20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: Boardgames

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20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Sophie's task: Boardgames

One of my favourite things to do when I was young was to play boardgames that had been my parents when they were younger. I've used a selection of these as inspiration for the tasks below.

This is a one book task. Choose one option from those listed below.

Required: State which option you have chosen when you post.

Option 1 - Wildlife
Collect animals from at the world to fill your zoo. This game was originally produced in association with WWF and has an emphasis on animal conservation - the only game I can think of with a moral message.

Read a book with an animal that can be found in a zoo on the cover (no pets, mythological creatures, or extinct animals allowed).
Ex:
Required: Include the cover when you post.

Option 2 - Go
The aim was to travel the world by plane, train or boat and collect souvenirs. I loved seeing what you could collect round the world and the different currencies that were used.

Read a book with the MPG Travel.

Option 3 - Careers
To win you had to get a combination of happiness, fame and wealth by pursuing a variety of careers from Hollywood, going to sea, a space mission and uranium prospecting in Peru to name a few. The scoring got tricky and required some mathematical skill to work out.

Read a book with a number in the title or subtitle. Numbers may be ordinal (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc) or cardinal (1, 2, 3, etc.). They may be in numerical form or spelled out.
Ex: 1st to Die, The 500, My Name is Number 4, I Am Number Four

Option 4 - Campaign
This is similar to Risk, but set in Napoleonic Europe. You move your armies and general to capture towns and conquer lands.

Read a book with the author's first and last initials in NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. Middle names should be ignored. If a book has multiple authors, all authors' initials must fit.

[Sophie]

Allowed
Numbers in a foreign language
Roman numerals


Animals
Tiger - yes
Owl - yes
Whale - yes
Rabbit - no

[Sophie]

Not suitable

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This thread is now open!

[Cat]

No question, just popped in to say that this makes me very happy....

Where better to put Napoleon the Great than here, against option 4? :) (author: Andrew Roberts)

oh, and congrats on winning this task :)

[Zach]

Would a book that is 3rd in a series designation count for the Careers option?


For example: Oathbringer

Thanks

[Sophie]

Thanks Cat! Glad you've got something that fits so perfectly.

[Sophie]

Zach wrote: "Would a book that is 3rd in a series designation count for the Careers option?


For example: Oathbringer

Thanks"

The number has to be in the title or subtitle. Just being part of a series doesn't count. Oathbringer doesn't contain a number so wouldn't count.

[Christi]

Wondering is this will work for option 1, since only the bottom half of the tiger is on the cover?

thanks

[Jenifer]

For option 3, can the number be in a different language?

Fromage à Trois

[Alaina]

Would Roman numerals work for Option 3?

Such as: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

[Sophie]

Christi wrote: "Wondering is this will work for option 1, since only the bottom half of the tiger is on the cover?

thanks"

Yes since it is recognisably a tiger

[Sophie]

Jenifer wrote: "For option 3, can the number be in a different language?

Fromage à Trois"

Yes, I'm happy with this

[Sophie]

Alaina wrote: "Would Roman numerals work for Option 3?

Such as: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption"

Roman numerals work for me

[Jenifer]

Sophie wrote: "Jenifer wrote: "For option 3, can the number be in a different language?

Fromage à Trois"

Yes, I'm happy with this"

Great! Thank you.

[Kate]

For Option 3, would "first" work? Wizard's First Rule

[Sophie]

First works for that option.

[Sophie]

I'm happy with the owl cover.

No to the rabbit cover; rabbits are pets more often than they are in a zoo (and tigers are the opposite) which is the benchmark I'd use to say yes or no to this task

[Michelle]

A little unsure, so seeking your input. Would whale work for the zoo option? Thanks. :)

[Sophie]

I'm happy with a whale.

[Lagullande]

Would this be ok for a tiger for Option 1? (the teeth are below the title, and the eyes are above)

[Sophie]

I'd struggle to tell that was a tiger if I wasn't told, so it won't work for this. Sorry