Word Realms

[Poit]

Has anyone else seen the Kickstarter (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2140824020/word-realms) for this? It's an RPG where you fight by spelling words with Scrabble tiles. It's made by Asymmetric, the folks who make Kingdom of Loathing.

They're already going to finish the game. The Kickstarter is to gauge interest for an MMO version of the game. It seems nifty, so I figured there might be some people here interested in it.

[Purgatory]

God, they stole that idea from "Typing of The Dead". Instead of shooting at monsters, a word appears above their head and you have to type it out to kill them :n:

[Purgatory]

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[Ultra Mantis]

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[Poit]

But, both of the games you posted have words on monsters that you need to type. In Word Reams, you get a pool of letters that you need to use to spell words. You need to find the words yourself. The only similarity it has to those other games is that it probably involves typing-driven combat.