{"id":12730,"date":"2014-11-19T00:01:06","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T00:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=12730"},"modified":"2014-11-12T21:45:30","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T21:45:30","slug":"the-counting-kingdom-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/19\/the-counting-kingdom-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"The Counting Kingdom (iPad)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/19\/the-counting-kingdom-ipad\/count_box\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12711\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-12711\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/COUNT_BOX-150x53.jpg\" alt=\"COUNT_BOX\" width=\"150\" height=\"53\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/COUNT_BOX-150x53.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/COUNT_BOX-300x106.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/COUNT_BOX.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>A medieval kingdom is being invaded by monsters, and it\u2019s up to a brave wizard to save the day with\u2026math?\u00a0 Is he a mathamagician?\u00a0 Har har!\u00a0 Anyway, help the wizard zap the monsters with number spells in this game that\u2019s similar to Plants vs Zombies, but with math!\u00a0 Originally available on Steam, now you can play it on iPad and iPhone, too (reviewed here on iPad).<\/p>\n<p>In each level, monsters approach from the right side of a grid field and move left.\u00a0 Each turn they\u2019ll move a space, and if they breach the castle defenses and make it through, you\u2019ll lose the level.\u00a0 Each monster has a number on them, and if you tap them and a matching number from a spell page, you\u2019ll zap them away.\u00a0 You can even tap multiple monsters, and as long as their numbers add up to the spell page, you\u2019ll zap them, too!\u00a0 You can combine spell pages to make bigger numbers, and if you still don\u2019t have the number you want, you can discard a spell page for a new one.\u00a0 But be careful when you do that because it\u2019ll count as a turn and the monsters will be able to creep closer to the castle.<\/p>\n<p>Later on in the game, you\u2019ll be able to use potions, too.\u00a0 Drag one of these concoctions to the monsters and you can add or subtract the numbers from their bellies to get the equation you want.\u00a0 Later on you\u2019ll even get potions that can help you move monsters around the field for better results (monsters have to be next to each other if you want to add them together).\u00a0 The game may be a little short, but it\u2019s still a great way for elementary school kids to practice their addition and subtraction skills with a fun game!\u00a0 The kingdom is \u2018counting\u2019 on you! (Sorry, had to say it.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/19\/the-counting-kingdom-ipad\/count_screen\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12712\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12712\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/COUNT_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"COUNT_SCREEN\" width=\"495\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/COUNT_SCREEN.jpg 495w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/COUNT_SCREEN-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/COUNT_SCREEN-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You zap monsters with lightning bolts, but that\u2019s about as violent as it gets.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for the instructions, as well as number recognition and strong addition and subtraction skills.\u00a0 Grown-ups can enjoy the game, too, as simple math games are great cerebral exercises for any brain age!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A medieval kingdom is being invaded by monsters, and it\u2019s up to a brave wizard to save the day with\u2026math?\u00a0 Is he a mathamagician?\u00a0 Har har!\u00a0 Anyway, help the wizard zap the monsters with number spells in this game that\u2019s similar to Plants vs Zombies, but with math!\u00a0 Originally available on Steam, now you can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12730"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12733,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12730\/revisions\/12733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}