Fantasyland ~ New SOS Team Challenge ~

[D.G.]

I did a check at a glance. :) So far I have books for every color but have few choices for yellow (only one book), green (only two books) and purple (3 books.)

For red, blue and orange, I have like a million books each. :)

Too bad black is not one of the colors. :)

[Regina]

Did you check the "other editions" too?

[D.G.]

Regina wrote: "Did you check the "other editions" too?"

I did it for one book I knew had tons of editions - found every color of cover but yellow, LOL! - so that's my plan B.

[Mary X]

Yeah I went through yesterday and shelved some as color options. Just to make sure there wasn't a color I had to hunt for and I had at least a couple for each. I would like to know if there's a page minimum.

[D.G.]

There are tons of books with shades in between too, so I guess poor Steph is going to have to give us some guidelines. :) I mean what is this? Blue? Purple? Indigo?

[Mary X]

Yeah I had a lot like that too. Some that could go blue or green or blue or purple. Or red or orange or vice versa.

[D.G.]

And then there are the tan/golden covers. Do those count as yellow? Or not?

I know this is yellow:


But what about this? Yay or nay?

[Barbara ★]

Maybe this will help some members...I have shelves for all colors. Check under ZZ to find the color you are looking for.

http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/...

[Barbara ★]

This is a neat twist on the game and I'd like to play.

[Mary X]

Yeah I left those off any of my shelves because I had every color. But I was wondering about that too. Clearly there'll be some books that will need approval as the game plays.

[Ezi]

D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~ wrote: "There are tons of books with shades in between too, so I guess poor Steph is going to have to give us some guidelines. :) I mean what is this? Blue? Purple? Indigo?

"

Definitely Blue

[Ezi]

D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~ wrote: "And then there are the tan/golden covers. Do those count as yellow? Or not?
But what about this? Yay or nay?
"

The second one I would say it yellow too. Of course, i'm not a mod (LOL). JR Ward BDB books tends to have solid colors.

what would you say about this one? Gold/Yellow?
versus

[Daffodil]

I'm sure there's going to be some judgement call in some of these, especially some colors appear different in real life than on a computer. I would think that as long as a good argument for your case could be made, the judge(s) would find it acceptable.

What's difficult is when the real life color is vastly different from the computerized color. My copy of isn't nearly so ... pink. It's definitely a lilacy purple color.

[Sherri]

I'd like to play!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Welcome, everyone! Thanks for taking a chance and signing up for our first game of Fantasyland. Like I said, there'll be kinks to work out as we go along. But, I think it should be fairly easy once we get up and running.

I've got a ton of RL stuff going on at the moment, so I thought something like this might be fun until our next round of BSB (no, I'm not sure yet when that will be - maybe Apr/May time frame).

For color verifications, I'm going to trust your judgement for the most part. Those that are in the range of the color your team lands on will be acceptable. If you aren't sure and want an okay, you're welcome to ask before hand. If you have to convince yourself that the cover fits, it probably doesn't. >;)

For instance, these are all acceptable as 'yellow':


If a yellow cover looks more orange, maybe save it for an orange spot and visa versa. Like I said, I'll trust your judgement. If it looks like a shade of yellow, it should be fine.

Start date hasn't been set yet. But, I'm leaning towards the last week of Jan or first week of Feb ~ it'll depend on sign-up cut-off, which has not be determined yet either - Details to follow shortly. For this first round, I'm thinking smaller is better. :)

Players will be shuffled into teams, similar to BSB. One person on each team will need to be the team's captain. That person will be responsible for picking a card each week, which will determine the team's movement on the board. Everyone will draw/move on the same day (most likely Sunday, but TBD).

The game is called Fantasyland because our group's focus is on all things fantastical. Books used during the challenge must be over 200 pages. I'd prefer books fall within a fantasy-related genre in sticking with the group's focus: Sci-fi, fantasy, PNR, UF, etc. But, outside genres will be allowed.

Similar to BSB, reviews must be more than 1 line and, preferably, include what you did/n't like about it. These games are a great way of promoting books to our members. You don't have to write a publish-worthy review, but any add'l thoughts you have about it are appreciated.

If I missed anyone's question or did not include your name on the sign-up list, please let me know. I'll be updating it now, so give me a minute to add everyone up to post #65.

[D.G.]

Thanks for answering questions, Steph! And your guidelines make sense. :)

Pleas add me to the list!

[Mary X]

Well I was hoping for a lower page count but you are less strict on the amount of the color on the covers than I thought. So I'm good.

[Kerstin]

That sounds like a fun game! Please sign me up too :)

[Steph, Serious series addict]

I'm glad, DG. Never can tell where I'm concerned. What seems to make sense in my head isn't always easy to translate online.

Gotcha on the list, DG, Mary & Kerstin.

[Jenne]

I'd like to play too :)

[Steph Ann]

I'd like to play!

[Rosina]

oh man...im in ...I can never refuse Stephs games....looks like fun...

[Rosina]

BTW....AWESOME!!!!! Gameboard...you did really good on designing that...

[SandyC]

I would like to play. Thanks!

[Rachel-RN]

Sign me up too, sounds fun! (and easy!)

[KarenF]

I should know by know...resistance is futile.

Sounds like fun. I'm in if there's still room.

[Valerie ~ Val Hall ~]

I'd like to play.

[Isha]

Sounds fun. I'd like to play also.

[Amanda A]

I would like to play.

[Lis]

Sign me up please! Sounds fun.

[Crystal S]

I'll join in. :-)

[Alyssa]

*bounces in* I'm playing!! Wheee!!!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Hi, everyone! We have 50 players signed up to play. That's a good, solid number for our first round, so I'm going to close sign-ups now.

I should be able to get the rest of the prep done quickly and determine a start date by next week. Yay! I'm so excited to see so much interest. Hopefully it'll be another fun team challenge.

Stay tuned for our start date and team announcements. :D

[Belinda]

Yay! Can't wait! Thanks Steph!!

[Alyssa]

*wipes brow* Whew.... Barely made it....

[Breann]

Awesome! Thanks Steph!

[Regina]

Thanks!

[A book away from an episode of hoarders]

You could put my name down as an alternate, just in case you need a replacement down the line.

[~Melissa~]

So excited to start!!

@ Cristina your ( ) explanation/extra name is a crack up and I think might apply to many of us :D

[D.G.]

HAHAHAHA, Cristina!

[A book away from an episode of hoarders]

:D

[Mary X]

That is funny and so true for me.

[Heather ~ Marceline]

Dang! I somehow completely missed sign-ups for this. If you are looking for any stand-by players or have anyone drop out I would love to be on the list as a back-up if you are wanting one.

[Jackie M]

I missed the sign up too and would love to a back as well

[Skandia]

I missed the sign-ups, too :( I was away from my computer for a week and thats what happened ..
I would love to play and if the back-up player is needed , I'll be ready to step-up!

[Jeann (Happy Indulgence)]

Ah dang, I missed it! Let me know if a back-up is needed also.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Alyssa wrote: "*wipes brow* Whew.... Barely made it...."

LOL! That you did. ;)

Thanks, ladies! I'll add you (Cristina, Heather, Jackie M, Skandia, & Jeann) to the stand-by list. I'm sorry you missed out on the first round. I wanted to keep it small-ish for our first go in case we have some growing pains to work out along the way. If all goes well there are sure to be add'l rounds in the future.

[D.G.]

Teams, teams, teams!

[Breann]

D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~ wrote: "Teams, teams, teams!"

I was wondering when the chanting would begin. YES! TEAMS!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

LOL! Soon. Soon. Soon. (most likely tomorrow. tomorrow. tomorrow.) ;)