Monopoly - Zombies

[Tien]

Erika wrote: "For Last Supper: Read a book with an ‘indulgent’ food on title / cover.

Can I use orange? lol I'm about to read A Clockwork Orange. What books do you suggest for this category?"

LoL, I wouldn't consider 'orange' to be an indulgent food ;p

etc

[Erika]

I think I'm gonna read Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel. I forgot I had a book with the word chocolate already in my tbr!

And it also fits for some of my other challenges! :)

[Tien]

Erika wrote: "I think I'm gonna read Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel. I forgot I had a book with the word chocolate already in my tbr!

And it also fits for some of my other challenges! :)"

Awesome! Let us know your thoughts on that one...I won't say anything for now ;)

[Amy]

Should finish my last two books for round 1 tomorrow, so I'm posting my first leg of round 2:

Passed GO (200 pts.) and landed on Graveyard to start round 2

Graveyard: Code Name Verity completed 7/27/13
– 60 pts.

Rolled 2: Alleyway: The Leopard completed 7/6/13 – 60 pts.

Rolled 6: Zombie Fest: Blackout completed 7/6/13 – 120 pts.

Rolled 1: Quarantined (Just Visiting): Dead Ever After completed 7/24/13

Rolled 1: Public Toilet: Live to Tell by Wendy Corsi Staub completed 7/26/13 – 140 pts.

Rolled 3: Undead Dentist: The Exterminators, Vol. 1: Bug Brothers completed 7/20/13 - 160 pts.

Rolled 5: The Bank – 5 library books, 220 points each
1) Blood Money completed 6/26/13
2) Thursdays at Eight completed 6/21/13
3) Trail of the Spellmans completed 6/24/13
4) The Burying Place completed 6/30/13
5) The Absent One completed 6/28/13

Rolled 1: Zombie Free Zone: Silken Prey completed 6/26/13

Rolled 2: Chance: Roll – 1 + 6 = 7 Read any book – Second Honeymoon completed 7/28/13

Just started my Chance task so I am rolling my next set:

Rolled 5: Gore Lane: Spilled Blood completed 7/30/13 - 260 points

Rolled 5: Zombie Lodge: Patient Zero completed 7/31/13
- 300 points

Rolled 3: Liverpool St Graveyard: Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging completed 7/30/13

Rolled 4: Zombieland: Shadows completed 7/31/13 - 400 points

Rolled 3: Passed GO, collected 200 points, DONE!

Total points: 3000

Total overall points: 5740 = 2740 (round 1) + 3000 (round 2)

[Amy]

Round 1 finally completed with 2740 pts. Beginning round 2 with my 5 books for The Bank.

[Karen]

Round two finished - 1540 points
Overall total - 3360 points.

[Karen]

Round Three

rolled a one
#Kings Cross Graveyard: 200 points
Task: Read a book with either:
a. The word ‘cross’ in title; OR
b. A picture of a cross on cover; OR
c. An ‘x’ in title or author’s name
book - Dearly Devoted Dexter

rolled a five
QUARANTINED / Just Visiting:
If you are just visiting, Read a paranormal (non-Zombie) book.
book - Uprising

rolled a four
*Undead Dentist: 160 points
Task: Wow, a double whammy! Who likes going to the dentist and an Undead one at that?! Read a book which features something you are truly terrified of. For example, my colleague is absolutely terrified of spiders, then she’d have read a book about or featuring spiders, The Red Hourglass.
fear - clowns
book - It

rolled a four
*The Sauna: 180 points
Task: Read a Hot and Steamy book
Not necessarily erotica. If you don’t mind erotica, then feel free. If you’re not into erotica, then read whatever is ‘hot & steamy’ to you ;)
book - Long Hard Ride

rolled a six
*Happy Forest: 240 points
Task: Read a book of fairy tales or a retelling of a fairy tale
book - either Snow White & the Huntsman - read 22/06/13

rolled a three
*Gore Lane: 260 points
Task: Read a book with either:
d. The word ‘blood’ in title; OR
e. blood on cover
book - Malicious Intent

rolled a six
*Escape Hatch: 320 points
Task: Read a book with either:
a. The word ‘escape’ in title; OR
b. door on cover
book - Reckless

rolled a two
CHANCE Roll 2 Die and follow below tasks
rolled a 6 + 1 = 7
7 - Read ANY book of your CHOICE

books - 1/8
points - 240/1160

Total Books Read - 22/29
Grand Total - 3360/4520

[LynnB]

I just finished Round 2 and am beginning Round 3.

[LynnB]

ROUND 3
Starting with 4,530 points from Round 2.

Passed "Go" - 200 points.
Total Points: 4,730 points

Rolled 4
Alleyway - Read a crime book, MC is police/forensics -- 60 points
Book: Dead Run
Total points: 4,790 points

Rolled 4
CHANCE - Rolled 3+3 = 6
Help an injured person -- 250 points
Total Points: 5,040 points

Rolled 4
Public Toilet - Read author with initials PT, CR, PR, TR, WC, PL -- 140 points.
Book: Patrick Taylor - An Irish Country Girl
Total points: 5,180 points

Rolled 5
The Mall - Read most recent purchase - 180 points
Book: Due or Die
Total Points: 5,360 points

Rolled 4
Zombie Free Zone - Contemporary/no paranormal - no points
Book: Dead, White, and Blue
Total Points: 5,360 points

Rolled 2
Chance
Rolled 5 (4+1) - Read a book for another challenge - no points
Book: Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love - L.O.S.T. 2013
Total Points: 5,360 points

Rolled 3
Fenchurch St Graveyardt - "Grave" or "Church" in title, author's name, or on cover - 200 points
Book: One Book in the Grave
Total Points: 5,560 points

Rolled 4
Lonely House - "House" in title or on cover - 280 points
Book: The Wurst Is Yet to Come - awful, but it had a house on the cover:)
Total Points: 5,840

Rolled 5
Escape Hatch - "Escape" in title or a door on cover - 320 points
Book: The Brave Escape of Edith Wharton
Total Points: 6,160 points

Rolled 4
Weapon Supplies - weapon in title or on cover (excl. toy weapons; incl. explosives) - 100 points
Book: Murder under Cover (gun laying against pillow)
Total Points: 6,260 points

Rolled 4
This takes me past Go, 200 points, but I won't continue as this game is ending.
Total Points: 6,460 points

[Tien]

This is our 4th month so try to finish off your cycle by the end of the month as this challenge will be replaced with another ;)

[LynnB]

Tien wrote: "This is our 4th month so try to finish off your cycle by the end of the month as this challenge will be replaced with another ;)"

Can't wait to see what's coming up!

[D.G.]

I only have one book to go.

[Lauren]

Would these Gargoyle type creatures on the cover work for monsters?

[Susan]

I'm keeping at it, but very slowly. Even if I haven't made it all the way around the board by the end of the month, I'll be happy to replace it with a non-zombie challenge when the new one comes.

[Tien]

Lauren wrote: "Would these Gargoyle type creatures on the cover work for monsters?
"

yep, the glowing eyes will do :)

[Tien]

Susan wrote: "I'm keeping at it, but very slowly. Even if I haven't made it all the way around the board by the end of the month, I'll be happy to replace it with a non-zombie challenge when the new one comes."

aww, Susan, surely it wasn't that bad? ha ha ha
It was interesting, at least? ;p

[Lauren]

Thanks Tien.

[Bea]

Well, I should finish my first round by then...or soon after. Glad I decided on only one round. :)

Edit: Nope, just looked at my planning list. I have 9 books left to read. Not going to happen in July but will probably finish in a few months.

[Coralie]

I've finished my third cycle with the less-than-impressive total of 3750. I could have done with visiting the bank (did the game know that our local branch is closed for renovations) rather than all those graveyards!

[LynnB]

@Tien - Just to update for page 1 of this thread: I've finished cycle #2 and am on to cycle #3.

[Tien]

well, I was excited about starting my third cycle but am feeling lazy about it now, ha ha ha... actually feeling lazy about completing any and all challenges, oops! Time for a bit of a change maybe... like catch up with my review books, yup!

@LynnB: sorry!! updated now :)

@Coralie: Lol - yeah, a bit of a coincidence huh.

[❀Tea❀]

Does Death count as monster?

It's this cover

[Tien]

The idea of 'monster' is that it looks partly human and partly something else OR partly animal and partly something else.

With the above cover, Tea, I supposed it looks partly human but not really so should be fine. tx

[❀Tea❀]

Tien wrote: "The idea of 'monster' is that it looks partly human and partly something else OR partly animal and partly something else.

With the above cover, Tea, I supposed it looks partly human but not really..."

Great, thanks. :D

[Susan]

I'm declaring bankruptcy on this game. I've just posted my last book read, and am going to give up trying to get through any others. After all, even if I complete the 3 more I know about, I'd only be at my first community chest. And I still hope to get a shelf-of-the-month book in this month in addition to A Suitable Boy

My updated listing is at post 76: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

[D.G.]

I still need to read a book with a door in the cover. I may have to give up on that one!

[Tien]

Susan wrote: "I'm declaring bankruptcy on this game. I've just posted my last book read, and am going to give up trying to get through any others. After all, even if I complete the 3 more I know about, I'd only ..."

awww... it's okay, Susan... I'm still planning to finish my last cycle albeit slowly and beyond July as I just don't have time this month with ASB ;p

Not to worry, you should be able to incorporate other challenge reads easily with the new game which I'll unveil next week :D

[LynnB]

Tien wrote: " you should be able to incorporate other challenge reads easily with the new game which I'll unveil next week :D"

Can't wait to see it!

[Susan]

Tien wrote: "Not to worry, you should be able to incorporate other challenge reads easily with the new game which I'll unveil next week :D "

That's why I'm wanting to clean my plate a bit, as it were. Looking forward to it.

[LynnB]

I just finished Round 3, so I'm done for this game. And a good game it was, Tien. You are so creative!

[Tien]

LynnB wrote: "I just finished Round 3, so I'm done for this game. And a good game it was, Tien. You are so creative!"

WoW, LynnB - well done on finishing 3 rounds! What a score too!

& thanks :)

[LynnB]

Tien wrote: "WoW, LynnB - well done on finishing 3 rounds! What a score too!
& thanks :)"

Thanks. Looking at how I got there, I think it all came down to hitting "The Bank" in the first round and reading the max number of books for it. It does help that I don't work in the summer either :) so I had lots of time to read. Fun!

[D.G.]

I'm skipping the last task...really not into the book I chose! Ended up with 2500 points which is not bad for one round I guess. ;)

[Lauren]

Zombie Monopoly - Update

Still have three books to read. Its taking me forever to get one round done let alone three, lol!

GO - 200 points

✔ Roll #1 (4): Medical Supplies - 200 points
Book: Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs - (April 9) 4★'s

✔ Roll #2 (1): Kings Cross Graveyard - 200 points
Book: Blood Cross by Faith Hunter - (April 25) 4.5★'s

✔ Roll #3 (3): Zombie Street - 100 points
Book: The Greyfriar by Clay Griffiths (May 14) 3.5★'s

Roll #4 (4): Zombie Movie Studio
Book: 1st to Die by James Patterson

✔ Roll #5 (3): Marylebone Graveyard - 200 points
Book: A Rush of Wings by Adrian Phoenix - (April 13) 3★'s

✔ Roll #6 (4): The Bank - 220 points
Book: Marked by Elisabeth Naughton - (June 8) 3★'s

✔ Roll #7 (1): Zombie Free Zone
Book: Shattered by Karen Robards - (July 6) 3.5★'s

✔ Roll #8 (3): Paris - 220 points
Book: Summer Knight by Jim Butcher - (June 25) 3.5★'s

✔ Roll #9 (2): Fenchurch St. Graveyard - 200 points
Book: Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones - (June 4) 3.5★'s

Roll #10 (3): Scary Movie Cinemas
Book: Heat Wave by Richard Castle

✔ Roll #11 (6): Escape Hatch - 320 points
Book: Spider's Bite by Jennifer Estep - (June 18) 4★'s

Roll #12 (5): Zombieland
Book: Embrace the Night Eternal by Joss Ware

✔ Roll #13 (2): Graveyard - - 60 points - passed Go.
Boo: Eternal Rider by Larissa Ione - (July 9) 3.5★'s

Books Read: 10/13
Total Points: 1920

[❀Tea❀]

Would you consider cocktail as ‘indulgent’ food? ☺

or

[Tien]

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Would you consider cocktail as ‘indulgent’ food? ☺"

um, it's not really food -indulgent, maybe...

[❀Tea❀]

Tien wrote: "❀Tea❀ wrote: "um, it's not really food -indulgent, maybe..."

I tried. ☺

So I have 4 days to finish 5 books from which 3 are still on hold in library. Looks like I'll be paying few fines to finish round 2 on time.

[Tien]

only if you're really fussy about finishing on time? ha ha ha, I'm continuing mine with audiobooks so that will be a very slow finishing for me :)

[❀Tea❀]

Tien wrote: "only if you're really fussy about finishing on time? ha ha ha, I'm continuing mine with audiobooks so that will be a very slow finishing for me :)"

Oh, I did plan to read those books and finish the challenge. Those 'fines' will only be for the record. ☺ You know, I finished the round on time with xxx points. ☺

Another question :D
Harry Potter and Half-Blood Prince as blood in title?

[Tien]

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Harry Potter and Half-Blood Prince as blood in title? "

yup, that's fine :)

[Bea]

Wow! This was a 2013 game! I just finished it with a score of 2800.

Oh, well...at least I finished it.

Still working on Timber Birthday Game, LOST, and Moving Mountains.