Ever since Puzzle Quest‘s success, we’ve seen a lot of casual games that are hybrids. They combine a standard casual game genre with RPG elements to create an unusual, interesting and unique hybrid. Previously, we’ve only seen match-3/RPG or Othello/RPG titles, but Dekovir’s Hidden Magic is an entirely new experience – a hidden object RPG game. It’s a welcome new addition, and could be the inspiration for an entirely new casual game trend.

Hidden Magic begins with a brief introduction that mainly shows the present situation via images. One powerful magic user went into the forest while the other remained at home in the cabin. Monsters, goblins most likely, came in and abducted the magic user who remained at home. You then get to choose which character to play as, a sorcerer or sorceress, and then head off on a journey to find your kidnapped love.

Your character will then proceed through the countryside, searching for clues to find where to go next, using magic and telepathy to discern important location, piecing together maps and solving puzzles…

This is probably the sparcest Casual Friday since Gamertell started running it’s weekly Casual Friday casual game update. Only four new casual games made their debut this week, and of the four all but one are hidden object games. Plus, there are no Mac games this time around, only Windows titles. So if you’re not a hidden object fan, you may want to check a previous Casual Friday for a new game to play.

The only big news this week is that Big Fish Games is once again running its Novemberfest promotion. If you purchase six games from the site by November 30, 2009, you’ll get one free game. If you purchase nine games, you’ll get two free games. The free game credits will be awarded after December 1, 2009.

This week’s best bet is: Tropical Farm (PC)…