think I'm starting to get addicted  I never really got into Found, this one seems easier to understand.  I figure I can play it until the spring when I leave for work, I don't know how much data it will use, I only get 5 Gigs a month when I'm traveling.  It's good for now, I play for a half hour or so in the morning, if I'm close to achieving something I can usually do a HO scene or two in the afternoon, then again in the evening.  Whenever you level up you can get about another half hour out of it.  I need to go play my real game again, Black Water here I come.

WendyDarling wrote:

I'm really liking Awakenings Kingdoms.  ...  I need to go play my real game again, Black Water here I come.

Wendy, I'm glad you're having fun with Awakenings Kingdoms.    Good luck with the Jewel Egg!    Are you enjoying Black Water just as much? 

Tee, I am so sorry to hear about your parents.  I am glad you are able to spend as much time as you can with them.  I'm sure they appreciate you and love you for it.

Tirama, thank you for your kind thoughts.  This is my third Christmas alone and I will try not to be depressed, but to only remember the happy times.  I find that if I watch Christmas movies during this time they always make me cry.....did that a few nights' ago....some of those movies are really sad... involving a loved one dying...so it brings back very sad memories.   I won't be having any fancy dinner since it's just me.

Sue, you are getting to be such an enabler!!!! ...mentioning all those deals at other places.  I will not be tempted...I only buy from BF and I've already got too many games and not enough time to catch up and play all of them.  They seem to be releasing so many nice new games lately.  I tried and really like The Fog and Alex Hunter, both Alawar games.  I will be getting them with pccs on BPM, just not sure exactly which Monday but definitely in Dec. because I don't know if they will still have BPM next year.

I am not playing any of the FTP games, no matter how good they may be....don't want to get addicted to it.  I am satisfied with the games that I have.  Thanks, Sue, for mentioning Gardens Inc 2: The Road to Fame....yay, looking forward to that one because I loved the first one.

Wendy, glad that you are having fun with Awakening Kingdoms and all the other FTP games.   Hope you enjoy Black Water as much as I did when I played it.   

Hello all!  I finished Suburban Mysteries Labyrinth of the Past and I'm not really sure if I liked it or hated it.  Some of the game play was annoying.  eg you would finish a HO scene and it would stay open because in some of them you needed to return to get other objects, although you never knew what or if it was one that you had to return to.  It didn't seem to play logically imo.  And the dialogue got very repetitive.  I'm on the fence about it,  Some things I really enjoyed others made me think I could have happily trashed the game.  I'm not sure what I'll play next, I'm feeling a little burned out.  I find this time of year depressing. Like Barr I torture myself watching the Christmas movies. I will be surrounded by people on Xmas day but still feel very much alone if that makes sense. I haven't had the personal loss that Barr has so I'm not comparing the two but I am sad this time of year and have been for many many years.  I'm not sure why or what is missing for me.

Tee, I am sorry about your folks. I'm glad you all had a good time at the party.  I can relate in some sense.  My father has been recently diagnosed with a cognitive impairment.  Pretty much early stages of dementia.  I don't live very close to them which is unfortunate but I try to get there as much as I can.  Can I ask if your mom had any sort of surgery or injury that was a precursor to the dementia?  It seems to be a recurring thing that comes up when I talk to people. My dad had a hernia op that led to a blood clot and seemed to really go downhill after.  He is only 74. My grandpa, touch wood, is in much better physical and mental health at 94.  Dad seems to be really failing and getting depressed imo.

Last edited by oscar66 (December 19, 2013 12:32 am)

Now back to the gaming :
I have finished 12 Labours of Hercules. It was very fun but short.

I´m playing Awakening and it´s fun. I´m on level 48 in FarmUp.

Awem has released Letters from Nowhere: Hidden Mystery on Ipad and Iphone.
It´s also FTP. I tried it yesterday and it was fun (it has the same scenes as LFN), but I never got the hang of how the energy filling worked. I played about an hour and never had a problem with that. I´m gonna continue with it later today. It also had some extras for signing in every day.