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

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

Tips to prepare for sign up

* Think about how many books you can read in a month.

There is no benefit in UNO to under-estimate because each team has a fixed number of books to read each month. It is best to be as accurate as you can so that your team doesn't finish the month early and then is bored for a week!. Have a look at what you read over the last 3 months, or for previous players what you read over last UNO.
Do not give us a range. We need a whole number. If you give a range (e.g. 6-10) we will arbitrarily change it to a whole number

* Do you want to be in a "chatty" team?

Consider your interaction on Goodreads. Do you want to log in at least every other day? If so you may want to select your preference for a "chatty team".
If you can only commit to checking the team once per week, a chatty team is not for you.
If you don't think you can make it onto Goodreads once per week (even if you haven't read anything) then UNO is not for you.

* Set up your UNO Shelf.

This helps your team captains check your books, and is also quite cool later when you want to see what you have read in UNO over the years. Goodreads help explains how to add a new shelf if you haven't done it before here

YOUR USER NAME IS VERY IMPORTANT

every year we have sign-ups that don't get this right. If you do not enter it correctly, we can not find you, which means you won't be placed on a team.

To find your user name:,
1. go to the desktop version of Goodreads. This means use a web browser on your tablet/phone/computer to go to www.goodeads.com
2. (sign in if required) Look at the top right hand side and you will see the far right circle that is your profile picture. Click on it, and then select "profile"
3. What you now see in the URL bar is not www.goodeads.com but instead your profile name. For example, this Pixie account shows www.goodreads.com/user/show/52624155-...
This means my user name is 52624155-uno-pixie
4. In the sign up form you will be asked to enter the number and the name separately (this helps with our formulas and to make sure people enter this information correctly). So my number would be 52624155 and my name would be uno-pixie





Fill out this SIGN UP FORM
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...
with a few details and we will start assigning teams the second last week of January. You will need to "check in" to your team thread by January 25 or you will be replaced
If you have problems with the form, please let us know.
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SPECIAL NOTE: If you signed up last year, but were replaced because the captain did not hear from you, or you withdrew from the challenge, you will need to send a message to the Pixie account as to what has changed this year. Your sign up will get flagged and you will not be placed in a team unless you message us first.
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You can see if your form responses worked, and check out who else has signed up Here
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

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◈ 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

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 2022

◈ At the end of the challenge 30 April 2022 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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Full details on points are on the tracking spreadsheethere

Team Ranking			Points
Back to the Future		9,590
Flashdance			9,540
Blue Velvet			9,535
The Lost Boys			9,510
Ghostbusters			9,505
Labyrinth			9,505
Beetlejuice			9,490
Top Gun				9,450
Who Framed Roger Rabbit		9,450
E.T.				9,440
Ferris Bueller's Day Off	9,440
Willow				9,435
The Princess Bride		9,430
Aliens				9,420
Gremlins			9,420
Fame				9,395
Driving Miss Daisy		9,385
Mystic Pizza			9,385
Die Hard			9,375
When Harry met Sally		9,350
Terminator			9,340
Dirty Dancing			9,330
The Breakfast Club		9,320
Never Say Never Again		9,315
Raiders of the Lost Arc		9,310
Blade Runner			9,305
Sixteen Candles			9,290
Stand by Me			9,265
Pretty in Pink			9,210

Congrats to all our teams who were able to complete all their hands and mini challenges, we are so impressed!!.

And a Big Congrats to our overall winners with 9590 points .....

Team Back to the Future

Team Members:
❅ Annalisa - Captain
❅ Sunny Co-Captain
❅ Deeksha
❅ Ashley Reindeau
❅ Faith
❅ Nirmeen
❅ Melissa Mcmahon
❅ Michael McMahan
❅ Komal
❅ Shannon
❅ Elise
❅ Maddy

reserved

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Questions?

Ask your captains. We have a dedicated thread in the captains group for FAQ so they will either have the answer or can get it for you :)

                     

Pump Up the Volume! And get your flashy (pink) accessories ready! April Mini Challenge

This is an optional mini challenge for our UNO players. This month we are going to go through life as a teenager in the 80s.

Do you remember the fashion and the gadgets? Those really bright colours? *grin*

As a team, you need to read for the specified tasks that have been given to you. Some have to be done, others are optional but will gain your team more points.

◈ Your team has to complete 38 main tasks.
◈ For each completed task, your team will receive 10 points.
◈ For completing these 38 tasks, your team will receive 30 bonus points.
◈ There are 21 additional optional tasks.
◈ For each completed additional task, your team will receive 10 points.
◈ These optional tasks do not award a completion bonus.
◈ Tasks (main and/or optinoal) do not have to be read in order.


                              


◈ Books can be started at any point since the start of the UNO challenge (Feb 1)
◈ Books need to be finished after the start of this mini challenge on April 15, 9am UTC (countdown is here) and before May 1 at 9am UTC (when the UNO challenge unfortunately ends).


◈ Books used for this mini challenge do not need to be separate books for what you are claiming for your UNO hands.
◈ 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.


                        

CONGRATS, TEAM FERRIS!

Jump into the Ferrari and take the day off! :)

You have earned full points (45 + 30) for the artists/songs guessing game.

CONGRATS, TEAM HARRY & SALLY!

You Did It! :)

You have earned full points (45 + 30) for the artists/songs guessing game.

CONGRATS, TEAM TERMINATOR!

You have successfully accomplished the mission you were sent back for from the Future! :)

You have earned full points (45 + 30) for the artists/songs guessing game.

CONGRATS, TEAM STAND BY ME!

You musical journey has come to an end. :)

You have earned full points (45 + 30) for the artists/songs guessing game.

Only books STARTED after the challenge begins can count.

April Countdown

****IMPORTANT****
Due to daylight savings starting/finishing in different countries, your time may be different to what it was last month.

April starts on Thursday April 1, 2021 at 9am UTC time. To see when this starts, use this countdown

Main cities, FYI:

Thursday 1 April 2021
San Francisco 2am
London 10am
New York 5am
Mumbai 2.30pm
Tokyo 6pm
Sydney 8pm

Check out other cities here

PS: This means your April hands have been added to your sheets! Have at them!

CONGRATS, TEAM DIE HARD!

The spirit of the 80s music never dies! :)

You have earned full points (45 + 30) for the artists/songs guessing game.

CONGRATS, TEAM RAIDERS!

You have secured the Ark. :)

You have earned full points (45 + 30) for the artists/songs guessing game.

CONGRATS, TEAM NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN!

Grab your vodka martinis, shaken, not stirred! :)

You have earned full points (45 + 30) for the artists/songs guessing game.

CONGRATS, TEAM E.T.!

You are on your way home!

You have earned full points (45 + 30) for the artists/songs guessing game.

CONGRATS, TEAM ALIENS!

You have vanquished the enemy with the power of the 80s music!

You have earned full points (45 + 30) for the artists/songs guessing game.