Customer Reviews for Bookworm Deluxe

Bookworm Deluxe
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Video Game Reviews of Bookworm Deluxe

Customer Review: Addictive
Summary: 5 Stars

I am writing this review on behalf of the person I bought this for. I thought I had an addiction problem w/World of Warcraft but they are on the PC constantly with BookWorm Deluxe. Be very careful once you buy this MUST HAVE game as you may spend many nights away from RL!

Customer Review: He's addicting, and its catchy!
Summary: 5 Stars

My family and I love this game, young and old. If you play it once, you've gotta go back and play again and again. Owning your own is much better than playing on the net. More bonus tiles, and some definitions too! And it also saves your game for you as well, so you don't have to start over as you do on the web. We love this game.

Customer Review: Bookworm Deluxe - one of the all time Classics!
Summary: 5 Stars

Bookworm Deluxe - using a board filled with letter tiles, you try to make words. The more letters you use in your word, the more points you add to your score. In addition, the longer your word, you'll earn specially colored squares. In order of priority points - green, yellow and Diamond.

Now, if you keep using three letter words, then red tiles will begin to appear -you don't want them - they are fire tiles. They'll drop to the bottom and if you can't use their letters before they hit the bottom - GAME OVER.

After the early levels, you'll get a chance to go for bonus words, these appear beneath the Bookworm Character. If you get these words, you'll earn a bonus and a new word will appear. Keep getting the bonus words and you'll earn more and more lucrative bonus awards.

Behind the Bookworm character is a bookcase. As you keep getting words, books form on the shelf. When the shelf is full of books, then the round is over. Oh - it's easy to get yourself into a corner by getting all vowels down at the lower half. You have to be careful. Some words you can use when that happens is YOU, VIA and KOI. That may get you out of the mess you get in. But Bookworm has a way for you to scramble all the tiles on the board. Just click on the Bookworm. But beware - when you do this those Red Fire Tiles will sppear!

This game is HIGHLY addictive. I've spent hours and hours playing it. A couple of years ago I bought the PDA version for my DELL AXIM - and that's when I got hooked. I didn't know they made a PC version until last year - then I had to buy it. I quickly rose in points to the highest levels - spent hours and hours on it - neglected my work - neglected my family - forgot to sleep - forgot to eat. All signs of an Addiction!!

I highly recommend this to anyone who likes word puzzle games. This is good for kids in school - it does expand their vocabulary (though some actual words are missing from its lexicon). And when I gave my elderly Mom a Notebook PC for Christmas - I included the Bookwork game that I purchased on Amazon. She loved it and also got hooked on it. She even gave it as gifts to her friends. She said it kept her mind sharp.

I do have one suggestion for the folks at POP-Cap - the makers of Bookworm Deluxe: This game should have a way to expand its lexicon of words. It should also include proper nouns. Like States and Names. That to me is a grave omission. If you want kids to learn - having States and their capitals - also Countries, included in its lexicon - would be an added benefit.

So, all in all, this is one terrific game - one that I highly - and I mean highly, recommend.

One last note - for those who've reached the highest levels of Bookworm - and love word puzzle games - there is a great game somewhat similar to Bookworm. It's called BIG KAHUNA WORDS. Go search for it on Amazon. It's very challenging, addictive and fun.

Ken

Customer Review: Losing sleep over Bookworm.......
Summary: 5 Stars

I've had Bookworm for quite a while now. This game, along with my reading and crossword puzzles, helps keep my brain cells active, now that I'm retired. I turn the sounds and music off (because I find them annoying), pop in one of my favorite music cd's, and play Bookworm. I have this game, Solitaire, and Mah Jong, but Bookworm is my favorite. I play the 'classic' game, as opposed to the 'action' game, because it is more relaxing. I like that you can quit the game, and continue where you left off when you get back to it. My only complaint is that I just can't seem to stop playing it at night and get to sleep. It's definitely addictive, but great fun. Gives you a good mental workout, too.