UNO Pixie’s Comments (group member since Feb 13, 2016)

UNO Pixie’s comments from the The Perks Of Being A Book Addict group.

Team Kirk's Dik-dik

Team Members:
❅ Gem - ZeroShelfControl - Captain
❅ Insiyah Rangwala - Co-Captain
❅ Alison
❅ Robin
❅ Laura
❅ Klare
❅ Andrea B
❅ Ingeborg
❅ Elle
❅ Mehrnoush


♕ Team Spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

❅ Shannon Mizzi

Team Honduran White Bat

Team Members:
❅ Shaw - Captain
❅ Bernadette Daniel - Co-Captain
❅ megan
❅ Dave Graybosch
❅ Gunit
❅ Nicole
❅ jodie
❅ Utkarsha
❅ Elizabeth Cooper


♕ Team Spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Team Ground Pangolin

Team Members:
❅ Veronica - Captain
❅ Mary C - Co-Captain
❅ Ashley Elig
❅ Sarah Skavnak
❅ maria helena
❅ Lucy
❅ Sarah Dubicki
❅ Hannah Erzberger


♕ Team Spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

❅ Kristen Joanne

Team Firework Jellyfish

Team Members:
❅ Judith - Captain
❅ Nanci Drum - Co-Captain
❅ Melanie
❅ Alejandra
❅ Trinia
❅ Val Lawrence
❅ Alissa
❅ Kat
❅ Tina


♕ Team Spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

❅ Amanda

Team Echidna

Team Members:
❅ Louise - Captain
❅ Gwen Landis - Co-Captain
❅ Ann
❅ DJ Ruby
❅ Alya
❅ Sana Zameer
❅ Jo
❅ Cindy
❅ Stephanie
❅ Preeti


♕ Team Spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

❅ Alex

Team Casper Octopus

Team Members:
❅ Mary - Captain
❅ Kylie - Co-Captain
❅ Tiffany Santiago - Co-Captain
❅ Jackie
❅ Kirsten
❅ Elisabeth Rose
❅ a Contradiction
❅ Nikki


♕ Team Spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

❅ Manjuu

Team Boatbill

Team Members:
❅ Sara Hollingsworth - Captain
❅ Denise Lauron - Co-Captain
❅ M
❅ Eli
❅ Filipa
❅ Alyssa
❅ Marie
❅ Andy
❅ Rosina


♕ Team Spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Team Blue-footed Booby

Team Members:
❅ Paulette - Captain
❅ Vanessa Menezes - Co-Captain
❅ Ivelisse Colon - Co-Captain
❅ Corina
❅ Abhipsa
❅ Lauren
❅ Dale Cruz
❅ Bella
❅ Faith
❅ Kristie


♕ Team Spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Team Blue Angel

Team Members:
❅ Deanna - Captain
❅ Zoe - Co-Captain
❅ Cat - Co-Captain
❅ Allison
❅ Namita
❅ Barbara
❅ Tara Peace
❅ Fantasia
❅ Renata


♕ Team Spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...


❅ Valeria

Team Bearcat

Team Members:
❅ Jenny Stephenson - Captain
❅ Angie ☯ Co-Captain
❅ Teddie
❅ Snowtulip
❅ Lauri Saplad
❅ Jessica Rela
❅ Haylie Garner
❅ Eni



♕ Team Spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

❅ Nathan Waters

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 (re-doing Skip card ; 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 Chill Factor (duplicating a coloured card)
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.

◈ This is a 3 month team challenge starting 1 February 2023

◈ At the end of the challenge 30 April 2023 the team with the most points wins!

◈ At the start of each month each team is given a minimum 14 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. (You can only skip one hand in a month)

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.




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 for any of the cards in that SAME hand (i.e. you are duplicating one of the cards in that same hand)

Wild draw four
Read a book that can fit for any of the coloured cards you have that month (i.e. you are duplicating one of your coloured cards. Each coloured card can only be duplicated once)

Coloured cards
Special coloured cards will be randomly provided each month. for these cards you need to read for the card number (as above) and the book must also have a coloured cover for the colour specified (blue, red, yellow or green)




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 book read to match a special Coloured card, the team gets 30 points
For each hand completed, the team gets a bonus 15 points




1. Anyone who has been replaced on a team in prior years due to not responding/playing (and did not let us know they had to leave the game) will not be placed on a team unless you first message this account with why this year will be different.

2. Anyone who has been replaced for two years will not be placed on a team.

3. The goodreads app is not useful for team challenges and it is recommended people only sign up if they have access to the desktop version (via a computer or by using a browser on their device and selecting the desktop version)

4. Teams communicate through the allocated team threads. No secret groups or using other platforms

5. Books must be more than 100 pages in length and Children's books, Graphic Novels, Manga, Cook Books, Plays and Poetry books can not be used unless by word count they can be verified as more than 25,000 words using arbookfind.com or more than 3 hours of audio using a reputable website (e.g. audible, overdrive)




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

Re-reads are ok provided it has been more than 6 months since last read

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UNO 2023 Starts on February 1, and sign ups will open in January (Keep notifications on for this thread as to when they open)

Can't wait to start playing?

Would you like to chat to other UNO addicts - trust me there are plenty of them!

Feel free to chat about everything and anything here :)

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Good introductory info:

📕 Name
📕 Team Challenge experience
📕 Have you joined UNO before?
📕 Favourite genres
📕 Book you can't wait to read in 2023

It's about this time of year we start to get questions...

So the answer is yes!

Uno will be back in 2023

Starts 1 Feb and more information and sign ups will be posted early-mid Jan

Congratulations!

The Dark Tower are winners of 2022 UNO!

Congratulations!

To all our wonderful members who played UNO this year.

The winners are ...

Team The Dark Tower

Team Members:
❅ Jenny Stephenson - Captain
❅ Angie ☯ - Co-Captain
❅ Judith
❅ Andrea Orjuela
❅ Sarah T
❅ Lauri Saplad
❅ Rosina
❅ Frederica

Please join us in congratulating them and we hope to see you in 2023!

Congratulations!

To all our wonderful members who played UNO this year.

The winners are ...

Team The Dark Tower

Team Members:
❅ Jenny Stephenson - Captain
❅ Angie ☯ - Co-Captain
❅ Judith
❅ Andrea Orjuela
❅ Sarah T
❅ Lauri Saplad
❅ Rosina
❅ Frederica

Please join us in congratulating them and we hope to see you in 2023!