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Interested in playing?
Fill out this SIGN UP FORM with a few details and we will start assigning teams towards the end of February.
If you have problems with the form, please let us know.
You can see if your form responses worked, and check out who else has signed up here
Perks UNO is back for another year, and we've made a few changes that we hope you will enjoy!Have you read all about the UNO Team Challenge and still have questions?
Post them here!
Current Points SpreadsheetNote: Current Points is only as up to date as the captains are at updating their spreadsheets
Some Captains update daily, others weekly, or somewhere in between!
Some only count points when hands are completed, others count points for all books as soon as read
So just use this as a guide as to where your team is up to :)
Only books STARTED after the challenge begins can count.The challenge starts on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 7pm AEDST (Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time). To see when this is in your time zone, use this countdown
Main cities, FYI:
Tokyo: 5pm, 1st March
London: 8am, 1st March
New York: 3am, 1st March
San Francisco: Midnight, 1st March
Interested in playing?
Teams have started to be assembled from 10th February, so sign-ups from here on in will be Reserve players. That means you won't be assigned to a team until we have some space on existing teams, or we get enough new players to form a new team.
Fill out this SIGN UP FORM
If you have problems with the form, please let us know.
You can see if your form responses worked, and check out who else has signed up here
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Captain's Duties
◈ Every month when the team gets their monthly UNO hands the Captain will need to work with the team to create a plan for how to read the hands. We will provide you with a spreadsheet to complete.
◈ We would expect the captains to track the teams books
◈ At the end of each month the Captain will need to check their teams books are marked as "read" and meet the page counts and submit their team's info to the moderator to have points confirmed
Example:
TEAM A is Karen, Kristie, Eric, Molly, Spot, Gemima, Tori, Isaac and Luke
Month 1
Using random.org , the mods assign the hands of:
1st hand
Reverse, 6, 4, 1, Skip, Wild, 1
2nd hand
9, 4, 2,Wild draw four, Draw Two, 3, 2
3rd hand
Wild draw four, 5, 0, Wild, 4, 9, Reverse
etc.
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The team must read books to complete hand 1, before they can get points for completing books in other hands. (OR they can choose to skip hand 1 completely to move to hand 2, but they get no points for hand one and no replacement hand)
At the start of the month the team knows some of the books they intend to read and they decide to allocate these as follows:
Hand One:
Reverse : Karen reads Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children as it has been read before by Kristie
6 Kristie reads Hot Six (Six in the title)
4 Eric reads Divergent (Character with a nickname of "four")
1 Kristie reads On the Edge (Title starts with O)
Skip Karen reads Cop Town (author name Karin)
Wild Gemima reads The Forgotten Garden (author name Kate)
1 Tori reads Unwind (book set in Ohio)
Hand one would then be complete. These books count towards hand two
Wild Draw Four Isaac reads Life of Pi
3 Luke reads The Hiding Place (title)
9 Molly reads Nowhere Ranch (title)
4 Spot reads The Gods of Gotham (author name Faye)
◈ Note: it is up to the teams how they divide up the cards to read across the team players. Just remember, you can only get points if a hand is completed, and in order.
So, if you complete all of hand 1, some of hand 2, and all of hand 3, you will only get points for hand 1 and the books read of hand 2.
~Perks UNO Team Challenge~
About this team challenge
◈ This is a 3 month team challenge starting 1 March 2016
◈ At the end of the challenge 31 May 2015 the team with the most points wins!
◈ At the start of each month each team is given a minimum 12 hands of 7 "UNO" cards
◈ The idea is to "play" each hand for points. It is up to the team how many "hands" they can get through in the month, but they must play one hand completely before being able to get points for the next
◈ The team can choose to skip an entire hand to get to the next one, but they are not given a replacement hand
UNO Cards
From Wikipedia
The deck consists of 108 cards, of which there are twenty-five of each color (red, green, blue, and yellow), each color having two of each rank except zero. The ranks in each color are zero to nine, "Skip", "Draw Two" and "Reverse" (the last three of these being classified as "action cards"). In addition, the deck contains four each of "Wild" and "Wild Draw Four" cards.
◈◈◈Perks UNO cards◈◈◈
O (Zero)
Read a book that:
- has a 0 or Zero in the title
- has a title starting with Z
- has an author first name or surname starts with Z
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with Z
- is set in a place name starting with Z
- is a "stand-alone" book (i.e. not part of a series)
1 (One)
Read a book that:
- has a 1 or One in the title
- has a title starting with O
- has an author first name or surname starts with O
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with O
- is set in a place name starting with O
- is book 1 in a series
2 (Two)
Read a book that:
- has a 2 or Two in the title
- has a title starting with T
- has an author first name or surname starts with T
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with T
- is set in a place name starting with T
- is book 2 in a series
3 (Three)
Read a book that:
- has a 3 or Three in the title
- has a title starting with H
- has an author first name or surname starts with H
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with H
- is set in a place name starting with H
- is book 3 in a series
4 (Four)
Read a book that:
- has a 4 or Four in the title
- has a title starting with F
- has an author first name or surname starts with F
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with F
- is set in a place name starting with F
- is book 4 in a series
5 (Five)
Read a book that:
- has a 5 or Five in the title
- has a title starting with I
- has an author first name or surname starts with I
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with I
- is set in a place name starting with I
- is book 5 in a series
6 (Six)
Read a book that:
- has a 6 or Six in the title
- has a title starting with S
- has an author first name or surname starts with S
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with S
- is set in a place name starting with S
- is book 6 in a series
7 (Seven)
Read a book that:
- has a 7 or Seven in the title
- has a title starting with V
- has an author first name or surname starts with V
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with V
- is set in a place name starting with V
- is book 7 in a series
8 (Eight)
Read a book that:
- has an 8 or Eight in the title
- has a title starting with E
- has an author first name or surname starts with E
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with E
- is set in a place name starting with E
- is book 8 in a series
9 (Nine)
Read a book that:
- has a 9 or Nine in the title
- has a title starting with N
- has an author first name or surname starts with N
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with N
- is set in a place name starting with N
- is book 9 in a series
Skip
Read a book that:
- has a title starting with K or P
- has an author first name or surname starts with K or P
- has a character with a first name, surname or nickname starting with K or P
- is set in a place name starting with K or P
OR you can choose to "skip" reading a book for this cards (and get no points for this card)
Draw 2
Use the same book for two cards in this hand (and get points for both cards)
Reverse
One member of your team must read a book another team member has already read
Wild
Read a book that can fit any of the requirements for cards 0-9
Wild draw four
Read any book!
◈◈◈Points◈◈◈
For each book read to match a 0-9 card, the team gets 20 points
For each book read to match a Skip or Reverse, the team gets 25 points
For each book read to match a wild or Wild draw four card the team gets 30 points
For each hand completed, the team gets a bonus 15 points
IMPORTANT
-Books must be more than 100 pages in length and Children's books and Graphic Novels can not be used unless by word count they can be verified as more than 25,000 words using arbookfind.com
-Only books STARTED after March 1 count for this challenge
Note
For book titles starting with an article (A/An/The), the article can be ignored or used. So The Hiding Place, for example, could be used as title starting with T or H
Well done everyone and Happy New Year!Our January read-a-thon thread is now open here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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IT'S A PERKS CONNECTED READ-A-THON
As a group let's see what we can read in the month of January and have a Read-A-Thon with a twist!
How this works...
* Each book needs to "connect" to the last one posted
* "Connects" can be based on by genre, author, title, character names, colour of cover, same award won or number of pages
* As soon as you have a book that you have read in Sept 2015 that can connect to the last one, post it with the reasons it "connects" and the running tally for you, and for the group for the month, and let's see how many books we can read and connect in the month!
EXAMPLE
Post 1:
Kristie posts:
Mr. MercedesKristie's tally - 1 book
Perks Group tally - 1 book
Post 2:
Karen Posts
The Girl Who Saved the King of SwedenConnected by: "King" (author and then title)
Karen's tally: 1 book
Perks group tally: 2 books
Post 3:
Kristie posts:
The Girl with the Dragon TattooConnected by: Cover colour is yellow
Kirstie's tally: 2 books
Perks group tally: 3 books
.... hopefully you get the idea....
NOTE: You can read any book of any length, children's books and graphic novels also count. Please just remember to check the tally of the book ahead of you and add up the tally as you post
Books need to be marked as "read" between Jan 1 and Jan 30, 2016. (It doesn't matter when you started)
Word ListThanks to: https://myvocabulary.com/word-list/ch...
A) Adeste Fideles, Advent, Angel, Appreciation, Aroma, Artificial tree, Assemble, Awe
B) Baking, Balsam, Beauty, Bells, Belonging, Bethlehem, Birth, Blessings, Blitzen, Boughs, Bows, Boxes, Boxing Day, Buche de Noel
C) Camels, Candles, Candy canes, Cards, Caring, Caroler, Carols, Carve, Catalyst, Celebrate, Celebration, Ceremony, Charity, Child, Children, Chimney, Chocolate, Christian, Christmas, Christmas cookies, Christmas Eve, Christmas past/future, Church, Cloves, Coal, Comet, Comfort, Communication, Community, Companionship, Cornucopia, Cranberries, Creche, Crowds
D) Dancer, Dancing, Dasher, December, Decoration(s), Dolls, Donations, Donner, Dreidel, Duck
E) Ebenezer Scrooge, Efforts, Eggnog, Elves, Email, Embrace, Emmanuel, Entertain, Entertainment, Epiphany, Eve, Evergreens, Exchange, Expectations, Expensive
F) Faith, Familiar, Family, Father Christmas, Feast, Fervor, Festival, Festive, Fireplace, Flat-bread, Forgiveness, Frankincense, Freedom, Friends, Friendship, Frosty the Snowman, Fruitcake
G) Garland, Gather, Gathering, Generations, Ghost of Christmas past, Gifts, Gingerbread, Gold, Goodwill, Goose, Gourmet, Grace, Gratitude, Gravy, Greenery, Greens, Greetings, Grinch, Groups, Guests
H) Ham, Hanukkah, Hard sauce, Harvest, Heart, Heartland, Heavenly, Heritage, Holding hands, Holiday, Holly, Holy, Home, Homeward, Hope, Host, Hostess, Hugs, Humility, Hymns
I) Icicles, Illumination, Infant, Inn, Innocence, Invitations, Ivy
J) Jack Frost, Jack-in-the-box, Jesus Christ, Jingle bells, Jolly, Journey, Joy, Joyful
K) Karamu, Kibbe (Lebanese dish of cracked wheat, Kinara, King Wenselaus, Kisses, Kris Kringle, Kwanzaa
L) Laughter, Lighting, Lights, Lists, Little Drummer Boy, Love
M) Magi, Mail, Majesty, Manger, Mantle, Meat and spices, Memories, Menorah, Merry, Messages, Midnight, Mincemeat, Minister, Miracle, Miraculous, Mistletoe, Mittens, Mosque, Mrs. Claus (Jessica), Music, Music box, Myrrh, Myths
N) Nativity, Network, Nocturnal, Noel, North Pole, Nostalgia, Nutcrackers, Nutmeg, Nuts
O) Observance, Occasion, Ornament, Oven
P) Packages, Pageant, Pageantry, Parade, Partridge, Party, Patriotism, Peace, Phone calls, Pies, Pixie, Plum pudding, Poinsettia, Popcorn string, Post office, Prancer, Prayer, Presents, Pride, Priest, Priorities, Proclaim, Program, Pumpkin pie, Punch, Purity
Q) Quality, Quantity, Questions, Quince pie, Quirky
R) Rabbi, Ramadan, Reconciliation, Reflection, Refuge, Reindeer, Rejoice, Relationship(s), Relatives, Religion, Religious, Reminiscence, Resolutions, Reunions, Reveal, Revel, Reverence, Ribbons, Ritual, Rooftop, Roots, Rudolph
S) Sack, Sacred, Saint Nicholas, Sanctuary, Santa Claus, Sauce, Savior, Scents, Scrooge, Scrumptious, Season, Secular, Sending, Sharing, Shepherd, Shock, Shopping, Silver bells, Sled, Sleigh, Sleigh bells, Snow, Snowman, Songs, Spices, Spirit, Stable, Stand, Star, Star of David, Stocking stuffer, Stockings, Stress, Stuffing, Sugar plums, Sundown, Surprises, Sustenance, Symbol, Symbolism, Synagogue
T) Teddy bear, Temple, Tenderness, Tension, Texts, Thankful, Thanks, The Nutcracker Ballet, Three Kings Day, Tidings, Tinkling, Tinsel, Tiny Tim, Toboggan, Toys, Tradition(s), Train, Tranquility, Travel, Tree, Trimmings, Trips, Trust, Tug, Turkey, Twinkling, Typical
U) Understanding, Unify, Universal, Unwrap
V) Vacation, Values, Vanilla, Venison, Vixen, Volunteer(s)
W) Walnuts, Wassail, Wenceslaus, Whimsy, Winter, Wise Men, Wishes, Wonder, Wonderland, Workshop, Worship, Worshiper, Wrapping, Wreath
X) Xmas
Y) Yorkshire pudding, Youth, Yule log, Yuletide
Z) Zesty
IT'S A PERKS CHRISTMAS READ-A-THON
As a group let's see what we can read in the month of December and have a Read-A-Thon with a twist!
How this works...
* Each book needs to "connect" to Christmas. We have provided a list of words (in the next post) for you to chose from
* For each unique word you connect to through the month, give yourself 10 points.
* If you can’t connect it to one of our words, but have a different way to connect to Christmas, that’s ok, just give yourself 5 points.
* If you connect to a word you have already connected to, give yourself 5 points
* You can give yourself points for a maximum of five words per book
* As soon as you have a book that you have read in December 2015 that can connect to a Christmas word, post it with the reasons it "connects" and the running points tally for you, and for the group for the month, and let's see how many books we can read and connect in the month!
* The person with the most points at the end of the month will be crowned our December Connector! (no prizes, but lots of congratulations ;)
EXAMPLE
Post 1:
Kristie posts:
Everything, EverythingConection:
"Belonging" (the M.C has a need to belong)
"Family" (the M.C has a strong bond with her mother who is her only family)
"Love" (the M.C falls in love for the first time)
Kristie's tally – 30 points
Perks Group tally - 1 book
Post 2:
Karen Posts
American GodsConnected by: "Religion"
Karen's tally: 10 points
Perks group tally: 2 books
Post 3:
Kristie posts:
Ruby RedConnected by: "Family"
Kirstie's tally: 35 points (30 from first post and 5 points for this one as has already used the word)
Perks group tally: 3 books
Post 4:
Karen posts:
A Field of PoppiesConnected by: I can’t find a word to connect to, but I’m sure poppies bloom in December! (5 points)
Karen's tally: 15 points
Perks group tally: 4 books
.... hopefully you get the idea....
NOTE: Books should be at least 100 pages or 25,000 words for children's books (check at arbookfind.com) to count.
Please just remember to check the group tally of the book ahead of you and add up the tally as you post
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IT'S A PERKS ALPHABET READ-A-THON
As a group let's see what we can read in the month and have a Read-A-Thon with a twist!
How this works...
* Each book needs to follow the alphabet from the last one posted
* The Alphabet letter can be based on by genre, author, title, character names, narrator etc.
* As soon as you have a book that you have read in August 2015 that can connect to the last one, post it with the reasons it follows the alphabet and the running tally for you, and for the group for the month, and let's see how many books we can read and connect in the month!
EXAMPLE
Post 1:
Kristie posts:
A
Artemis Fowl (Title)
Kristie's tally - 1 book
Perks Group tally - 1 book
Post 2:
Karen Posts
B
Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris (character Bobo Winthrop)
Karen's tally: 1 book
Perks group tally: 2 books
Post 3:
Kristie posts:
C
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (title and author)
Kirstie's tally: 2 books
Perks group tally: 3 books
.... hopefully you get the idea....
NOTE: You can read any book of any length, children's books and graphic novels also count. Please just remember to check the tally of the book ahead of you and add up the tally as you post
Books need to be marked as "read" between November 1 and November 30 2015. (It doesn't matter when you started)
Just a heads-up that October will be a halloween read-a-thon.Details here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Words
A-H
Afraid Cat Deadly Games
Apples Chocolate Deathly Ghost
Asylum Cauldron Decaying Ghoul
Autumn Cemetery Demon Gloomy
Axe Chilling Devil Goblins
Bats Cloak Dracula Goosebumps
Beware Clowns Enchantment Grave
Bewitched Cobwebs Evil Graveyard
Bitter Coffin Eyeballs Grim Reaper
Black Cold Fangs Grisly
Black cat Corpse Fear Groans
Blood Costume Party Films Gruesome
Boils Creaking Fog Hair Raising
Bones Creepy Footsteps Halloween
Boo Crow Frankenstein Haunted
Broom Curse Freak Hell
Broomstick Danger Frightening Hocus Pocus
Candles Dark Frogs Horror
Candy Dead Full moon Howling
I-Z
Incantation Phantom Silence Tomb Stone
Jack O Lantern Poison Sinister Trapped
labyrinth Poltergeist Skeleton Treat
Lightning Possessed Skulls Trees
Magic Potions Slime Trick
Masks Pumpkin Souls Undead
Midnight Quiver Spells Unusual
Mist Rats Spiders Vampire
Moans Rattling Spirits Vile
Monster Raven Spook Warlock
Moon Rituals Storms Warts
Movies Rotting Strange Werewolves
Mummies Ruins Supernatural Whispers
Nightmare Scary Sweets Wicked
Noises Screaming Terror Witch
October Scythe Threatening Wolves
Owls Secluded Thrill Woods
Panic Shadows Thunder Yelling
Paranormal Shrieking Toads Zombies
IT'S A PERKS HALLOWEEN READ-A-THON
As a group let's see what we can read in the month of Octoberand have a Read-A-Thon with a twist!
How this works...
* Each book needs to "connect" to Halloween. We have provided a list of words (in the next post) for you to chose from
* For each unique word you connect to through the month, give yourself 10 points.
* If you can’t connect it to one of our words, but have a different way to connect to Halloween, that’s ok, just give yourself 5 points.
* If you connect to a word you have already connected to, give yourself 5 points
* As soon as you have a book that you have read in October2015 that can connect to a Halloween word, post it with the reasons it "connects" and the running points tally for you, and for the group for the month, and let's see how many books we can read and connect in the month!
* The person with the most points at the end of the month will be crowned our October Connector! (no prizes, but lots of congratulations ;)
EXAMPLE
Post 1:
Kristie posts:
Mr. MercedesConection: “Horror” (genre)
Kristie's tally – 10 points
Perks Group tally - 1 book
Post 2:
Karen Posts
The Graveyard BookConnected by: "Graveyard” (title)
Karen's tally: 10 points
Perks group tally: 2 books
Post 3:
Kristie posts:
The Girl with the Dragon TattooConnected by: The main character, Lisbeth, is pretty scary
Kirstie's tally: 20 points
Perks group tally: 3 books
Post 4:
Karen posts:
A Field of PoppiesConnected by: I can’t find a word to connect to, but I’m sure poppies bloom in October! (5 points)
Karen's tally: 15 points
Perks group tally: 4 books
.... hopefully you get the idea....
NOTE: Books should be at least 100 pages or 25,000 words for children's books (check at arbookfind.com) to count.
Please just remember to check the group tally of the book ahead of you and add up the tally as you post
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