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Angela wrote: "I hope I have everyone's posts correct. Let me know if I am missing you. Thanks everyone!!" The points I claimed for Rolls 1 and 2 in message 176 aren't listed.
Updated Post # 41:
Current Running Total: 84 Points
Roll # 3 - Completed 18/11/2012 for: SM Straight by Rating(30 Points)
Book 1: Drink Deep by Chloe Neill
Book 2: City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
Book 3: Biting Cold by Chloe Neill
Turn 2
Roll #4:
1. 6-3-5-6-6 (Keeping 6's)
2. 4-2 (Roll Again)
3. 6-2
Going for: 4 of a Kind(26 Points)
Book 1: TBD
Book 2: TBD
Book 3: TBD
Book 4: TBD
Roll #5:
1. 6-6-2-4-6 (Keeping 2,4,6)
2. 3-5
Going for: Long Straight(40 Points)
Book 1: TBD
Book 2: TBD
Book 3: TBD
Book 4: TBD
Roll #6:
1. 6-3-1-6-6 (Keeping 6's)
2. 5-4 (Roll Again)
3. 3-4
Going for: 3 of a Kind(25 Points)
Book 1: TBD
Book 2: TBD
Book 3: TBD
Danielle wrote: "Angela wrote: "I hope I have everyone's posts correct. Let me know if I am missing you. Thanks everyone!!" The points I claimed for Rolls 1 and 2 in message 176 aren't listed."
Thanks Danielle...I will add you now! Sorry about that.
I made an update in post 200 but forgot to post that I now have 38pts after finishing my 4's. I'm using posts 61 & 62 to keep track of my turns.
YAHTZEE CHALLENGE DATE: 11/1/12 to 10/31/13~ Upper Section: BOOKS READ: 2/6
ONES:
TWOS:
THREES:
FOURS:
FIVES:
SIXES:
OR
LOWER SECTION: DONE (3 out of 3 = 30 POINTS)
Turn 1 ~ SM. STRAIGHT(30 points): (Books 1-3 of the Southern Vampires Series/Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris)
Turn #2 ~ LG. STRAIGHT: DONE (4 out of 4 = 40 points) : (Books 4-7 of the Southern Vampires Series/Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris);
YAHTZEE(score 50 points): Read ANY 5 books of your choice
CHANCE: Read a book with the word "chance" in it or two books with an author with a starting letter in their last name using the word CHANCE
"E" & "H" in Chance
1) Thread of Death by Jennifer Estep (Done 1/18)
2) Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper. (Done 1/21)
Turn #4 ~ 3 OF A KIND: Authors last name beginning with S”: DONE (21 points)
1)
2)
3)
Turn #11: 4 OF A KIND(add total of all dice):
1) The Love of My (Other) Life by Traci L. Slatton
2) The Darkest Whisper by Gena Showalter
3) Thoughtless by S.C. Stephens
4) The Renfield Syndrome by J.A. Saare
Turn #5 ~ FULL HOUSE: (25 points)
New to Me Author #1:
New to Me Author #2:
Goodreads Author #1:
Goodreads Author #2:
Goodreads Author #3:
My Rolls (Courtesy of Angela)
Turn #1
2-3-6-1-4 (keeping 1,2,3,4)
1-2-3-4-2 (keeping same)
1-2-3-4-2 (Sm. Straight or TWOS)
Turn #2
5-3-5-6-4 (keeping 3,4,5,6)
3-4-5-6-2 (LG Straight)
Turn #3
2-3-1-5-6 (keeping the 1)
1-5-2-3-3 (keeping the 3's)
3-3-5-1-2 (this is a crappy roll, so you could use your THREES or your ONES, or CHANCE.)
Turn #4
5,2,3,5,4 (still need THREE OF A KIND FOUR OF A KIND and your FIVES, we will be keeping those and rolling three dice this time)
5,5,1,1,4 (already using your ONES so we could go for a FULL HOUSE, so I am going to roll three dice again)
5,5,5,2,4 (This is your final roll and I would use THREE OF A KIND because it is a high score=21)
Turn #5
3-3-2-6 (keeping 3's)
3-3-3-4-5 (keeping 3's)
3-3-3-4-4 (FULL HOUSE) Either 3 Goodread Authors and New to Me 2 Authors or 2 Goodread Authors and 3 New to Me Authors (25 points).
Turn #6
First Roll: 5 - 2 - 3 - 5 – 5 (Keeping the 5’s)
Second Roll: (5 - 5 – 5) - 2 – 2 (Putting both back)
Third Roll: (5 - 5 – 5) - 6 – 5 (Final Numbers)
~Playing Fives (5 word title)~ 20 points
Turn #7
Roll 1: 6-3-3-2-6 (keeping 6,6)
Roll 2: 5-1-6 (keeping 6--for 6,6,6)
Roll 3: 3-6 (final: 3-6-6-6-6)
~Read a Book with a 6 word Title for 24 points
Turn #8
Roll 1: 4-3-5-3-3 (keeping 3,3,3)
Roll 2: 2-2 (keeping 3's again)
Roll 3: 6-1 (final: 6-1-3-3-3)
~Read a Book with a 3 word Title for 9 points
Turn #9:
Roll 1: 2-6-5-4-1 (roll again)
Roll 2: 1-1-1-6-6 (keeping 1's)
Roll 3: 6-1 (final: 2-2-1-1-1)
~Playing Twos (2 word title)~ 4 points
Turn #10:
Roll 1: 1-3-6-5-2 (kept 2-3-5-6)
Roll 2: 2 (roll again)
Roll 3: 6 (final: 2-3-5-6-6)
~Playing Chance (Books TBA)~ 22 points
Turn #11:
Roll 1: 4-6-2-5-2 (keeping 2, 2)
Roll 2: 2-4-6 ( keeping 2's--2,2,2)
Roll 3: 2-6 (final: 2-2-2-2-6)
Going for 4 of a kind
Enziwani are you reading books for sections before you roll for them? By the rolls you have posted it looks like you should only have read for 3 of the sections. But you have 8 sections dated and crossed out as read.
Updated Post 70I completed my Full House for 25 Points.
*Roll #1:
1. 5-6-4-1-2 (Keep 5-4-1-2)
2. 5-4-4-1-2 (Keep 4-4)
3. 2-2-4-4-4
(Goodreads Authors)
Book 2:The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch (11/17/12)*****
(New to Me Authors)
Mary wrote: "Enziwani are you reading books for sections before you roll for them? By the rolls you have posted it looks like you should only have read for 3 of the sections. But you have 8 sections dated and..."I wish what you are saying made sense to me, but it doesn't. I thought the 3 rolls of the dice in the beginning determined the numbers already.
Do i need to re-roll or something?
Can you explain what i am doing wrong? I finally thought I was getting the hang of this game.
Any help would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks
Ezi - each roll (ie. set of 3) of the dice equals one turn. Each turn needs to link to one book or set of books to be read.So for your first turn you need to choose either one book in the first section for the 'two's' or a small straight (3 books).
Turn two is a large straight so you would need to read four books for that.
Turn 3 you need to choose one of the options given: either read one book for either the 'obe's' or 'three's' in the top section or use the chance in the lower section.
Once you have completed these three turns you would need to roll the dice again to determine what to read next.
I hope this helps a little...
@belinda...That sounds like exactly what I did. Angela rolled for me and I chose
1) small straight
2) large straight
3) the top section
Right?
Thanks
Ezi
@ Ezi: For turn 3 you needed to choose one part of the section, not the whole section. Ie. choose to read the part for three's or the part for one's. Each title in any given section is a separate 'challenge', meaning that there are six separate turns (or rolls) for the top section. Does that make more sense?
I just noticed that I spelled your name wrong. Sorry about that.
Ezi: you need a minimum of 13 Turns (3 rolls per turn) to finish the game. She said we could have 1 redo roll before we had to fill in a 0 and lose one of the turns. So if you do a roll that you can't make fit into one of your still open categories you can dump that roll and go again. But only once per game. If you use your 1 redo roll and get another roll that you can't make fit then you take a 0 for something. So for the game you need:
Each turn involves up to 3 rolls of the 5 dice.
Top Section turns: 6
Bottom Section turns: 7
Total Turns: 13
Ezi: I only rolled for you three times, which means you can only complete three of the thirteen tasks. Once you are finished with a task you can roll again. I have you completing the SMALL STRAIGHT/ LG STRAIGHT task as of now.For the third one you can use THREES/ONES/or CHANCE.
alright ladies. Since I am still in laa-laa land, I think I will watch you all, and see if the game makes more sense to me. If I get the hang of it, then I will join in again next month.
You are doing fine, just a bit confused on the rolls. Let me know which book you want to use for your third roll(I would personally use ONES) and I will roll for you again and help along the way.
Angela wrote: "You are doing fine, just a bit confused on the rolls. Let me know which book you want to use for your third roll(I would personally use ONES) and I will roll for you again and help along the way."I feel bad. I don't want to create more work for you guys than necesarry.
but I would like to learn. I will go to the internet and read about the game.
RE: your offer
I think I would like to use Venomby Jennifer Estep for my 3rd roll. I would like to follow your recommendation and use the ONES---(just make sure to explain what that means once you roll, LOL).
Since you already finished a book for the ONES, I would use that. You can keep that crossed off and uncross all the others (2-6). I will roll again for you in a bit :)! BTW no worries, you will get the hang of it!!
FOR EZI:TURN #4
5,2,3,5,4 (This is your first roll and since you still need THREE OF A KIND FOUR OF A KIND and your FIVES, we will be keeping those and rolling three dice this time)
5,5,1,1,4 (Second roll, you already using your ONES so we could go for a FULL HOUSE but if you do not get that then you would be stuck using your FIVES and 10 is not a very high score for FIVES, so I am going to roll three dice again)
5,5,5,2,4 (This is your final roll and I would use THREE OF A KIND because it is a high score=21)
If you choose to use a THREE OF A KIND, you would need to read THREE books by any author but must have the same letter in the beginning of their last name (for example if I choose A: Megan Abbott, Cecelia Aheren, or Dorothy Allison or can read all books by same author)
OR if you use your fives, you would be reading ONE book with a five word title or the word five in the title or the fifth book in a series. Your total would be 15.
You can only choose ONE option for this roll and you will not be able to use any of the books that you already listed above.
Angela wrote: "FOR EZI:TURN #4
5,2,3,5,4 (This is your first roll and since you still need THREE OF A KIND FOUR OF A KIND and your FIVES, we will be keeping those and rolling three dice this time)
5,5,1,1,4 (S..."
Thank you Angela!!!!!
My 4th Roll (Courtesy of Angela):
3 OF A KIND: Authors last name beginning with S” (Going for 21 points)
Read: 1 of 3
1)
2) The Bite Before Christmas by Lynsay Sands
3) The Darkest Pleasure by Gena Showalter
No problem at all but you need to have authors that have the same letter in the last name. I'm sorry :(
Angela wrote: "No problem at all but you need to have authors that have the same letter in the last name. I'm sorry :("Revised!!
Woo Hoo. I'm off to the races
Ezinwanyi wrote: "Angela wrote: "No problem at all but you need to have authors that have the same letter in the last name. I'm sorry :("Revised!!
Woo Hoo. I'm off to the races"
Let me know when you are ready for your next roll! I am going to keep a Yahtzee card here with your name on it! :)
EZINWANYI's CARDUpper Section:
ONES:COMPLETED 1 pt
TWOS:Read a book with a two word title or the word two in the title
THREES:Read a book with a three word title or the word three in the title
FOURS:Read a book with a four word title or the word four in the title
FIVES:Read a book with a five word title or the word five in the title COMPLETED 20 pts
SIXES:Read a book with a six word title or the word six in the titleCOMPLETED 24 pts
(For this section you can also use books in a series. Also certain variation of the number is fine: so for 2:two, twice, second)
When scoring add only the dice picked. So I use my 5's but I only got 3, after I read the five word titled book, I will give myself 15 points.
TOTAL SCORE: 45
BONUS: ADD 35 points if score is over 63 points
TOTAL: 45
LOWER SECTION:
3 OF A KIND(add total of all dice):COMPLETED 21 pts
4 OF A KIND(add total of all dice):same rules as 3 of a kind but with four books
FULL HOUSE(25 points):Read two books by GR authors and three books by new authors/or their first book written (you can also flip this:two books by new authors and three by GR authors)COMPLETED
SM. STRAIGHT(30 points):COMPLETED
LG. STRAIGHT(40 points):COMPLETED
YAHTZEE(score 50 points):Read ANY 5 books of your choice
CHANCE:Read a book with the word "chance" in it or two books with an author with a starting letter in their last name using the word CHANCE
TOTAL FOR UPPER SECTION: 45
TOTAL FOR LOWER SECTION: 116
GRAND TOTAL: 161
Thank you Angela. You are a great moderator
Ezinwanyi wrote: "Thank you Angela. You are a great moderator"Thanks Ezinwanyi!!
EZ you will catch on and then you will love it! Just keep on tossing them dice and reading your books hon and don't give up! :)
Turn #4 COMPLETE1-6-2-5-1 (keep 1s)
1-1-3-4-4 (keep 1s, 4s)
1-1-4-4-1 (final)
Full House
Something About You - Julie James (GRA) FINISHED 11/17/12
Kiss Me Deadly - Michele Hauf (GRA) FINISHED 11/18/12
Nevermore - James Patterson (GRA) FINISHED 11/19/12
Devil's Food Cake Murder - Joanne Fluke(NEW) FINISHED 11/19 /12
Saga, Volume 1 - Brian Vaughan (NEW) FINISHED 11/22/12
BOOKS READ: 7Upper Section:
ONES: Read a book with a one word title or the word one in the title
TWOS: Read a book with a two word title or the word two in the title
✔THREES: (6 points) - Never Been Witched - Annette Blair (3 word title) 11/16/12
FOURS: Read a book with a four word title or the word four in the title
FIVES: Read a book with a five word title or the word five in the title
SIXES: Read a book with a six word title or the word six in the title
(For this section you can also use books in a series. Also certain variation of the number is fine: so for 2:two, twice, second)
TOTAL SCORE: 6
BONUS: ADD 35 points if score is over 63 points
TOTAL:
LOWER SECTION:
3 OF A KIND (add total of all dice):Read three books by any author but must have the same letter in the beginning of their last name (for example if I choose A: Megan Abbott, Cecelia Aheren, or Dorothy Allison or can read all books by same author)
4 OF A KIND (add total of all dice):same rules as 3 of a kind but with four books
FULL HOUSE (25 points):
✔Something About You - Julie James 11/17 (GRA)
✔Kiss Me Deadly - Michele Hauf 11/18 (GRA)
✔Nevermore - James Patterson 11/19 (GRA)
✔Devil's Food Cake Murder - Joanne Fluke 11/19 (NEW)
Saga, Volume 1 - Brian Vaughan (NEW)
SM. STRAIGHT (30 points):
✔Good Girl Seeks Bad Rider - Vonna Harper 11/1/12
✔Good Morning, Killer - April Smith 11/1/12
Good News, Bad News - David Wolstencroft
LG. STRAIGHT (40 points):
Dark Mirror - Mary Jo Putney
Dark Paradise - Tami Hoag
Dark Peril - Christine Feehan
Dark Predator - Christine Feehan
YAHTZEE (score 50 points):Read ANY 5 books of your choice
CHANCE: (add total of all dice): Read a book with the word "chance" in it or two books with an author with a starting letter in their last name using the word CHANCE
TOTAL FOR UPPER SECTION:
TOTAL FOR LOWER SECTION:
GRAND TOTAL:
Roll 6#5-4-3-3-4 Keep 3-4-5
5-2 keep 2
6 Large Straight
Updated post 52
No point change
Finished my Second Turnupdated msg #100
Roll 1: 4 - 4 - 4 - 1 - 2 (keeping 4 - 4 - 4 )
Roll 2: 2 - 3 ( rolling again )
Roll 3: 4 - 4
Final: 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4
YAHTZEE(score 50 points):
Read ANY 5 books of your choice :
At the King's Command by Susan Wiggs 11/4/12
Second Chance Pass by Robyn Carr 11/15/12
The Vincent Boys by Abbi Glines 11/16/12
Oracle's Moon by Thea Harrison 11/19/12
Red's Hot Cowboy by Carolyn Brown 11/22/12
TOTAL FOR UPPER SECTION: 0
TOTAL FOR LOWER SECTION: 50
GRAND TOTAL: 50
Updated Post # 41: Current Running Total: 109 Points
Roll # 6 - Completed 22/11/2012 for: 3 of a Kind by H(25 Points)
Book 1: The Next Best Thing by Kristin Higgins
Book 2: Too Good to be True by Kristin Higgins
Book 3: Hollowmen by Amanda Hocking
Woo Hoo, done with the lower section, earned 40 points. Thanks for coming up with this challenge.
I just finished a turn, earning 10 points. I now have 59 points (post #56)1) [4]-1-[4]-3-1 Keeping 4s
2) 4-4-3-[5-5] Keeping 5s
3) [5-5]-6-2-3 Fives (10 points) {5 word title}
Books:
My new roll is:
Turn #6
1) 4-[4-2-1-3] Keeping 4, 2, 1, and 3
2) 1-[4-2-1-3] Keeping 4, 2, 1, and 3
3) 4-[4-2-1-3] Small Straight (30 points)
Books: TBD
I'm currently working on turns #1, #5, and #6.
Finished another turn today! Now I have 67 points!1) 1-[4-6-5-2] Keeping 4, 6, 5, and 2
2) 1-[4-6-5-2] Keeping 4, 6, 5, and 2
3) [4-4]-6-5-2 Fours (8 points) {4 word title}
Books:
My replacement turn is:
Turn #7
1) 6-4-2-[3-3] Keeping 3s
2) 1-1-5-[3-3] Keeping 3s
3) 1-6-4-[3-3] Threes (6 points) {3 word title}
Books:
Turn 3
Roll #7
1. 5-3-2-2-5 (Keeping 2's and 5's)
2. 2
Going for: Full House(25 Points)
Book 1: TBD
Book 2: TBD
Book 3: TBD
Book 4: TBD
Book 5: TBD
Roll #8:
1. 3-3-4-1-1 (Keeping 3's)
2. 4-3-4 (Keeping 3's)
3. 4-3
Going for: Threes(12 Points)
Book 1: TBD
Roll #9
1. 5-5-3-4-4 (Keeping 5's)
2. 1-6-4
3. 5-5
Going for: Fives(20 Points)
Book 1: TBD
I am finally on the board:TURN #3
1-3-4-1-5 (keeping 1's)
1-1-3-4-4 (keeping 1's)
1-1-1-6-4 (FINAL
ONES: (3 points)
BOOK: Collateral by Ellen Hopkins-11/19/2012
Ok I edited two posts. Original 155 to reflect Round 3 scoreand post 172 to explain the reasoning.
Round 3: Upper section 5s: 20 pts Read Embraced By Darkness book 5 in the Riley Jensen Guardian series
I am now working on finishing my round 2 books and will then start my round 4 rolling.
Updated posts 61 & 62. Have 52pts now in finished turns. I don't know if I posted my 5th & 6th rolls or not so posting here JIC:
5th Turn: 2-2-2-2-5, keep 2's roll: 4, roll: 6: Final: 2-2-2-2-6 using 2's: 8pts
Copper Beach 11/17-11/18
6th Turn: 6-3-5-3-6: keeping 6's & 3's roll 1, roll 4: 6-6-3-3-4: using 3's: 6ptsOn the Road 11/23-11/24
7th Turn: 2 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 3 (full house on 1st roll)
I looked for the answer to this but don't see it: for Full House is it a new author or a new to me author? And can the new author also be a goodreads author? Because it seems like most of the newer authors are goodreads authors.
@Mary- this was asked eariler in the game and Angela wrote: "If you read a book that is a new author (to you) or their first published book and they happen to be a GR author too that works."
I thought I saw something about that but then I couldn't find it. That makes it easier. So I could read a John Steinbeck book because I've never read him before right? Obviously he's not a goodreads author since he died 50 years ago. But he's new to me.
Completely done with both parts. Fun challenge, Thanks.
Updated Post # 41: Current Running Total: 134 Points
Roll #7 - Completed 26/11/2012 for: Full House(25 Points)
Book 1: Easy by Tammara Webber (Goodreads Author)
Book 2: Down to You by M. Leighton (New to Me Author)
Book 3: Because of Low by Abbi Glines (Goodreads Author)
Book 4: Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver (New to Me Author)
Book 5: The Duff: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger (Goodreads Author)
Missy,Congrats..
But you get to fill the whole card...not just those three turns..when you finish a roll you roll again till card filled.
There are 6 rolls on top and 7+ rolls to fill bottom. :)
The card is on the upper post of page one....
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