R4: SSS How to Play, Help, & Discussion

[Jenne]

[Jenne]

Round 4 of SSS:

This is a team challenge that will require two books a week. The object of the game is to roll the dice (there will be a link to the website to roll) and move along the board. The first team to pass the finish line wins the game.

Captains will roll the dice by clicking here on Sundays and Thursdays once their team has completed their reads. Please note captains when rolling you will have to change it to one die. You may not advance until all of the team's reviews are in. If a player or team falls behind the team has to wait until the next Sunday or Thursday to roll. That being said it's very important to finish and review your book on time. If a player fails to review on time more than twice they will no longer be on the team (excluding a prearranged absence)

How to pick a book:
If you land on single digit spot for example lets say you land on spot 5 then you have to read a book that's #5 in a series. For double digit numbers, for example you land on spot 48 you can read either a #4 or a #8 in a series. Stand alone books will count as a #1 or a #0. I don't expect anyone to read a series out of order and for people that don't really read series books that still want to play there will be an alternate option. There will be an alternate option for each spot.

Sign ups are open now through August 25th. Teams will be formed on August 26th and the game will begin on Sunday the 31st.

There will be a separate thread for captains to post their place on the board after rolling and a separate thread for captains to post a link to the teams completed reviews.

Teams will have a chance to earn 1 Free Pass to roll. To earn your free pass your team has to complete their reads a day before the next roll. Once your team has done this you will have 1 free pass. The free pass will allow a team to roll if they are missing a review(s) before the cutoff. The free pass may not be used for the win. Once you've used it, you can't earn another one. It's a one time shot.

Re-reads are allowed
Page limit is 150
When using an anthology you may use any of the numbers in the book except for the .5 since this means 1/2. But you must review each story in the anthology.
Series # will be based on how GR has it listed.
Any questions please feel free to ask!

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[Jenne]

The alternates:
Each number corresponds with the spot on the board.
For colors: The cover has to be at least 50%
For locations: As long as the book takes part at all in the given location .
For Shelves: Any book on the given shelf
For Publication Years: I'll be using how GR has it's publication date listed.
For Authors Names: The first, middle, or last name of the author is ok.
For Cover Items: Must have the given item on the cover
For Titles: Only the first word of the title. A, An, And, and The do not count.
So if the letter is B: The Best Day would be ok. Dear Betty would not be ok.

1. New Mexico
2. White
3. 2004
4. Adult
5. Title R
6. Cover Item tattoo
7. Author J
8. New York
9. Green
10. 2002
11. Cover Love
12. Title C
13. Cover Item Smoke
14. Author W
15. Italy
16. Silver/Gray
17. 2001
18. Book Boyfriends
19. Title N
20. Cover Item Mode of Transportation
21. Author I
22. Australia
23. Yellow
24. 2010
25. Reviewed
26. Title E
27. Cover Item 2 People
28. Author T
29. Nevada
30. Blue
31. 1999
32. 3 Star
33. Title H
34. Cover Item Moon
35. Author K
36. Louisiana
37. Pink
38. 2014
39. Got It
40. Title O
41. Cover Item Beach
42. Author E
43. Illinois
44. Red
45. 2012
46. On Kindle
47. Title B
48. Cover Item No People
49. Author L
50. Texas
51. Orange
52. 2008
53. Fun
54. Title S
55. Cover Item Building(s)
56. Author A
57. England
58. Black
59. 2013
60. 4 Stars
61. Title K
62. Cover Item Animal
63. Author S
64. Massachusetts
65. Purple
66. 2011
67. Signed
68. Title T
69. Cover Item One Person
70. Author D
71. France
72. Multi-colored (more than 3 colors)
73. 2009
74. Did Not Finish
75. Title F

[Jenne]

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[Jenne]

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[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Ezi is playing both because I'm crazy for spartacus

[Jenne]

I'm taking the plunge too :)

Be sure to sign up under both sign ups so I don't forget =]

[Gea]

I'm in

[Leslie]

Okay, I will try a round. Now what do I do?

[Jenne]

Right now sign ups are open until next Monday. Tuesday teams will be formed and then our first roll will be on Sunday.

[Jenne]

You can also look at the archives from previous rounds to get a feel for it :)

[Jennifer H]

Sunday seems like it's a loooong time away :D

[Jenne]

I know it does and then I think of all of the threads needing setup and attention between now and then and it doesn't seem so far away lol.

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Quick question for those of us playing both versions: Can I use the same book in SS and SSS simultaneously if it happens to fit?

[Jenne]

Yup :)

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Jenne wrote: "Yup :)"

How nice. In the m-m group we couldn't.
Denise, you would have to roll the same number after the first week to keep using the same book

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Not necessarily - e.g. if it fits the number in one game and the alternate in the other it should work, right? :)

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

I guess

[Jenne]

I'm hoping that's the case Denise lol!

[Jenne]

Ok all teams have post 2 updated with the links to the spreadsheet and post your spot. If yours isn't working let me know.

We'll officially kick off this Sunday, teams can roll anytime after midnight Sunday US Central Time.

Also don't forget your team can earn a free pass to roll (it's like an insurance to roll one time if you have missing review(s) by the deadline)
In order to earn it all reviews must be in a day early (Wednesday or Saturday). To make my life easier and to insure I don't miss it if y'all would when submitting the reviews next roll please let me know in that post if your team earned it this week. Once you have I'll put a picture of it in the first post on your thread and it's there for future use if needed.

[Sue]

Hi Jenne,

I am going to be the captain of Team 5 and our name will be Hooked on Books

[Paris]

Oh Jenne, you're totally gonna hate me, but I got questions about covers....

For cover item: No People - that means this could literally be any cover at all as long as there are no people on it right?

Colors...you know I'm a horrible judge, so I'm going to post some and tell you what I think they are and you tell me if I'm right.

- Orange
- Pink or purple?
- green?
- blue?
- pink
- red
- yellow
- orange?
- red?

Then there's these ones...I don't know what, if anything they are...what do you think?








Thank you!!

[Jenne]

The ones you have the color listed look alright. The one that says pink or purple looks purple to me. Your next batch cuz I'm lazy right now I'm listing the color by order:
Green
Blue
not sure what color that is lol, but it has enough black
Yellow or black
Yellow or black
Black

No people on the cover, any cover with no humans works :)

[Paris]

Fantastic! Thanks Jenne! I'm trying to get books listed for all alternates ahead of time since I'm playing both games.

[Jenne]

Smart thinking!

[Paris]

One more question...I think...

So does the version of the book we are reading have to be the one with the cover item, color, pub date, etc or can it be any version of that book (ie: foreign edition, mass market paperback vs hardcover, etc).

Thanks Jenne!!

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

we start tomorrow, right?

[Paris]

For SSS I think we start on Sunday (so roll Saturday night).

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

thanks

[Jenne]

It can be any version Paris. And yes we start Sunday so anytime after midnight we can roll :D

[Paris]

Thanks Jenne! I think I'm almost ready to go. Lol

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Jenne~Team Six will be called Six Pack and I'm the captain!

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

@Jenne, the discussion link on team 6 sends us to SS discussion, not here SSS discussion.
Thanks

[✿~Danielle~✿]

Ezinwanyi~the Troublemaker wrote: "@Jenne, the discussion link on team 6 sends us to SS discussion, not here SSS discussion.
Thanks"

Team 5 also.

[Jennifer H]

I think maybe all of them do, Jenne. Team 2's the same :)

[Jenne]

And copy and paste strikes again.....
I'll get y'all fixed!

[Jenne]

Ezinwanyi~the Troublemaker wrote: "@Jenne, the discussion link on team 6 sends us to SS discussion, not here SSS discussion.
Thanks"

All fixed!

[Jennifer H]

Jenne, Team 2 would like to be known as The Tricky Foxes and I am the head fox :D

[Jenne]

Gotcha head fox :D

[Shelby]

Jenne Team 3 will forever and after now be know as the Fried Brainiacs with me as their short circuited leader. ;)

[Paris]

Question about the free pass: if we technically roll on Thursday (even though it's still Wednesday for me) if we have all of our reviews in by Wednesday, we get the free pass is that correct?

[Jenne]

Yeah all reviews have to be in Wednesday central time.

[Paris]

Fantastic. Thanks!

[Jenne]

Just a reminder, in order to earn your free pass this week, all of your teams reviews need to be in by midnight tonight (Central time).

[Shelby]

Jenne - I hope I posted the way you'd like. I edited my inital roll post with the links to all my teams reviews. :)

[Jenne]

You can do it like that or put it with the new roll's post. The only thing I'm a stickler on with the spots your spot is a new post for a new roll. Otherwise I'll very easily overlook your new spot when doing the spreadsheet.

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Jenne~I updated my post in Post your Spot thread. I tested it to make sure I did it right. Could you check it yourself to see if it's right please?

[Jenne]

Looks good to me :)

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Thanks!

[btwthesepages]

Hey. A quick question.
Does this count as a green cover?