{"id":26005,"date":"2025-10-20T00:01:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T00:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=26005"},"modified":"2025-09-19T01:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T01:43:12","slug":"criss-cross-castle-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/20\/criss-cross-castle-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"Criss Cross Castle (Mobile)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>What happens when you mix Scrabble with an RPG?\u00a0 You get Criss Cross Castle, that\u2019s what.\u00a0 Help a wizard cast spells to defeat monsters by spelling words in turn-based battles.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on mobile devices, but reviewed on iPad here.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll first view a map and can choose a path with enemies blocking the way.\u00a0 Each time you confront an enemy, you\u2019ll view a little crossword puzzle with letters on the bottom you can use.\u00a0 Place the letters to form words, and then press the wand icon to turn them into spells to attack the monsters.\u00a0 This part of the game is very much like Scrabble in that your letters are worth different points, and you can put them on tiles that double or triple points as well.\u00a0 The points you earn translate into attack power you can use to whittle down the monster\u2019s hit points.\u00a0 If you can whittle them down to zero, you\u2019ll win the battle.\u00a0 But if you don\u2019t, you must start the battle over again. There are also bonuses and shops on the map you can use to buy helpful items.<\/p>\n

If you defeat the monster before finishing out the crossword tiles, you have a chance to get a treasure, but you must whittle down the treasure chest points first.\u00a0 I wish you could choose to bypass that.\u00a0 Also if you choose to shuffle letters or delete words, you could stand a chance to lose your own hit points or not get as good of letters, so be careful.\u00a0 Also, the game requires a lot of planning and a little luck, as sometimes you just can\u2019t get the right letters you need.\u00a0 The game even says it\u2019s a work in progress, so it could get better over time.\u00a0 But right now, it\u2019s a fairly decent if not difficult, little word puzzler.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nothing too violent here.\u00a0 You can shoot magic blasts at cartoony monsters that just fall over and fly off the screen when defeated, but that\u2019s it.\u00a0 Strong reading and spelling skills are needed to play, though.\u00a0 Parental supervision is recommended for the in-game purchases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What happens when you mix Scrabble with an RPG?\u00a0 You get Criss Cross Castle, that\u2019s what.\u00a0 Help a wizard cast spells to defeat monsters by spelling words in turn-based battles.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on mobile devices, but reviewed on iPad here. You\u2019ll first view a map and can choose a path with enemies blocking the way.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26005","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\/26005","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=26005"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26115,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26005\/revisions\/26115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}