Bookworm Adventures

Posted by BMcC Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:40:00 GMT

Even word games can be fun if you drink enough! Just like grandma always said.

PopCap released a new Scrabble-like game recently called Bookworm Adventures, and it seems to be pretty popular, thanks in no small part to Tycho’s love of all things word. So I thought I’d mention it here, but it just wouldn’t be right if I hadn’t played the thing first, y’know?

Before I knew it - POW - splash screen. The trial period had ended. I had played for an hour straight.

So… it’s pretty addictive. Even if you’re not a huge nerd!

My proudest moments: Delivering a crushing “conquistadores” to put away Circe and dropping the still-impressive “elucubration” right before the demo ended.

Alright, maybe it is only fun for huge nerds.

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  1. BMcC said 41 minutes later:

    New category: “Scrabble-like.” Or maybe “Scrabblesque.”

    ::drool:: If only I had the letters…

  2. BeamSplashX said about 1 hour later:

    Scrabulous Puzzletry.

  3. Dan MacDonald said about 3 hours later:

    I liked it, played though to the end of the demo. It was good enough I considered buying it, then I went to the site and saw the $30 price tag and decided “no thanks”.

  4. Xander said about 15 hours later:

    It was pretty fun, although me and it had a few disagreements. Apparently ‘Ares’ is acceptable, but ‘Odin’ isn’t. Of course given that he’s travelling around ancient greece and beating up Cyclops and whatnot, I guess it does sort of make sense. Shame about the price though, £20 is asking too much for a simple game of scrabulous puzzletry. (BSX, Greatest.Genre-Name.Ever)

  5. Shih Tzu said about 16 hours later:

    Also take note that the writing was handled by Stephen Notley, the crazy dude from Canadia who draws Bob the Angry Flower! (www.angryflower.com) I’d call that rather indie.

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