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Thanks for all of your recommendations! Since I've posted last, I've played through the excellent Nelly Cootalot. The charming, homespun art direction, deep feminism of the lead character (which is rare, especially WITH female characters!) and the breezy story helped to make this a definite winner. My only complaint would be is that the puzzles were a little too easy... but it was fun and satisfying to ease myself back into this at this pace, it's certainly a confidence builder running through an adventure in an evening without a walkthrough.

I also gave Ben There, Dan That a shot, but found the puzzles rather simple, and didn't find it as funny as many others did. That's been put on hold for Chalie Foxtrot, which is very charming and hits the LucasArts-style humor spot on.  I gave Apprentice Deluxe a couple of hours and was shocked at the level of professionalism and teriffic characters. I nearly died laughing at the dialogue with the dragon - great stuff.

If you happen to think of any others, let me know! Thanks again.

Hello all,

        In my teens, I was absolutely addicted to adventure games. I played through many of the classics - the first two Gabriel Knights, Full Throttle, Day of the Tentacle, Maniac Mansion, first 3 Monkey Islands, first two Broken Swords.. etc. Unforunately, as time grew on, my interest in music and film claimed more and more of my time until I stopped gaming entirely.
         Last week I was in a traffic accident, fracturing my hand in many places and leaving me with an assortment of cuts and bruises. Since I will be recovering from my surgery for the next five weeks and have grown tired of staring at a TV screen, I racked my brain for something a bit more mentally engaging. The lightbulb went off. Adventure games! After a bit of poking around on the net, I found many freeware games citing AGS as the engine. That led me to the AGS site, then these forums.
         So, now for the question: what are some quality AGS titles that'll ease me back into the swing of adventure gaming? My sleuthing skills have probably atrophied considerably in my downtime, so a nice, gentle starter would be great. I've always valued a great dialogue and sensible puzzles over impressive graphics and elaborate inventory-combining guesswork, if that helps with recommendations any.
          Thanks in advance, and excuse any confusing passages or typos - I'm typing with one hand and a head full of percoset. 

- E