Oh my goodness, I had heard folks on GB talk about this game, and when I was on a buying spree I bought it for the Wii. I started it and was dismayed to see I could not read any of the instructions.

Waited for hubby to come home, and he couldn't read them either--too blurry. I enjoyed the little bit I could play on the Wii but was tired of straining my eyes.

So thought to check out BFG, downloaded it and am totally entranced! It is too much fun!

I have a question for you veterans though.

The game tells me to deny my opponent the color mana he needs by using it myself.

I understand that, but I don't know how to tell what color gems he needs. I can tell mine by hoovering over my spells, but that did not seem to work for him.

Any wisdom will be gladly accepted

If you look on his side where his spells are it shows what colors he needs. I don't remember if it tells you how much of each but you will at least know what colors he needs. I finished the PC game and am now playing on my DS. I really didn't pay to much attention to what my oppnent needed. I concentrated more on what I needed. I love this game. I am going to get a Wii as soon as Walmart gets some back in. I was going to get it for the Wii but now I don't think I will. I hope this helps a little.

Thanks Connie--no don't get it for the Wii. The graphics are no where near as good as the PC.

Thanks L4L, now all I need is to able to get the Wii. I just checked and it does show how many of each color your oppnent needs to be able to cast a spell. If you could sugest any good games for the Wii I would appreciate it. You can email me if this is not the right place to answer.

I'll do that Connie.

Hi L4L,I'm also obsessed with Puzzle Quest! I bought it from BF when it first came out,I have 4 new Adventure games waiting to be installed and played.But I can't get away from this game to even attempt to play them! I do what Connie does I concentrate on what I colors I need rather then the opponents! with your game

Thanks Linda--I finally beat that stupid bat last night. Now on to bigger and meaner challenges

Thanks everyone! I'm now downloading this to give it a try as so many of you speak so highly of it

Bernie

Bernie, enjoy

I loved this game so much I ended up buying the retail boxed version. And I finished this game last week at about level 47; it was great fun right up to the end.

It's good to see new players drawn into the fold!

I'm at the Max.level of 50 highest you can get and there are still plenty of quests to finish.I like training the mounts and researching the spells,also like trying to capture the creatures,Bernie how do you like it so far?

Marian, Cailyn, you guys are experts.

You guys got my attention with this game topic so I decided to try out the 60 min trial.

WOW! there sure is a lot that you can do - building your fortress, capturing and training monsters . . .

I especially like the way the developers integrated the match 3 into the game. I like it much better when I can look over the board and stategise a bit instead of rushing through so the countdown timer doesn't run out.

I see that the game can be played as multi-player and over a LAN - have any of your tried these options yet? If so how was the game play? My husband and I regularily play Patrician on our home network and just love it

Now if only I had one of those handy coupons I think I used the last one to purchase Fairway Solitaire

I haven't played it with anyone else. But it is a lot of fun.

Don't worry--now you know what you want to spend next month's coupon on

They have a coupon each month gosh I think I really need to pay attention to BFG a bit more closely. I get the news letters but I guess I haven't been a member long enough to realize the coupons. Just thought the one in Dec was a Christmas time deal . . .

Anne

Skye, it depends on whether you are a game club member or not.

Anyone can go and buy a game from them at any time. I think most of those are $19.99.

However, you can also join the club. They have several levels of membership. Obviously, the more coupons you commit to buy, the cheaper it is.

For instance, when I first joined, I committed to 3 coupon (they charge your card on the same day each month). That was $9.99 per coupon at that time.

I soon discovered I would be buying more games, so after my 3 months were up I rejoined for 12 months at $6.99, so they charge my card each month on the same day for 6.99, and then I can get any game for that amount.

I can also buy extra credits for $6.99 if my monthly credit is gone and I want more games.

The credits are good forever.

I hope I did not mislead using the word "coupon."

i played a console version of this that belonged to a friend but it was too hard for me, i lost all the time.

Hi looney4labs,
Thank you so much for explaining how the Big Fish Game Club works. I was confused between the monthly credit and the extra credits. I signed up for a year and thought that buying my first 12 games finished the commitment that I signed for. When I bought my next 2 games I found out I had to buy credits first and that confused me no end. I couldn't imagine what happened to the other 11 credits, but I wanted the games so I went along with it and figured that some day I would find out how the Game Club credits worked. So now I know! Again, more thanks!

You are welcome Sierra. I was confused too and Ana kindly explained it some months back