It looks like PvsZ 2 is coming out soon, but it's going to be a mobile app first. No word on a release for PC/Mac. That's certainly in keeping with the trend toward mobile games, but the original version was so popular and successful. I hope those of us who don't do mobile gaming don't have to wait too long to get it.

Dex - I'm not very good at tower defense games either, but I really like them. Plants vs Zombies is an exception because I find it challenging but I'm able to get all the way through it. That's one of my all time favorites.

I just recently bought a fairly newly released TD game: Fort Defense. New tower defense games don't come out that often, so I was interested. I didn't find it too hard during the demo, but of course I always do fine in the beginning, until later when I don't . I'll report back when I play the rest.

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More traditional tower defense games usually have a winding path that an enemy of some kind must traverse, while you put up upgradable defenses of some sort along the way to stop them. And there's (obviously) a tower or something standing in for a tower at the end of the path, and you lose if the bad guys get there.

So based on that definition PvsZ is an atypical TD game, but the gameplay is quite similar in many ways, with the upgradable plant defenders and your home, which is like the tower stand-in, needing to be defended.

(Of course, not that it really matters defining exactly what genre a game goes in, so long as it's fun! . I just like discussing some of the nuances of what genres and sub-genres a game might fit into.)

I'll try to post a list of some of my favorite tower defense games that I've played in the past, in case anyone's interested.

Jen - I d/l Fort Defense based on your recommendation.  Haven't demo'd it yet, but will take a look . I did demo Beware Planet Earth today. Not sure how I feel about it, was really cute but I didn't think the tutorial really explained the objectives very well.  Will leave it on the back burner.  Would love to hear more recommendations if you don't mind sharing.  I do understand that Plants vs. Zombies isn't your typical "tower defense" game, but that's the only games that even vaguely fits in this genre that I've had success with.  I like them, I'm just really bad at them.
As for jigsaw puzzle games, I guess it depends on what you want out of the game.  Jigsaws Galore is my favorite typical jigsaw game.  You can choose piece type, number of pieces, use your own photos, all the options you could ever want.  It can be as easy or difficult as you choose to make it.  Patchworkz is awesome, it's more of a "game" there are rewards, and hidden levels to unlock etc.  It's really fun.  I know both of these have been mentioned here, but they are great games.  I would start with those two and see where they take you.

Barr - I demo'd a bunch of games today including two of those ones you just mentioned.  I looked at When in Rome - Royal Envoy 3 - Times of the Vikings - Imperial Island - Lauraville, Skeleton Pirates, Magic Time - Jewel Venture and just now Fort Defense.  Yep, suck at the defense things, did ok with Skeleton Pirates, it's exactly like Plants vs Zombies but Fort Defense, I'm stuck already level 3 I think or it could be 4 but it's right at the beginning.  There is no way I will be able to do it. 

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