Margrave: The Blacksmith's Daughter

I've owned this game since it came out, and it remains one of my favorites to replay. The storyline is well-developed and progresses at a perfect pace; sufficient information is provided that you know what's going on, but there are still twists and events you don't expect.

The graphics are charming and play beautifully with the fantasy theme. The music is wonderfully ambient, and the voice acting is excellent. Gameplay is a nice variety of exploration and puzzles with a few hidden object scenes. It's not horrendously difficult, but presents enough of a challenge to keep you interested.

I highly recommend this one, as well as the first episode, the Curse of the Severed Heart. Inertia doesn't currently have plans for another episode, but I hope there will be more adventures of Edwina.

The theme and storyline of this game is definitely eccentric (you have to suspend disbelief and not ask too many questions about the oddball world in which the game takes place) but it provides quite a few hours of play. It isn't mainly a hidden-object game, which suited me fine - there is a good variety of puzzles. I enjoyed it.