Gov, I must admit you are a really fast player !! you've already finished Imperial Island?? wow....I haven't even bought it yet.  congrats on finishing it....good to know that it's a fun game.  Which was the level that was difficult on timed mode? I will watch out for it.  I'm going to play timed too, like I always do for M3s.  

I tried replaying Cradle of Egypt untimed but I got bored with it, so I switched back to my first profile and discovered that I can continue, not start another profile, and that way I can get all those achievements I missed the first time around.  I didn't realise I could do that.  I've also not finished the tourney mode and blitz mode from before.

You are right about The Snow.  The tokens on the board are all the same unlike Imperial Island which changes all the time and looks nicer.  Still, I like the game and will be getting it.  New M3s are so few and far between.

Gov, did you try The Snow until it timed out?  I have finished the entire demo and managed to unlock Challenge mode and Queue mode.  Although the tokens are always the same, the gameplay changes all the time. I like Adventure mode, I find it very interesting.  Challenge mode is very challenging, it has different mini-games, timed, interesting, not easy.  The challenges remind me of Bejeweled 3 mini-games like diamond mine, poker, butterflies, etc. assuming you have Bejeweled 3.   Queue mode is another different type of game.  Now I have to wait patiently for next week in order to buy it. 

To anyone who didn't get Nearwood give the demo a whirl.

I'm just about to finish AWAKENING: THE GOBLIN KINGDOM.  Just starting the bonus chapter.  I loved this game -- great colors, has a credible story, easy game play (and if I say so it really is! ).  I'm still getting frustrated by ELVEN MIST 2 but I keep chipping away at it.  I need to find a straight HOG (for those one scene at a time moments).  I'm sure I own a few I haven't played as yet.  I might try 9 CLUES next.

Barre,  I like  Snow too.  It's on my   "Buy by and by"  list.