New Game

I've switched over to a Hidden Object game. It's repetitive but they do mark the different holidays and have snow in winter, and leaves in the fall and other little touches that we use to get in TSTO.  There are sort of storylines but also just plain mindless jewels matching or monster killing to zone out about.  And you don't build the town but new parts of town are unlocked each month.  It doesn't have the nostalgic edge that TSTO but it's a decent time suck and for freemium players, you can manage to advance without spending money but for those willing to pay to speed things up, there are options for that as well.