Bookworm Adventures
- Three storybooks teeming with over 150 uniquely animated enemies
- Boost your word power with astonishing gems, potions and treasures
- Three mini-games and a timed Arena mode
- Stupendous graphics and astonishing effects
- Make your mark in the glittering Hall of Fame!
Help Lex build words to battle monsters in a spelling sensation of epic proportions! Spell words from a set of letter tiles as you travel through three storybooks to save your friend Cassandra from an unknown kidnapper. Vanquish villains, whomp foes, and annihilate over 150 enemies… the bigger the word, the better the damage. Increase your word power with fantastic gems, potions and magical treasures. Master exciting mini-games and brilliant bonus modes, and you’ll see why Bookworm Adventures is the ultimate test of vocabularic valor!
List Price: $ 19.99
Price: $ 4.84
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I purchased this item for my Mom who was addicted to the original webbased Bookworm game. This game is completely different from that version aside from having to spell words. It is definitelty appealing if you enjoy turn based fighting games with an educational twist. I can see this as a great alternative to mainly straight out fight and kill type games. This will appeal to that part that the kid is looking for but also educate in the process for the parents sake. The only real downside I found in this game is it game be “beat” in very little time. So they overall story replay is limited. You can always start all over again but just spelling different words will be the only difference in the game story.
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|WORD-FORMING DUELING FUN!!,
This is a excellent educational tool for preschoolers and adults wishing to hone their vocabulary – and a great TV-alternative.
Words have to be recognized and formed from an increasing wall of letters, not necessarily in sequence. To make things more interesting, a semblance of story unfolds, in which duels take place: if your word is smaller that your opponent’s you lose the round.
All in all: a graphically spiced-up version of the good ol’ BOOKWORM DELUXE.
This is a perfect example of what has come to be known as Casual Gaming. It would be a good idea to download the 60-min trial version from a site, such as REFLEXIVE (you can Google it), and decide for yourself whether this is indeed your cup of tea.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
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|Younger kids like this better than Bookworm, boys as well,
This game is somewhat different than Bookworm. Bookworm is more a combination of Tetris and Boggle. This is more like a series of word puzzles, each slightly different. As you “solve” each puzzle Lex (the worm) attacks the bad guy once (mythological type creatures with a twist) and then the bad guy strikes back once. You then solve another puzzle.
This game is much beloved by the 12 year old boy in our house, partially because I am willing to let him play it pretty often since it has some educational value. I have played it myself but find that I return to the original Bookworm as it seems to move faster. Children at reading level (not age) of about 5th grade do very well with it. Below that level they struggle and will need some help.
A free trial is available from Popcap, so you can see before you buy.
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