Science Fiction and Fantasy Challenge

[Amber]

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Roll the dice (As soon as you’ve clicked this link, you’ve rolled. Do not click “Roll Again”.)


Levels
1-10 Serf/Robot servant
10-20 Barbarian/Alien invader
20-30 Heroic Warrior/ Star ship commander
30-40 King/Galactic leader
50+ God/Ruler of the Universe

Duration
3 months from start date
6 months from start date
12 months from start date

How it works
1. Pick the amount of books you want to read and the duration you want to play.
2. Pick which board you want to start on Fantasy, Science Fiction, or Combo Board. Start on any Free Ride tile.
3. Roll the dice and move clock-wise through out the board.
4. Land on a Free Ride Space and take a free dragon/spaceship/portal ride to another board or simply roll again and move on the same board.
5. If you want to move to another board but don't want to wait deduct 1 book and move to the nearest Free ride title to move to the board of your choice.
6. Don't like a tile you have landed on? Deduct 1 book and push the panic link to receive a general card like "Read a book from your favorite genre" or "Read a book published in your birth month"


Questions and Answers

Q: Do I have to use the links provided?
A: No, they are just to help you find your books. If you know a book fits the category use it but, if you read it and it doesn't fit you can't use it.

Q: Are re-read allowed?
A: Yes

Q: Are there any page limits?
A: No

Q: How do I deduct books?
A:Two ways: You can either subtract 1 book from the number of books you have ALREADY read or add 1 book to the books that you need to read:
Before: Read 5/20 After: Read 4/20
Before: Read 5/20 After Read 5/21

Q: What list do I use for the Best Fantasy and Sci-fi on the combo board?
A: You can use any of the "Best of..." list to pick a book.

Q: For the movie title do I need to use a book that has actually been made into a movie?
A: Ideally yes but to add more variety you can pick a book from an any list that is a "This should be made into a movie".

Q: I've pre-rolled so can I read my books out of order?
A: No, to make the challenge a little bit more difficult and fair for those that don't pre-roll please read the books in order.

[Amber]

Fantasy Board Links

Arthurian
Best Arthurian Fiction | Arthurian Legend Retold | YA Books with Arthurian Legend | Medieval Arthurian Romance | Genre Arthurian


Best Fantasy
Best Epic Fantasy | Best Urban Fantasy | Best Series, Trilogies & Duologies | Best Fairytales & Retellings | Best Paranormal Romance | Best books of the 21st Century | Best Adult Urban & Paranormal romance | Best Paranormal Urban Fantasy | Best Dark Fantasy | Best Heroic Fantasy | Best Fantasy World | Best Mythology | Best Supernatural

Classic
Fantasy Classic | Potential Fantasy Classics | Unknown Fantasy Classic

Demons & Angels
Genre Angels | Genre Demons | Books with Angels,Gods, or Demons | YA Angels | Angels & Demons | Best Angel | Paranormal books about Demons and Angels | Biblical Angels & Demons | YA Angel books | Gay Angels

Dragons elves fairies
Dragons | Best Books with or about Dragons | Best Dragon Books | Best Kick ass Dragon Characters | Dragons Included | Books about Faery | Elves or Faeries | Books with Elves not faeries | Genre Dragons | Genre Fairy

Ghosts & ESP
Genre ESP | Genre Ghosts | Ghost Stories | Favorite Ghost Stories | Haunted Houses | YA Ghost Stories | Gay Ghost Storeis | I see Dead People | Ghosts | Ghost Hunter & Ghost Hunting

Humorous
Humorous Paranormal Books | Fantasy Book that will make you laugh | Most Humorous Fantasy Books

Indies and Lesser Known Fantasy
Best Lesser Known Fantasy| Best Indie Fantasy Worth a Read | Under the Radar | Hidden Gems | Best Indie Fantasy | Indie YA Fantasy

Magic users
Magicians, Sorcerers, Witches in PNR, UF, FR | Wizard & Witching Books | Magical Apprenticeships | YA Witches, Wizrds, & Warlocks | Wizards, Witches, Sorcerers, and Mages | Modern Day Magic | Genre Wizards | Genre Witches

Movies
Fantasy Books that should be Movies | YA Fantasy Books that should be movies | Fantasy Series that would like to see as movies

Shifters Vampires Werewolves
Best Shapeshifter Werewolf | Best Gay Shifter | Werewolves | Werewofl and shifter romance | Dragon Shifters | Howl at the Moon Wolf Shifters in Romance | Shape shifters and werewolves | Vampire Vs Shapeshifters | Best Werewolf | Best Teen Vampire | Best Adult Vampire Romance | Best Vampire from New Authors | Vampire Books | Unusual Alternative Vampires | Gay Vampires | Genre Vampire | Genre Werewolves | Genre Shapeshifters

Sword and Sorcery
Sword and Sorcery | Best Sword and Sorcery | Classic Sword and Sorcery | Genre Swords and Sorcery

Unique magic systems
Interesting Magic Systems | Unique and Original Magical Systems

Young Adult
Ya Paranormal Romance | YA Second World Fantasy | Best Childern's Fantasy for Adults | YA Ghost Stories | YA Fairy Tale Retellings | YA Fantasy Romance Paranormal | YA Adult Fantasy
YA inspired by Non Western Eastern Mythology | Best YA Fantasy that are not Urban | Genre YA Fantasy | Genre YA Paranormal

[Amber]

Science Fiction Board Links

Alternate history
Best Alternate History | Best Alternate History | Alternate England | Genre Alternate History

Artificial intelligence
Best Artifical Intelligence | A.I. in YA Science Fiction | Sentient Machines hate Organic life | A.I. born from Computer Networks or Internet | Genre Artificial Intelligence

Best Science Fiction
Best Dystopian & Post Apocalyptic | Best Steam Punk | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century | Best Science Fiction | Best Sci-Fi Futuristic Romance | Best Cyberpunk | Best Nanotechnology | Best Erotic Sci fi Romance | Best Science Fiction Series | Best Space opera | Best Military Science Fiction

Classic
SF Masterworks | 50's SF | 1930 - 1950 SF | 70's SF | 80's SF | 30's SF | 40's SF

Colonization
Colonization in Science Fiction | Civilization Reboot | Alien Planets | Space Exploration and Planet Colonization | Best New Planet Colonization

Female Author
Science Fiction Books by Female Authors | Adult Science Fiction by Women Authors

First Contact
Genre First Contact | Alien First Contact

Humorous
Best Comedic Sci-Fi

Indies & Lesser Known
Under Rated Science Fiction | Indie August Releases | Indie June Releases | Indie July releases | Self Published Science Fiction

Philosophical
Philosophical Science Fiction | Big Idea Science Fiction

Post Apocalyptic
Best Post Apocalyptic | Best Apocalyptic YA | Best Post Apocalyptic Romance | Best Post Apocalyptic Books | Post Apocalyptic | Very Best Post Apocalyptic | Genre Post Apocalyptic

Science Fiction on Earth
Oceanic Marine Science Fiction | Ecopunk | Earth is Room Enough | All Dying Earth

Time Travel
Genre Time Travel | Best Time Travel Fiction | Best Time Travel Books of all Time | Best YA Time Travel | YA MG Time Travel

Young Adult
Best Intro to Sci Fi for YA | Dystopian, post apocalyptic and Sci fi in 2014 | Best YA Sci Fi Romance | Best Children's Sci Fi | Best YA Science FictionYA Aliens | Genre YA Science Fiction

[Amber]

Science Fiction and Fantasy Board

2014
Romance Urban Fantasy Jan-Jun | Romance Urban Fantasy Jul-Dec | Sci-fi, Fantasy, Horror with a Buzz | Most Anticipated Fantasy Reads | Speculative Fiction | Can't Wait for Sci-Fi & Fantasy | Dystopian, Post apocalyptic, and Sci-Fi YA

Aliens
Best Alien Romance | Best Aliens | Aliens First Contact | Ufo's Aliens | Genre Aliens

Alternative Realities
Parallel Universes | Best Multidimensional | Alternate Universe | | Urban Fantasy with Male Lead Characters | Best Adult Urban Fantasy | Genre Urban Fantasy

Award Winners
GoodReads Fantasy 2013 | GoodReads Science Fiction 2013 | GoodReads Fantasy 2012 |Goodreads Science Fiction 2012 | Goodsreads Fantasy 2011 | Goodreads Science Fiction 2011 | Locus Awards | Hugo Winners | World Fantasy Winners | Nebula Winners

Cyberpunk
Best Cyberpunk | Best Cyberpunk books | Genre Cyberpunk

Dark Fiction
Genre Dark Fantasy | Quality Dark Fiction | Dark Urban Fantasy | Dark Science Fiction

Dystopia
Genre Dystopia | YA Dystopia Novels | Dystopia | Best Dytopian Books

Fairy Tales
Genre Fairy Tales | Best Fairytales and Retellings | Mythologies and Retelling of Fairy tale classics | Fairy tale& Retellings Hidden Gem | Books based on Myths, legends, fairy tales, and folktales | Fairy Tales Retold

Hard Science Fiction
Female Hard SF Writers | Best Hard Science Fiction | Genre Hard Science Fiction

High & Epic Fantasy
Best Epic Fantasy | Genre Epic | Best Fantasy Worlds | High Fantasy with Female Leads | High Fantasy Romance Series | Genre High Fantasy

Low Fantasy
Genre Low Fantasy | Best of Mythic Fiction | Best Urban Fantasy

Military
Military Science Fiction | Best Military Science Fiction | Gay Military Science Fiction | Naval Science Fiction | Kick Ass Military Science Fiction | Science Fiction and Fantasy Mercenaries | Military Fantasy

Mythology
Best Books about Mythology | Books with Greek Myth References | YA Mythology Series | Norse Mythology | Modern Adaptation of Greek Mythology | Modern Interpretations of Ancient Myths | Mythology Books

Paranormal
Genre Paranormal | Best Paranormal Romance | Indie Paranormal Fiction | Paranormal Fantasy Sci Fi Books | Hot Paranormal Romance | Teen Paranormal Vampire Reads

Robot
Genre Robot | Robot, Androids, Gynoide, Cyborgs | Robots, Androids, Gynoids, Cyborg | If you love Robots | Best Robotic Books

Romance and Erotic
Best Paranormal Fantasy Romance | Best Romantic Fantasy Books | Best Romantic Fantasy and Sceince Fiction | Best Fantasy Steampunk Science Fiction BDSM | Best Gay Fantasy Romance | LBGT Science Fiction and Fantasy | Best Science Fiction Futuristic Romance | F/f Paranormal and Urban Fantasy

Space Opera
Genre Space Opera | Excellent Space Opera | Best Space Opera | Space Opera | Space Opera Romance

Steampunk
Genre Steampunk | Best Steampunk | Steampunk Romance | Steampunk | Beast Unknown Steampunk

Urban Fantasy
The Best Urban Fantasy | Best Paranormal Urban Fantasy | Best Urban Fantasy Series

[Amber]

Participants

Amber
Anita
Ashley
Barbara ★
Barbara
Candy
Christine
Colleen
Denise
Delitealex
Elena
Greta
Irene
Jacki
Jamie
Joanne♥~Bookworm Extraordinaire
Joyce
Jonquil
Lanelle
Leo
Pat
Paris
Petra
Maria
Melissa
Nrtashi
Sally
Suzanne
Taryn ~Griffie~
Tia
Zuzana

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Wow! Amber, this is incredible. If ever I want something researched and developed, I know who to hire. One question, how long is the challenge intended to take?

[Amber]

Lanelle wrote: "Wow! Amber, this is incredible. If ever I want something researched and developed, I know who to hire. One question, how long is the challenge intended to take?"

That is open up to the player depending on if you are going to just do one board or all of them. Many Sci-fi and fantasy books tend to be longer books so I suggest a player picking 3 to 6 month as a goal.

[Barbara ★]

Totally cool challenge Amber and what spectacular graphics! I don't read a lot of sci-fi so I'm going to wait until you answer the duration question before signing up.

[Zuzana]

WOW! This is fabulous! Great job, Amber!

This year I have a lot of non-scifi challenges going but this is so great I have to give it a try. Would you mind if I do this as a yearly challenge?

[Amber]

Zuzana wrote: "WOW! This is fabulous! Great job, Amber!

This year I have a lot of non-scifi challenges going but this is so great I have to give it try. Would you mind if I do this as a yearly challenge?"

Sure :)

[Zuzana]

Great! So here we go. :)

TCF Science Fiction and Fantasy Challenge 2014/2015
Level: 20-30 Heroic Warrior/ Star ship commander
All three boards
Time Frame: Jun 22, 2014 - Jun 21, 2015
Books Read: 33/25


Start: Science-fiction board
Roll: 5 --> Alternate History: Tongues of Serpents (Best Alternate History Novels and Stories #82) 27/6/2014 ***
Roll: 5 --> Sci-fi on Earth: Lost Horizon (Earth Is Room Enough #19) 16/7/2014 ***
Roll: 5 --> Philosophical: Alas, Babylon (Philosophical Science Fiction #79) 19/7/2014 ****
Roll: 5 --> Female Author: Crucible of Gold by Naomi Novik 22/07/14 *****
Roll: 1 --> Alternate History: Blood of Tyrants 26/7/14 ***
Roll: 3 --> Artificial intelligence: The Caves of Steel (Best artificial intelligence #10) 2/9/14 ****
Roll: 6 --> Classics: The Fountains of Paradise (SF Masterworks #40) 10/9/14 ***
Roll: 6 --> Free Ride/Roll Again: staying on Sci-fi board
Roll: 4 --> Colonization: The Word for World is Forest (Colonization in Science Fiction #3) 1/12/14 ****
Roll: 1 --> Artificial intelligence: The Naked Sun (Best artificial intelligence books #11) 2/12/14 ****
Roll: 5 --> Humorous: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy re-read (Best Comedic Sci-Fi Books #1) 4/12/14 ***
Roll: 5 --> Best Sci-fi: The Robots of Dawn (Best Science Fiction #83) 8/12/14 ****
Roll: 1 --> Free Ride/Roll Again: staying on Sci-fi board
Roll: 5 --> Artificial intelligence: The Rest of the Robots (Best artificial intelligence books #111) 9/12/14 **
Roll: 4 --> First Contact: Childhood's End (Aliens First Contact #11) 19/12/14 ****
Roll: 2 --> Classics: To Your Scattered Bodies Go (SF Masterworks #52) 25/12/14 ***
Roll: 2 --> Free Ride/Roll Again: staying on Sci-fi board
Roll: 3 --> Free Ride/Roll Again: moving to Combo board
Roll: 6 --> Space Opera: The Forever War (Excellent Space Opera #9) 29/12/14 ****
Roll: 3 --> Free Ride/Roll Again: staying on Combo board
Roll: 4 --> Paranormal: Soulless (Best Paranormal Romance Series #52) 30/12/14 ****
Roll: 4 --> High & Epic Fantasy: Nine Princes in Amber (The Best Epic Fantasy #36) 31/12/14 ***
Roll: 1 --> Dystopia / Utopia: Divergent (Best Dystopian Books #4) 4/1/15 ***
Roll: 4 --> Free Ride/Roll Again: staying on Combo board
Roll: 3 --> Urban: Fool Moon (The Dresden Files) (Best Urban Fantasy SERIES #3) 10/1/15 ***
Roll: 2 --> Romance & Erotic: Secrets (PsyCop) (LGBT sci-fi and fantasy #53) 15/1/15 ***
Roll: 2 --> Fairy Tales: Stardust (The Best Fairytales and Retellings #7) 17/1/15 *****
Roll: 6 --> Paranormal: Changeless (Best Paranormal Romance Series #52) 21/1/15 ****
Roll: 6 --> 2014: Annihilation 27/1/15 ****
Roll: 2 --> Award Winners: The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Locus 2014) 29/1/15 ♥♥♥♥
Roll: 2 --> Low Fantasy: Grave Peril by Jim Butcher 2/7/15 ♥♥♥♥ (on the first page of Low fantasy genre)
Roll: 6 --> Fairy Tales: Truth in the Dark by Amy Lane 2/15/15 ♥♥♥♥
Roll: 5 --> Steampunk: Blameless (Best Steampunk Books #20) 4/10/15 ♥♥♥♥
Roll: 3 --> Military: The Guns of Avalon (Military Fantasy #134) 4/15/15 ♥♥♥♥
Roll: 5 --> Best Sci-fi/Fantasy: Planet of Exile (The Best "Entry Level" Science Fiction #3) 4/17/15 ♥♥♥
Roll: 3 --> Low Fantasy: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 5/20/15 ♥♥♥♥♥ (312 pages)
Roll: 4 --> Romance/Erotic:: Soul Bonds by Lynn Lorenz 6/6/15 ♥ (162 pages)
Roll: 3 --> Dark Fiction:: At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft 6/16/15 ♥♥♥ (224 pages)
Roll: 1 --> Free Ride/Roll Again: moving to Fantasy board
Roll: 6 --> Free Ride/Roll Again: staying on Fantasy board
Roll: 4 --> Swords & Sorcery:: Sign of the Unicorn by Roger Zelazny (The Chronicles of Amber #3) 6/16/15 ♥♥♥♥ (186 pages)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Just one more clarification: can you explain the 'deduct 1 book' penalty?

[Zuzana]

Lannele, I was wondering about the penalty as well. Wouldn't make it more sense to add 1 book as a penalty? That way if you "cheat" you have to read 1 book more than was your original plan.

[Amber]

Zuzana wrote: "Lannele, I was wondering about the penalty as well. Wouldn't make it more sense to add 1 book as a penalty? That way if you "cheat" you have to read 1 book more than was your original plan."

You could do it either way.

Your read count before you pushed the panic link
Before
Read: 5/20

After
Read: 4/20

or you could
Before
Read 5/20

After
read 5/21

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Level: Ruler of the Universe
Boards: all three
Duration: one year
Start Date: July 1, 2014

Read: 70/52+

(view spoiler)[rolled a 4: Alternate Realities - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - 7/3/14 ****
rolled a 3: Fairytales - Alice at Heart - 7/3/14 ***
rolled a 6: Paranormal - Just Breathe - 7/4/14 **
rolled a (measly) 1: Robots - My Name Is Michael Bishop - 7/7/14 ****
rolled a 4: Dystopian/Utopian - Pentimento - 7/8/14 ****

rolled another measly 1: 2014 - Victor - 7/10/14 ***
rolled a 3: free ride - moving to the Sci-Fi circle
rolled a 3 - Indies/Lesser Known - For Love of Mother-Not - 7/12/14 ****
rolled a 4: Sci-Fi on Earth - Aliens on Vacation - 7/14/14 ***
rolled a 2: First Contact - Enduring Endurance - 7/15/14 ***
rolled a 6: Best Sci-Fi - Dragonsong - 7/15/14 ***

rolled a 4: Indies/Lesser Known - A Class Apart - 7/16/14 ***
rolled a 5: Time Travel - Marking Time - 7/18/14 ***
rolled a 4: Philosophical - The Little Prince - 7/20/14 ***
rolled a 5: Female Author - Project ELE - 7/21/14 ***
rolled a 5: Young Adult - Crystal Singer - 7/28/14 ****

rolled a 2: Time Travel - Johnny Doesn't Drink Champagne - 8/9/14 ****
rolled a 2: Humorous - Bugtown - 8/10/14 **
rolled a 1: Classic - The Invisible Man - 8/16/14 ****
rolled a 1: Philosophical - The Dragon Box - 8/19/14 ***
+ 1 book for moving to Fantasy Circle
rolled a 5: Classic - Those Who Hunt the Night - 8/21/14 ****

rolled a 6: Humorous - Afterlife - 8/23/14 ***
rolled a 5: roll again
rolled a 1: Unique Magic Systems - Funny Tragic Crazy Magic - 8/23/14 ****
rolled a 2: Arthurian - Hunting Ground - 9/2/14 ****
rolled a 3: Best Fantasy - Bone Crossed - 9/13/13 ****
rolled a 1: Young Adult - Dealing with Dragons - 9/17/14 ***

rolled a 5: Movies - Searching for Dragons - 9/16/14 ***
rolled a 2: Demons/Angels - The Guardian - 9/17/14 ***
rolled a 1: Ghost/ESP - Dead to the World - 9/19/14 ***
rolled a 3: Indies/Lesser Known - Defiance - 9/23/14 ***
rolled a 1: Arthurian - The Shadow Prince - 9/24/14 ***

rolled a 2: Classic - The Great Ghost Rescue - 9/24/14 ***
rolled a 3: Dragons/Elves/Fairies - Evren: Enter the Dragonette - 9/25/14 ****
rolled a 2: Free Roll
move to Combo Board
rolled a 2: Mythology - Sweet Venom - 9/26/14 ***
rolled a 1: Steampunk - Aladdin and His Wonderfully Infernal Device - 10/4/14 ***
rolled a 6: Dystopian/Utopian - Giggleswick: The Amadán Map - 10/6/14 ***

rolled a 6: Cyberpunk - PANIC, read a book published in my birth month - Chaos - 10/15/14 ***
rolled a 4: Space Opera- Restoree - 10/18/14 ****
rolled a 1: Fairytales - Beauty and the Beast 10/31/14 ***
rolled a 6: Paranormal - The Reformed Vampire Support Group 11/1/14 ****
rolled a 2: Military - Sky Hunter 11/21/14 ***

rolled a 1: Aliens - The Star Child 11/22/14 ***
rolled a 4: Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Magic Bites 11/24/14 ****
rolled a 2: Free Ride/Roll Again
rolled a 1: Low Fantasy - Super Zero 11/29/14 ***
rolled a 1: Cyberpunk - Pennsylvania 12/8/14 **
rolled a 5: Fairytales - Peter Pan 12/6/14 **

rolled a 4: Mythology - Humanless - 12/8/14 ***
rolled a 6: High/Epic Fantasy - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 12/8/14 ****
rolled a 3: Best Sci-fi/Fantasy - Bridge to Terabithia 12/10/14 ****
rolled a 1: Award Winners - James and the Giant Peach 12/10/14 ***
rolled a 4: Urban - The Penkeepers - 12/11/14 ****

rolled a 6: free ride/roll again
move to Fantasy circle
rolled a 2: Movies - Enchanted, Inc. - 12/12/14 ****
rolled a 3: Ghost/ESP - Winter Song - 12/12/14 ****
rolled a 2: Unique Magic Systems - Dr. Fuddle and the Gold Baton - 12/18/14 ***
rolled a 1: Indies/Lesser Known - Coyote Run - 12/20/14 ***
rolled a 2: Swords & Sorcery - The Griffin's Boy - 12/20/14 **

rolled a 3: Young Adult - Clicks 12/21/14 ***
rolled a 1: Dragons, Elves, Fairies -Whispers in the Woods: The Complete Collection 12/22/14 ***
rolled a 6: Demons, Angels - Accidental Ashes 12/23/14 ***
rolled a 5: Arthurian - Magic Unbound 2/13/15 ***
rolled a 2: Classic - Tuesdays at the Castle 2/13/15 ****

rolled a 4: Magic User - Valor 2/14/15 ****
rolled a 1: roll again
rolled a 3: Shifters, Vamps, Weres - Whiteout 2/14/15 ****
rolled a 6: Arthurian - PANIC - birth month read again Grave Sight 2/15/15 ****
rolled a 3: Best Fantasy - Alpha & Omega 2/17/15 ****
rolled a 1: YA - The Shells of Chanticleer 2/18/15 ***

rolled a 3: roll again
rolled a 2: Movies - Don't Hex with Texas 2/25/15 ****
rolled a 5: Unique Magic Systems - Magic Bites 2/28/15 ****
rolled a 4: Classic - Shiver 5/3/15 ****
rolled a 4: Magic Users - Bad Apple 5/5/15 ***
rolled a 4: Shifters/Vamps/Weres - Twilight 5/7/15 **** (hide spoiler)]

[Zuzana]

Amber wrote: "You could do it either way.

Your read count before you pushed the panic link
Before
Read: 5/20

After
Read: 4/20"

Thanks, the example cleared it up.

[Paris]

Amber this is pretty spectacular. I'm definitely in. I think I'm going to go pretty big for a year long challenge. Thanks for putting this together!!

TCF Science Fiction and Fantasy Challenge
Level: King
Boards: All Three
Books Read: 1/30
Duration: 6/22/14 - 6/21/14

Roll 1: 5 on the Combo Board
Romance and Erotic: White Hot Kiss by Jennifer L. Armentrout - ♥♥♥♥ - 11/29/14
Roll 2: 6 on the Combo Board
Mythology:

[Barbara ★]

I'm going to shoot for 10-20 Barbarian/Alien Invader and give myself one year.


Duration: July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015

READ: 15/15

Board: Fantasy
✔1. Rolled 4 - Best Fantasy
[Best Fairytales & Retellings]Beauty - Robin McKinley 7/22
✔2. Rolled 5 - Unique Magic System
[Most Interesting Magic System] Sunshine - Robin McKinley 9/3
✔3. Rolled 4 - Shifters, Vampires, Werewolves
✔4. Rolled 6 - switched boards
A Soul So Wicked - Sharie Kohler (m.c. werewolf) 9/5


Board: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
✔4. Rolled 2 - Mythology
Styxx - Sherrilyn Kenyon 9/12
✔5. Rolled 5 - Alien
Contest - Matthew Reilly 11/13
✔6. Rolled 5 - Award Winner
Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins 1/19
✔7. Rolled 5 - Urban
[The Best Urban Fantasy]Shaedes of Gray - Amanda Bonilla 2/8
✔8. Rolled 6 - Free/Roll Again - switched boards



Board: Fantasy
✔8. Rolled 5 - Ghosts/ESP
Dead Case in Deadwood - Ann Charles 2/8
✔9. Rolled 2 - Unique Magic System
[Most Interesting Magic System]The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkein 2/26
✔10. Rolled 5 - Best Fantasy
[Best Fantasy World]Seraphina - Rachel Hartman 2/28
✔11. Rolled 2 - Dragons / Elves / Fairies
Son of No One - Sherrilyn Kenyon (dragon important to plot) 3/9
✔12. Rolled 1 - Magic Users
Ritual Magic - Eileen Wilks (sorcerers/witches) 3/11
✔13. Rolled 5 - Demons / Angels
Revenant - Larissa Ione (angels) 3/14
✔14. Rolled 1 - Ghost/ESP
Last Stand of Dead Men - Derek Landy (psychic abilities) 3/16
✔15. Rolled 5 - Swords / Sorcery
Endsinger - Jay Kristoff 3/18



CHALLENGE COMPLETE

[Christine]

TCF Science Fiction and Fantasy Challenge
Level: Level: 20-30 Heroic Warrior/ Star ship commander
Boards: All Three
Duration: June 27, 2014 - June 26, 2015

READ: 3/30

start on combo board
1. dice rolled: got a "1" - low fantasy

✔ 28.06.2014 ♥♥♥♥

2. dice rolled: got a "6" - fairy tales

✔ #27 01.07.2014 ♥♥♥♥♥

3. dice rolled - got a "3": Hard Sci-Fi

✔ by Elizabeth Moon 03.07.2014 ♥♥♥♥

4. dice rolled - got a "5": Military SF or F


#175

5. dice rolled - got a "5": Best Science Fiction or Fantasy

(october)

SF
#26 Daemon have
#102 Nexus have
#248 When She Woke

F
#65 Something from the Nightside have

[V_Nerdbooks]

Amber this looks amazing!
I need to read through the rules, I'm definitely in but it's midnight here so will have a good look tomorrow.

[Greta]

Wow, this looks like so much fun!! I am in! I will come back to get started later tonight!

[Amber]

Christine wrote: "I had to google low fantasy because I was interested - never would have guessed that the above a low fantasy. -..."


Actually doing this board was eye opening in learning about some of the sub-genres since I mainly read epic/high/heroic fantasy. I also didn't realize how much more popular fantasy is than science fiction. I original started out with boards with 34 squares but just couldn't fill the Science Fiction one...

[Greta]

TCF Science Fiction and Fantasy Challenge
Level: 20-30 Heroic Warrior/ Star ship commander
Boards: All Three
Duration: June 23, 2014 - June 22, 2015

COMPLETED: 1/25

started on combo board
1) Rolled a #3-
Steampunk Soulless by Gail Carriger completed 8/4/14 ★★★★★
2) Rolled a 4- Aliens Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Wow, great work developing this challenge, especially with the nice graphics to go with it! And as a fantasy/sci-fi thing it pretty much seems like it was made for me, so I'm definitely in. :D

TCF Science Fiction and Fantasy Challenge
Time Frame: 24 June 2014 - 23 June 2015
Level: God/Ruler of the Universe
Boards: All
Completed: 1/50+

Start: Combo Board
1. Roll: 3 -> Urban: Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia (28 Jun 2014) ♥♥♥♥
2. Roll: 6 -> Roll again: 5 -> Robot: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

[Christine]

Amber wrote: "Christine wrote: "I had to google low fantasy because I was interested - never would have guessed that the above a low fantasy. -..."


Actually doing this board was eye opening in learning about s..."

Amber you really created an awesome new challenge. I bow before you :)

It's really interesting how many different subgenres exist and how "we" don't know about it :) It's fun to learn something new!

[Zuzana]

Amber, the larger version of the board is slightly different than the smaller one. E.g. Sci-fi board has a tile "Utopia" in the smaller version but in the larger version the same tile is occupied by "Movies". Which one should we use?

[Amber]

Zuzana wrote: "Amber, the larger version of the board is slightly different than the smaller one. E.g. Sci-fi board has a tile "Utopia" in the smaller version but in the larger version the same tile is occupied b..."

It is actually suppose to be First Contact, I couldn't find enough lists for the other two categories. That tile changed 4 times when I was making this board.

I checked the links and they were the same so I don't get why it was displaying wrong so I changed the name and re-upped it again. I'm really sorry about the mix up and thank you so much for pointing it out.

[Zuzana]

Amber wrote: "It is actually suppose to be First Contact, I couldn't find enough lists for the other two categories. That tile changed 4 times when I was making this board."

What?! NOOOO! I totally picked at least 4 scifi books made into movies I wanted to read. :) LOL! So First contact it is.

Amber wrote: "I checked the links and they were the same so I don't get why it was displaying wrong so I changed the name and re-upped it again. I'm really sorry about the mix up and thank you so much for pointing it out. "

Glad to be of help. BTW I love this challenge so much. And adding the lists was such a great idea. I just browse and pick up books in advance.

[Jojobean]

Science Fiction and Fantasy Challenge
Boards: All 3
Levels: 50+ God/Ruler of the Universe
Duration: July 1, 2014~ July 1, 2015 (12 months from start date)

Board Starting With: Fantasy
Roll 1: #2~ Indie/Lesser Known
~ 8/18/14

Roll 2: #4~ Best Fantasy
by Tracy Lynn~ 10/4/14

Roll 3: #4 ~ Free Ride Roll Again
staying on Fantasy board

Roll 4: #4~ Demons/Angels
~ by Lauren Kate, 3/21/15

Roll 5: #3~ Unique Magic Systems

[Jojobean]

I have a question. Is there any specific tile on a board that we should start on when we roll the dice or should we just pick any tile and count spaces from there?

[Amber]

Joanne♥~Bookworm Extraordinaire wrote: "I have a question. Is there any specific tile on a board that we should start on when we roll the dice or should we just pick any tile and count spaces from there?"

Start on any "Free Ride" tiles.

[♦Ashley♦]

This looks so fun!!! Is it too late to join?

[Amber]

Ashley wrote: "This looks so fun!!! Is it too late to join?"

Nope you can start whenever you want to :)

[♦Ashley♦]

SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY CHALLENGE
BOARDS: All 3
LEVEL: 1-10 Serf/Robot servant
DURATION: July 3, 2014 - July 3, 2015
PROGRESS: 5/10

1. Rolled 5 (Romance Erotic) Club Dishabille 7/6/14 ♥♥♥
2. Rolled 4 - Free Ride moving to the fantasy board
3. Rolled 6 - Free Ride/Roll again
4. Rolled 3 (Arthurian) - Legendary 8/17/14 ♥♥♥♥
5. Rolled 4 (Young Adult) - Uglies 8/28/14 ♥♥♥♥
6. Rolled 3 - Free Ride moving to the combo board
7. Rolled 6 (Urban) - The Sea of Monsters 9/14/14♥♥♥
8. Rolled 5 (Dark Fiction) - Nevermore 10/13/14♥♥♥
9. Rolled 2 (Hard Sci-fi) - Alien

[Jonquil]

COMPLETED

1-10 Serf/Robot servant 10/10 DONE
10-20 Barbarian/Alien invader 20/20 DONE
20-30 Heroic Warrior/ Star ship commander30/30 DONE
30-40 King/Galactic leader 40/40 DONE
50+ God/Ruler of the Universe 52/50 DONE

I suggest a 60+ level:
60+ School Bus Driver on Field Trip Day to Comic-Con

June 22-September 20, 2014 90 days
All 3 Boards

1. 6 Best Fantasy: Cress 6/23 ★★★★★
2. 4 Free Ride/Roll Again
3. 4 Paranormal: Where There's a Witch 6/25 ★★
4. 4 High/Epic Fantasy:Inside the Shadow City 6/27 ★★★
5. 5 Free Ride/Roll Again
6. 3 Urban: Moon Over Soho 6/30 ★★★
7. 1 Alternate Realities: A Blood Seduction 7/1 ★★
8. 5 Free Ride/ Roll Again
9. 1 Ghosts ESP: The Night Tourist 7/1 ★★★
10. 6 Magic Users Magic Mourns 7/3 ★★★★★
11. 6 Female Authors: Dying to Meet You 7/6 ★★★★★
12. 1 Alternate History:1853 7/7 ★★★
13. 4 Young Adult:Magic Dreams 7/7 ★★★★
Serf/Robot servant 10 books

14. 3 First Contact: Rendezvous with Rama 7/12 ★★★
15. 4 Free Ride/Roll Again
16. 1 Unique Magic Systems: Hexbound 7/11 ★★★★
17. 4 Classic: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 7/8 ★★★★
18. 5 free Ride/Roll Again
19. 1 Humorous Skulduggery Pleasant 7/16 ★★★
20. 3 Demons/Angels Tempt the Stars 7/12 ★★★
21. 4 Indie/Lesser known Dealing with Dragons 7/18 ★★★★★
22. 2 Sword and Sorcery A Princess of Mars 7/12 ★★★★
23. 1 Classic (Listopia) The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey 7/13 ★★★★
24. 4 Magic Users Whispers Under Ground 7/14 ★★★
25. 4 Shifters, Vampires The Shambling Guide to New York City 7/16 ★★★★
Barbarian/Alien invader 20 books

26. 1 Angels Demons Bloodstone 7/17 ★★★
27. 6 Sword and Sorcery The Shadow Reader 7/20 ★★★
28. 4 Dragons, Elves. Fairies Searching for Dragons 8/2 ★★★★★
29. 5 Shifters, Vampires, Werewolves Undead and Unsure 7/14 ★
30. 3 Free ride
31. Change boards
32. 3 free ride, roll again
33. 1 Female Author Alien Taste 7/23 ★★★
34. 1 Alternate History The Eyre Affair8/5 ★★★
35. 3 Artificial Intelligence Heart Quest 11/16 ★★★
36. 2 Sci Fi on Earth Lost Souls 7/26 ★★
37. 3 Humorous Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency 8/3 ★★★
38. 3 Free Ride Change board
39. 1 Unique Magic Under Attack 7/28 ★★★★
King/Galactic leader 30 books

40. 1 Indies Mind Games 8/19 ★★★
41. 5 YA Hexed 8/14 ★★
42. 6 Shifters Lost Children of the Far Islands8/6 ★★
43. 2 Ghost Dead Man Talking 8/13 ★★★
44. 2 Magic Merely Magic 8/11 ★★★
45. 4 Classic Inkheart 8/12 ★★
46. 4 Magic Users Spellbound Falls 8/15 ★★★
47. 6 Ghost ESP Tomb with a View 8/13 ★★★
48. 2 Unique magic Magic Can Be Murder 8/17 ★★★
49. 3 Sword and sorcery Of Shadow Born 8/22 ★★★
God/Ruler of the Universe 40 books

50. 4 Dragon The Dragon of Lonely Island 8/18 ★★★★
51 5 Shifters Dragon Bound 8/23 ★★★
52 2 esp Clean 8/24 ★★★★
53 2 magic The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy 8/20 ★★★★
54 3 Sword Ruins of Gorlan 9/1 ★★★★★
55 5 Magic Users Witch in the House 9/3 ★★★
56 5 Angels Demons Archangel's Consort 9/4 ★★★
57 1 Ghosts ESP Ghoul Interrupted 9/12 ★★★
58 5 Sword Sorcery Magic Breaks 9/13 ★★★★★
59 4 Dragons Playing With Fire 9/14 ★★★★★
School Bus Driver on Field Trip Day 50 books

60 1 Magic Users Fate's Edge 9/17 ★★★★
61 2 Humorous Joshua Dread 9/23 ★★★

[Suzanne]

The Challenge Factory
Science Fiction and Fantasy Challenge
Duration: July 1, 2014 - September 31, 2014

Fantasy Board

Progress: 8 out of 10 (for now)

Roll the Dice

1. (4) Demons & Angels: Working for the Devil by Lilith Saintcrow - *** - 7/4/2014 - 403 Pages
2. (4) Indies and Lesser Known Fantasy: Cinder Edna by Ellen Jackson - ***** - 7/8/2014
3. (6) Dragons Elves Fairies: The Neverending Story by Michael Ende - *** - 8/6/2014 - 396 Pages
4. (1) Magic Users: Gifts by Ursula K. Le Guin - *** - 8/19/2014 - 274 Pages
5. (4) Shifters Vampires Werewolves: Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian - *** - 10/3/2014 - 402 Pages
6. (4) Unique Magic Systems: The Witch With No Name by Kim Harrison - ***** - 10/21/2014 - 462 Pages
7. (1) Indies and Lesser Known Fantasy: Written in Red by Anne Bishop - ***** - 4/9/2015 - 433 Pages
8. (2) Swords & Sorcery: The Spirit Thief by Rachel Aaron - ***** - 5/18/2015 - 310 Pages
9. (4) Dragons Elves Fairies: The Autumn Castle by Kim Wilkins

[Barbara]

Thank you Amber for this challenge! It looks simply amazing and I hope it'll help me with keeping up with fantasy books (and I have a cheek to say that fantasy is my favourite genre).

The Challenge Factory
Science Fiction and Fantasy Challenge
Level:: Barbarian
Boards: 3 start on Combo Board
Duration: 1 year

I wasn't able to finish this challenge during the previous year, so I want to start it once again with the same board and level :D.

Start Date: 11/23/2016

Read 0/20

1. (2) Mythology: The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

[Anita Reads]

I keep coming back to this challenge. I may have to give it a go.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Challenge
Level: 20-30 books
Duration: 1 year
Start Date: 07/22/14 - 07/21/15
Finished: 5/20

FANTASY:
Roll 1: 6 Best Fantasy: Storm Front | Jim Butcher 07/28/14 ♥♥♥♥
Roll 2: 3 Magic Users: Silver Shadows | Richelle Mead 08/07/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
Roll 3: 6 Ghost ESP: Grave Peril | Jim Butcher 08/23/14 ♥♥♥♥.5
Roll 4: 2 Unique Magic Systems Poison Study | Maria V. Snyder 09/06/14 ♥♥♥♥♥
Roll 5: 6 Youg Adult Fantasy Beautiful Creatures | Kami Garcia 09/10/14 ♥♥♥♥

[Jonquil]

Barbara wrote: "Thank you Amber for this challenge! ...Level: Barbarian (my name originates from this word :D)."

Barbara- Are you admitting to something?

[Candy]

TCF Science Fiction and Fantasy Challenge
Duration: July 22, 2014 - July 21, 2015
Level 20-30 books
3/20-30

Board

Dice

How it works
1. Pick the amount of books you want to read and the duration you want to play.
2. Pick which board you want to start on Fantasy, Science Fiction, or Combo Board. Start on any Free Ride tile.
3. Roll the dice and move clock-wise through out the board.
4. Land on a Free Ride Space and take a free dragon/spaceship/portal ride to another board or simply roll again and move on the same board.
5. If you want to move to another board but don't want to wait deduct 1 book and move to the nearest Free ride title to move to the board of your choice.
6. Don't like a tile you have landed on? Deduct 1 book and push the panic link to receive a general card like "Read a book from your favorite genre" or "Read a book published in your birth month"

Roll 1: 4
Alternate Realities: Living Dead in Dallas - 8/9/14

Roll 2: 6
Hard Sci-Fi: Hyperion - 8/27/14

Roll 3: 4
Robot:Cinder - 11/22/14

Roll 4: 6
Best Sci-Fi Fantasy: Compulsion

[Marla]

Science Fiction and Fantasy Challenge
Level: 1-10 Serf/Robot servant
Duration: 1 year (7/1/14 - 6/30/15)
Progress: 10/10
Completed: 1/8/15

Rolls and Plays:

SF & Fantasy:
1. Alternate Realities (4) - The Death Cure by James Dashner (7/12/14)
2. Free Read/Roll Again (5) - Demons and Druids by James Patterson (7/14/14)
Fantasy:
3. Ghost ESP (5) - All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn (7/17/14)
Science Fiction:
4. Free Read/Roll Again (1) - Turning Curse by A.C. Harrah (7/17/14)
5. Indies Lesser Known (6) - Mythos by Vrinda Pendred (8/3/14)
6. Young Adult (3) - Deviation by Christine Manzari (8/4/14)
7. Time Travel (2) - Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon (11/19/14)
8. Post Apocalyptic (6) - Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi (11/23/14)
9. Alternate History (4) - Cress by Marissa Meyer (12/31/14)
10. Young Adult (4) - The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore (1/8/15)

[Pat]

Quick question...I landed on the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy square on the combo board. When I look at the lists under the combo board, there are all sorts of Best lists, but not one that is specific to the square I landed on. Can I just choose a book out of one of the "best" categories on the board? Thanks!

[Amber]

Pat wrote: "Quick question...I landed on the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy square on the combo board. When I look at the lists under the combo board, there are all sorts of Best lists, but not one that is specific to t..."

Yes, you can. Just pick a book from one of the "Best of..." lists, there are a ton of them. I just put the list up to help people to find books for each title easier.

[♦Ashley♦]

@ Amber, Could I use Uglies by Scott Westerfeld for the YA square on the fantasy board? The book has tags of both YA and fantasy. I just want to make sure it will count:)

[Amber]

Ashley wrote: "@ Amber, Could I use Uglies by Scott Westerfeld for the YA square on the fantasy board? The book has tags of both YA and fantasy. I just want to make sure it will count:)"

Sure :)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Amber, what was your intention for the Movies tile on the Fantasy circle? When I first saw it, I assumed that it was for books that HAVE been made into movies. But the only links you have provided is for books that SHOULD be made into movies. So now I'm worried that my assumption is wrong.

[Melissa]

Amber, since I've already done my rolls can I place my books out of order? IE I just read an alien book but still haven't done my first roll for space opera

[Amber]

Lanelle wrote: "Amber, what was your intention for the Movies tile on the Fantasy circle? When I first saw it, I assumed that it was for books that HAVE been made into movies. But the only links you have provided ..."

To give people more variety in picking I added the lists with Should be made into movies, so you can pick off those lists if you want to.

[Amber]

Melissa wrote: "Amber, since I've already done my rolls can I place my books out of order? IE I just read an alien book but still haven't done my first roll for space opera"


You really should read them in order to make the challenge a little more difficult.

[Elena]

What an incredible challenge, I'm definitely in! I'm going to take a year and see how much of the board I'll manage to cover.

TCF Science Fiction and Fantasy Challenge
Duration: 9/12/2014 - 9/11/2015
Level: 30-40 King/Galactic leader
Boards: All
Completed:

Science Fiction Board
Roll 1: 6 - Young Adult - Unwind (Unwind Dystology, #1) by Neal Shusterman **** - 9/27/2014
Roll 2: 3 - First Contact -
Roll 3: