SPECIAL NOTE - THe last few years have been a really sad on the amount of participation. Please note, there are no right or wrong answers, if you can't think of your "top", write down some you remember as being good. Let's do this!

Here is your chance to share your favorite casual games with others and help them enjoy the best of the best!

Please list your top 20 favorite casual games, any genre, any year (the more current the better), in alphabetical order (please and thank you) and submit them in this thread anytime between now and February 5th, 2017.

Like last year, you can name 5 top series that you may want to recommend as well. Please list those separate from the individual but you can post them in the same post.

Please do not edit once you have submitted your list because they will be recorded as they are posted. If you want to add a game and you didn't choose 20 the first time, you can post again for the additional ones only. You cannot exceed 20 in total!

I hope to see lots of entries, the list is a wonderful resource for those looking to branch out into casuals or to give you new ideas of games to check out in case you missed them.

We will not be separating the games into categories, so no need to be specific as to the genre.

Have fun thinking of your lists and looking forward to seeing all of your favorites.

Ana

1. Adam Wolfe: Flames of Time
2. Beyond: Star Descendant
3. Bridge to Another World: Alice in Shadowland
4. Darkness and Flame: Born of Fire
5. Delicious: Emily's Christmas Carol
6. Delicious: Emily's Message in a Bottle
7. Enigmatis: The Mists of Ravenwood
8. Fabulous: Angela's Fashion Fever
9. Haunted Hotel: The X
10. Heart's Medicine: Time to Heal
11. Incredible Dracula: Chasing Love
12. Lost Lands: The Wanderer
13. Maze: The Broken Tower
14. Mystery Case Files: Escape from Ravenhearst
15. Phantasmat: Behind the Mask
16. Sea of Lies: Leviathan Reef
17. Silver Tale
18. Subliminal Realms: The Masterpiece
19. Whispered Secrets: Everburning Candle
20. Yuletide Legends: The Brothers Claus

Most of the above games are available in both CE and standard versions; I did not make a distinction, as I feel that either choice would be entertaining. I have many older favorite casuals, but the majority of these games came out in 2016.

Thank you for your help with this, Ana. I look forward to seeing the other lists.

I'm afraid some of mine are much older than those chosen by Marian but I decided to list them anyway because I enjoyed them - and hopefully most will still be available And I didn't specify Collector or Standard editions either as I feel that is a matter of preference for the buyer

Adam Wolfe: Flames of Time
Amaranthine Voyage: The Tree of Life
Awakening: Moonfell Wood
Bridge to Another World: The Others
Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink
Death Upon an Austrian Sonata: A Dana Knightstone Novel
Final Cut: Death on the Silver Screen
Haunted Hotel: Charles Dexter Ward
Hidden Expedition: The Fountain of Youth
Immortal Love: Letter From The Past
Jewel Match 2
Jewel Match: Twilight
Laruaville
Legend of Gallant
Mystery Legends: Beauty and the Beast
Myths of the World: Chinese Healer
Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles
The Dreamatorium of Dr. Magnus
The Lost Cases of 221B Baker St.
Vampire Saga - Welcome To Hell Lock

Hidden Expedition: Smithsonian Hope Diamond
Murder She Wrote 2: Return to Cabot Cove
Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove
Mystery Case Files: Escape from Ravenhurst


These are the only games on my list because they are the only casual games I've played. Have enjoyed them all enough to recommend them and am looking forward to finding more to play

I made a list last year because we rarely talk in detail about individual casual games and because it's a pain in the neck to thumb through BFG reviews of any particular game and look for reviewers who aren't sycophants or, put another way to be more polite, so universally approving that their opinions have no weight. I will make a list again this year. I'm already downloading a game from the 2017 selections.

Thank you once again BrownEyedTigre for taking the time to compile the list for 2016

Cursed Cases - Murder at the Maybard Estate
Dark Tales - Edgar Allan Poes The Raven CE
Dead Reckoning - Snowbirds Creek CE
Dead Reckoning - Death Between the Lines CE
Grim Tales - Crimson Hollow CE
Harrowed Halls - Lakeview Lane CE
Haunted Hotel - The Axiom Butcher CE
Haunted Hotel – The Thirteenth
Hidden Expedition - Midgards End CE
Lost Lands - The Wanderer CE
Maze - The Broken Tower CE
Mystery Case Files - Broken Hour CE
Mystery Trackers - Paxton Creek Avenger CE
New York Mysteries - High Voltage
New York Mysteries - The Lantern of Souls CE
Puppet Show – Bloody Rosie
Rite of Passage - Heart of the Storm CE
Sable Maze - Sinister Knowledge CE
The Curio Society - New Order
Whispered Secrets - Everburning Candle

And I agree with Marian, either the CE or SE are fun to play.

I can't come up with 20, only 16. However, in some cases I have noted that other games in the same series are also good.

Amaranthine Voyage – Winter Neverending (others in this series are good, this one is the best)
Bridge to Another World – Alice
Christmas Stories – Nutcracker
Clockwork Tales – Glass and Ink
Eternal Journey – New Atlantis
Forbidden Secrets – Alien Town
House of 1000 Doors – Family Secrets (this is a good series also)
Living Legends – Bound by Wishes
Lost Lands – The Wanderer (another good series)
Margrave – Blacksmith's Daughter (one of my Top Ten ever)
Mystery Case Files – Broken Hour (ditto the above)
Mystery Case Files - Dire Grove, Sacred Grove (unusual, more than a "casual")
New York Mysteries – Lantern of Souls (another good series)
Riddles of Fate – Wild Hunt
Royal Detective – Legend of the Golem
Shiver – Moonlit Grove

Here are mine. I am behind in playing the newer games.

Beyond the Invisible Evening
Big Secret Small Town
Contract with the Devil
Dangerous Games Illusionist
Elly Cooper and City of Antiquity
Final Cut Fade to Black
Green Moon
Green Moon2
Hidden Expedition Fountain of Youth
Invasion 2 Doomed
Invasion Lost in Time
Kronville Stolen Dreams
Lost Lands Four Horsemen
MCF Key to Ravenhurst CE
MCF Ravenhurst Unlocked CE
Mystery of the Lost Planet
Namerial Legends Iron Lord
Secrets of the Dark Temple of Night
Secrets of the Dark Eclipse Mountain
The Emptiness

9 Clues: The Dark Side
Break the Curse: Crimson Gems
Christmas Stories: Nutcracker
Death and Betrayal in Romania
Forgotten Places: Regained Castle
Grim Tales: The Legacy
Lost Lands: The Four Horsemen
Lost Lands: The Wanderer
Myths of the World: Of Fiends and Fairies

9 Clues The Ward.
Amaranthine Voyage The Living Mountain.
Amaranthine Voyage The Tree of Life.
Awakening The Goblin Kingdom.
Cursery The Crooked Man and The Crooked Cat.
Dark Parables The Exiled Prince.
Dark Parables The Red Riding Sisters.
Drawn Dark Flight CE.
Drawn The Painted Tower.
Drawn Trail of Shadows.
Echoes of The Past Royal House of Stone.
Empress of The Deep 2 Song of The Blue Whale.
Empress of The Deep 3 Legacy of Phoenix.
Haunted Manor Queen of Death.
Mayan Prophecies Ship of Spirits.
Mayan Prophecies Cursed Island.
Mountain Trap The Manor of Memories.
Mystery Case Files Escape from Ravenhearst.
Mystery Case Files Shadow Lake.
Mystery Trackers The Void.
Mystery of The Ancients Curse of The Black Water.

Enjoyed them all plus there's more.

1. Adam Wolf-Blood of Eternity
2. Brink of Consciousness: Dorian Gray Syndrome
3. Cursed
4. Dark Tales: Edgar Allen Poe's: The Mystery of Marie Roget
5. Dark Tales: Edgar Allen Poe's: The Raven
6. Fear for Sale: The Dusk Wanderer
7. Haunted Hotel: The Thirteenth
8. Lost Chronicles: Salem
9. Margrave: The Blacksmith's Daughter
10. Mystery Case Files: Broken Hour
11. Mystery Tales: The Hangman Returns
12. Small Town Terrors: Pilgrim's Hook
13. Strange Cases: The Secrets of Grey Mist Lake
14. Tales of Terror: Crimson Dawn
15. The Beast of Lycan Isle
16. The Curse of the Werewolves
17. The Great Gatsby: Secret Treasure
18. Twilight Phenomena: Strange Menagerie
19. Vermillion Watch Fleshbound
20. Wisbey Mystery

5 more days to go.

Adam Wolfe: Blood of Eternity
Adam Wolfe: Flames of Time
Alicia Griffith: Lakeside Murder
Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink
Elly Cooper and the City of Antiquity
Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala
Facility 47
Hope Lake
Kingdom Of Aurelia: Mystery of the Poisoned Dagger
Lost Lands: The Golden Curse
Lost Lands: The Wanderer
Maze: The Broken Tower
Mystery Case Files: Broken Hour
Mystery of a Lost Planet
Nevertales: Hidden Doorway
Parallels Cross
Sacred Almanac: Traces of Greed
Steel Life
The Fall Trilogy
Vermillion Watch: Moorgate Accord

Thanks for compiling the list, Ana.

Bridge to Another World: Alice in Shadowland
Brink of Consciousness: Dorian Gray Syndrome
Drawn: Dark Flight
Drawn: The Painted Tower
Dreamland
Fear for Sale: The 13 Keys
Fright
Haunted Halls: Green Hills Sanitarium
Maze: Subject 360
MCF: Fate's Carnival
Nevertales: The Beauty Within
Otherworld: Spring of Shadows
Redrum: Time Lies
Rite of Passage: Child of the Forest
Sable Maze: 12 Fears
Stray Souls: Dollhouse Story
Stray Souls: Stolen Memories
The Tiny Bang Story
Weird Park: Broken Tune
Weird Park: The Final Show

I will enjoy seeing all the entries.
Jeanne

Adam Wolfe
Shadowplay: Darkness Incarnate
Twilight Phenomena: 13th Lodger
Twilight Phenomena: Strange Menagerie
Secrets of the Dark: Eclipse Mountain
Secrets of the Dark: Temple of Night
Vermillion Watch: Moorgate Accord

I would have added Grim Tales: Graywatch; however, the game is new and still has glitches.