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Round 3 Mini First SpinsTeam District Wheel Arena Hazard Wheel
District 1 District 1 electric forcefield
District 2 District 10 other tributes
District 3 District 11 other tributes
District 4 District 5 urban tunnels
District 5 District 9 vicious hornets
District 6 District 4 electric forcefield
District 7 District 9 urban tunnels
District 8 District 3 electric forcefield
District 9 District 7 dog-mutt cryptids
District 10 District 6 skewer-beaked birds
District 11 District 8 dog-mutt cryptids
District 12 District 7 urban tunnels
District 13 District 8 urban tunnels
The Capitol District 10 tidal waves
For this challenge you have two wheels, and will have one active spin of each at a time.
One wheel is the District Wheel, requiring you to complete the set of tasks associated with the District. Each task must be filled with a different book (can't use one book to fill multiple tasks).
The other wheel is the Arena Hazards Wheel, which is a spell out wheel. Each letter must be filled with a different book (can't use one book to fill multiple letters).
Spell outs can use the first letter of the title or series title (ignore or use THE, A or AN as you prefer), the first letter of the author, narrator* or translator* first or last names. For this version NO character names are permitted.
* these can only be used if the edition read was audio or translated
Once you have finished a wheel you can request a new spin from the other captains, or repeat the requirements again - the choice is yours!
For the District Wheel, if on respinning you receive a set of tasks you have already read you may request another spin for a new set.
For the Arena Hazards Wheel, you may NOT request a new spin even if you receive a duplicate word.
District 1 is luxury items
RICH in title
purple colour cover (50%+)
#1 in series
purple text on cover
item related to district on the cover
author first & last initials in LUXURY ITEMS
set in Japan (50%+)
plot element that can be linked to the district
District 2 is masonry and defense
WALL in title
brown colour cover (50%+)
#2 in series
brown text on cover
item related to district on the cover
author first & last initials in MASONRY DEFENSE
set in Italy (50%+)
plot element that can be linked to the district
District 3 is general electronics
IPOD in title
white colour cover (50%+)
#3 in series
white text on cover
item related to district on the cover
author first & last initials in GENERAL ELECTRONICS
set in Korea (North or South) (50%+)
plot element that can be linked to the district
District 4 is fishing
FISH in title
blue colour cover (50%+)
#4 in series
blue text on cover
item related to district on the cover
author first & last initials in FISHING
set in Australia (50%+)
plot element that can be linked to the district
District 5 is power/electricity
VOLT in title
yellow colour cover (50%+)
#5 in series
yellow text on cover
item related to district on the cover
author first & last initials in POWER ELECTRICITY
set in China (50%+)
plot element that can be linked to the district
District 6 is transportation
CARS in title
blue colour cover (50%+)
#6 in series
blue text on cover
item related to district on the cover
author first & last initials in TRANSPORTATION
set in Germany (50%+)
plot element that can be linked to the district
District 7 is lumber
WOOD in title
brown colour cover (50%+)
#7 in series
brown text on cover
item related to district on the cover
author first & last initials in LUMBER FORESTRY
set in Finland or Sweden (50%+)
plot element that can be linked to the district
District 8 is textiles
WOOL in title
white colour cover (50%+)
#8 in series
white text on cover
item related to district on the cover
author first & last initials in TEXTILES
set in India (50%+)
plot element that can be linked to the district
District 9 is grain
HUSK in title
yellow colour cover (50%+)
#9 in series
yellow text on cover
item related to district on the cover
author first & last initials in GRAIN PULSES
set in Pakistan (50%+)
plot element that can be linked to the district
District 10 is livestock
GOAT in title
black colour cover (50%+)
#10 in series
black text on cover
item related to district on the cover
author first & last initials in LIVESTOCK
set in Argentina (50%+)
plot element that can be linked to the district
District 11 is agriculture
FARM in title
green colour cover (50%+)
#11 in series
green text on cover
item related to district on the cover
author first & last initials in AGRICULTURE
set in Mexico (50%+)
plot element that can be linked to the district
District 12 is coal mining
COAL in title
black colour cover (50%+)
#12 in series
black text on cover
item related to district on the cover
author first & last initials in COAL MINING
set in Russia (50%+)
plot element that can be linked to the district
District 13 was in charge of nuclear weaponry
BOMB in title
orange colour cover (50%+)
#13 in series
orange text on cover
item related to district on the cover
author first & last initials in NUCLEAR WEAPONRY
set in United States (50%+)
plot element that can be linked to the district
Capitol is politics and communication
VOTE in title
purple colour cover (50%+)
#14 in series
purple text on cover
item related to district on the cover
author first & last initials in POLITICS COMMUNICATION
set in a national capital (50%+)
plot element that can be linked to the district
carnivorous squirrels
skewer-beaked birds
poisonous fog
electric forcefield
vicious hornets
dog-mutt cryptids
clock puzzle
tidal waves
urban tunnels
other tributes
This mini-game will start at 9am UTC 1 August, and end at the end of the challenge.
Books used for this mini-game must be finished during the period of the mini-game.
All books used in the mini get 5 points
Build Your Shelter Mini Challenge
Learn how to make the best shelter
Read books with the following MPG to create your shelter. Your team can read each genre a maximum of 3 times:
Non Fiction
-Specifically focused on survival in extreme conditions, wilderness survival, or emotional and psychological resilience.
Romance
- Use the bed sheets for a tent!
Science Fiction
- To gather some advanced materials for your shelter.
Historical Fiction
- So you can lay the foundations and learn from the past.
Mystery
- Enhancing your problem solving skills.
Thriller
- Create a camoflage and protect against the unknown.
Fantasy
- Enables you to use magical elements to strengthen your shelter.
Nature
- Use the nautural elements to survive in your shelter.
Contemporary
- These will give you new ideas for patterns and methods for creating your shelter.
Young Adult
- No shelter is awkward, and therefore complete, without a love triangle.
Literary Fiction
- You may need to take your time making a shelter, so this genre will help build your patience.
Crime
- They are out to kill you. Use this genre to build a shelter that is protective.
Horror
- Will help you be on alert and create natural alarm systems for your shelter.
Paranormal
- So you can communicate with with spirits and other entities to maintain peace in the shelter.
Create the walls
Create a series ladder for the walls by reading books in a series. You need 8 series book in order (which can include multiple of the same series but doesn't have to) to create each wall. Each series book must be a whole number for the wall.
You are creating up to 3 walls.
You can add in one .5 book (that meet the usual challenge requirements in terms of page count) per wall for windows. The window has to be in the run of the series numbers (you couldn't have 3.5 window in a wall made up of series #5 - #13). Windows have to be within the range of your wall, so if your wall is #2-9 then the window can't be either #1.5 or #9.5.
Example under spoiler:(view spoiler)
Now for the door
Steal shelter books from other teams to make your door.
(This means reading a book another team has already read for their 'shelter' category.)
Get creative about how their book would be a door.
Is it a brown cover and therefore you are using it for your wooden door?
Does it have a door on the cover? That's obvious and not so creative, but, hey it works.
Does it have a character who is a builder? Great - get them to build your door!
You will need 4 books to complete your door.
◈ Every book read, i.e. every task completed, is worth 5 points. Each book can be used for one task only.
◈ Books for tasks can be finished in any order. No need to complete each part in order to get the points.
◈ Books can be started at any point since the start of the Book Games challenge (May 15).
◈ Books need to be finished after the start of this mini challenge on July 1st 9am UTC
and before July 15th 9am UTC.
◈ Books used for this mini challenge do not need to be separate books from what you are claiming for your main tasks.
◈ The usual book length rules apply.
◈ Team spreadsheets will be updated with a mini challenge tab so that you can track your books and claim your points.
In order to succeed in the Arena you will need to battle with your competing District Tributes.
You have been matched with an opposition and will fight them twice (once in round 2 and once in round 3), switching who strikes first.
The fight will consist of parrying book titles back and forth, by matching the end of your opposing team's title with the start of your own. You can use or ignore articles at the start of the title. There must be an overlap of at least three letters.
Planning
To start the fight each pair will be spun a title by the Arena Masters. The first team must find a book with a title that overlaps by at least three letters, and declare their planned strike to their opposition team, who must then plan their riposte. Each team will plan out a maximum of 10 strikes each this way.
Books can be read in any language, but titles must be in English.
Note: planning must be completed within the first week, and you must NOT start reading any book until the second, fight, week.
Fighting
Once the fight phase starts each team simply reads their planned books!
There's no requirement to read them in the correct order, but if at the end of the week you have missed a planned strike then you will lose the battle, regardless of how many of the rest of the books you complete.
Supply Drops
Supply drops from your partner team can be used to provide ONE extension letter to help you make an overlap.
You can use either the first or last letter of your supply drop title to make the overlap work.
Supply drop books can be read during either of the two weeks, and may be started at any point during the challenge.
Points and Winning
Each team gets 5 bonus points for each completed strike
The winning team in each pair will get a further 5 bonus points
The winning team will be either:
- the team to make the last completed strike, if not all 20 books (across both teams) are read; or
- the team with the smallest number of overlap letters in their strikes, if all 20 books are read; or
- if there is a tie for number of overlap letters, a coin toss will be made by a neutral mod to decide the winner.
Example
Team A will strike first.
Their randomly assigned book title is Orphan Black.
Team A Strike 1: Blackwater (BLACK overlap, 5 letters)
Team B Strike 1: Terms and Conditions (TER overlap, 3 letters)
Team A Strike 2: Onset of Danger (ONS overlap, 3 letters)
Team B Strike 2: Anger (ANGER overlap, 5 letters)
Team A Strike 3: Gerald's Game (GER overlap, 3 letters)
Team B Strike 3: Me Before You PLUS a supply drop letter A (AME overlap, 3 letters)
Team A final total (of overlap letters) = 5 + 3 + 3 = 11 letters
Team B final total (of overlap letters) = 3 + 5 + 3 = 11 letters
Battle Pairings
District 1 & District 8
District 2 & The Capitol
District 3 & District 13
District 4 & District 12
District 5 & District 11
District 6 & District 10
District 7 & District 9
Timings
The first week in each of Round 2 and 3 shall be for planning your fight
The second week in each of Round 2 and 3 shall be for fighting your fight
In Round 2 Districts 1 - 7 will strike first
In Round 3 Districts 8 - The Capitol will strike first
Jun 07, 2024 05:51AM
Vicki wrote: "I can volunteer for DQ's or as a backup, but it would need to be June 18, 19, or 20 since I'll be on vacay prior to that."District????
How to Participate:The Audiobook Challenge is designed to not only help you to read your audiobooks, but to also find out about other great audiobooks from other challenge participants!
Though you may pop in/out at any time, the Audiobook Challenge will run on a monthly basis so you are able to see progress being made.
There are no minimum page requirements, and you can read abridged or unabridged audiobooks!
1. At the beginning of the month, post :
a: How many audiobooks in total you want to read for the month
b: How many audiobooks in the monthly category you want to read
c: Post the audiobooks (as you decide on them) by linking them to Goodreads in your post
2. During the month, read the audiobooks that you can AND update your post with your reviews. (You can do this after each book or wait until the end of the month.)
3. At the end of the month, update your post and with:
a: What books you read
b: Link(s) to your review(s) - note: can only be linked to Goodreads and not an external site
c: How many audiobooks you have read for this challenge this year
Then start a new post for the next month!
FORMAT YOU CAN COPY AND PASTE:
Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read:
Audiobooks in monthly category to read:
Books in category:
FINISHED
End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year:
Audiobooks in monthly category read:
MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):
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EXAMPLE : (under spoiler)(view spoiler)
~ Monthly Audiobook Challenge ~
Each month we will have a different theme of audiobook for you to listen to.
Read one, two, three, or thirty. Up to you! Just post at the start of the month which books you will read in the category, update through the month and post a link to your Goodreads review (no links to external sites).
Let's find some great audiobooks together!
Duration: Monthly
June 2024 Theme:
◈Go back in time
Books written in the 19th century (January 1, 1801 – December 31, 1900)
Sammy wrote: "Also, have I got it right that different teamies volunteering now has no effect on number of entries unless using extra entries from previous BOMs? No need to keep nagging people to volunteer for DQs then?"An experiment for this month. It rewards consistent participants more, but we'd be interested in views of if it's actually annoying to other players? Feedback to Mod account or Captains Group welcome - but NOT here!
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Feed Your Readers, the NetGalley Challenge
Duration: Monthly
How to Participate:
The NetGalley Challenge is designed to not only get you to read your NetGalley books, but to also advertise your reviews for others to see because after all, that's what NetGalley is all about.
Though you may pop in/out at any time, the NetGalley Challenge will run on a monthly basis so you are able to see progress being made.
1. At the beginning of the month, post any/all of the following:
a: How many books on your NetGalley shelf
b: What books are on your NG shelf
c: What your Netgalley feedback ratio is
2. During the month, read the NetGalley books that you can AND update your post with your reviews. (You can do this after each book or wait until the end of the month.)
3. At the end of the month, update your post and with:
a: What books you read
b: Link(s) to your review(s)**
c: Your updated shelf count
d: Your updated books to read
e: Your updated ratio
Then start a new post for the next month!
**When linking your reviews, please link only to the book(s) here at GoodReads. At this time, linking to a personal blog is not allowed. Thank you!
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