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Captains Team: Defective Detectives
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May 17, 2019 05:21AM
Yes to head on cover, black hair and purple cover. Good finds!
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I think this one should work for "very dark cover" task. It's 73% black on tineye. Agree?
Thanks Judith - and yes Nanci and Alison let me know what you think. I'll pencil them in those spots for now, but I'm more than happy to more them if there is any doubt.
Nanci, I’d say that’s a very dark cover
Ok. I'll keep that book on the SS as "very dark cover" task. Thanks!
We still need to claim the letters G, R, C, W, A, Y for the spell out, right? I'm going to start looking for some short books that will work.
I found a few audio books that I will listen to for letters W and A.
Nice - that's great! I have some short books I need to read - I'll take a look this morning and see where they fit. I tried to use a character name for clue (oops) and then forgot I could use them here :)
So you're playing Clue too, Suzanne? I am sooo lost in that game! I never played in real life and I have no idea how the strategy works. l just read whatever my team tells me to read! lol
I’m playing too. Basically you use guesses to figure out which cards no one has.So it’s important to pay attention to the other teams’ guessing and who passes on what combination.
When you first guess you just kinda wing it, strategy matters more a few rounds in once you have some team cards figured out.
Thanks for the mini tutorial on Clue Judith!I understand your first sentence and I understand the dice combinations. I think the Snoop word gives you an extra guess and you can use it once per week after it's completed, right?
I don't understand the "Guess Card" SS page columns C, D, and F.
"The Other Team Guesses" SS totally confuses me!
I feel bad not helping more with the strategy, but I'm just too unsure to offer any advice.
I think my team is using a different tracking sheet. I used one from a previous game because my sheets are named something else so I can't really help there.The Snoop sort of is an extra guess since you get to ask a specific team a specific question. But you can't present them with a full second guess (that has the 3 cards). And only your team knows what was asked in the Snoop. Other teams will know you used a Snoop but not the question or answer.
And you can use the Snoop right away or stockpile them for later.
Now I understand the Snoop! Thanks, Judith! The SS you made for UNO was the best I've ever seen and made so much sense. If I play Clue next year, I'm going to request your team, so I'll understand the SS. lol
Spreadsheets help SO much with challenges - I admire that skill Judith!
Is there a countdown for start of game? I swear I saw one at some point, but can't find one now. But it IS the 20th :)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...The countdown is under the first bullet, I almost missed it :)
Oh thank you! Wow I looked past that at least 5 or 6 times!
I finished my first book
.I changed the task from "a new to you author" to "a creepy cover". I figured creepy cover might be harder to find and A Clockwork Orange definitely is creepy with the huge, screaming mouth with crooked teeth on the cover!
Nanci wrote: "I finished my first book .I changed the task from "a new to you author" to "a creepy cover". I figured creepy cover might be harder to find and A Clockwork O..."
Sounds good! And yes, I'd say that was a creepy cover. Honestly the whole book is disturbing.
Judith wrote: "Nanci wrote: "I finished my first book .I changed the task from "a new to you author" to "a creepy cover". I figured creepy cover might be harder to find and..."
OMG! Very disturbing indeed! I think you gave it more stars than I did. Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Also, I added it to my shelf for UNO 2019. Do we need to do that for the Captain challenge?
Good idea to change to harder a harder task. That is creepy for sure!
I think so, someone asked if we could use the same shelf from the normal UNO game and Karen or UNO Pixie said yes.
Nanci wrote: "Judith wrote: "Nanci wrote: "I finished my first book .I changed the task from "a new to you author" to "a creepy cover". I figured creepy cover might be har..."
I read that a long time ago so I'm not even sure what I rated it. I'd probably rate it differently if I read it again now.
Thanks, Suzanne!Sounds good, Judith.
Off to start another quick book!
First one done for me, Happily Never After. It's currently in for 100-150 pages but will fit a few of the other tasks (vampire, dark cover, creepy cover, C - Character Chase).
Ready to post book #2 for my 201-250 page book. I was smart this time and have some shorter books, so hoping they go quick!
I’ve managed to finish 2.A Week to be Wicked (The was fun and made me laugh) and Justice Calling.
I was a bit disappointed in Justice Calling, I think it was too short for her to develop the story/characters to where I’d of liked them to be. However, it being only 119 pages of easy reading made it a super quick read.
Finished
for the sunglasses on the cover task. Have also started
for the crowd on cover. Unfortunately it's not turning out to be the quickest of reads
I finished my "U" book today and my "C" book - however - I moved my C book to "character has regular interactions with boss" since I feel like that task might be harder? The male MC is the boss of the female MC - originally at his company, and then hiring her to be his fake fiancee (so seems like that works). However, if someone wants to read the boss task, I can move it back to "C" :)
Lol and then I just changed my low pages book to a C book - "Craig" is a pretty main character
Good idea, Suzanne! I think it’s smart for all of us to be flexible and move things to a harder task when it fits.
LOL, I usually go with nothing is completely final until the last book read has found a home and the spreadsheet is due to the mods :)
Great - that makes a lot of sense. So many of these tasks, we won't know all they fit until we actually get to read. Thanks! (& ty for setting the example Nanci with the creepy cover).
If anyone gets the task for neon cover again, there is a perfect cover on this week’s NY Times best seller list. I think it’s#8 on the list.Oops! I posted this to the wrong thread, sorry. I actually had a heart cath today and I must have been a bit woozy still when I posted.
I finished my A book today. I changed my W book from the Laura Ingalls Wilder book to The White Giraffe as that works for another challenge I'm doing too. Hint: If anyone is playing Alice In Wonderland, it's good the "long neck" task. :)
I changed my C book to an "ends up in the hospital" book because that happened :) I finished 3 books today - because we had a 10 hour drive.
Awesome, Suzanne!I finished my W book last night. Adding it now.
Oh good Suzanne! Now I can stop feeling like a jerk as I read my books hoping someone ends up in the hospital 🤣How’s the bike riding going?
Haha yeah I felt rather guilty when I was happy that the hero got all shot up and was admitted for a long hospital stay!We ended the bike riding a little early - our next planned stop was in Missouri right where the tornado happened that killed a couple of people, and we decided to just head home instead. We did get to visit the Little House on the Prairie museum while we were there - I absolutely loved it. About a quarter of a mile away there was a house whose roof had been blown off by a tornado the previous day. Wow nature is such a powerful thing!
That was sad about the tornado. We had just biked through that one town a few weeks ago. The Missouri people are so nice and down to earth. I didn’t know there was a museum for Little House on the Prarie there. I read all those books when I was a little girl!
That was sad about the tornado. We had just biked through that one town a few weeks ago. The Missouri people are so nice and down to earth. I didn’t know there was a museum for Little House on the Prarie there. I read all those books when I was a little girl!
I agree about the people we met - they were all very nice. And so much perseverence - we talked to some farmers who had just planted - looking at all the washed out fields, etc. It takes a special kind of person to be a farmer!
The 250 mile Katy Trail was just about all farmland. I didn't realize they supplied so much of our food for us. The crops were almost under water when we were there, before the tornado. Those farm people feed America!
Yes so true! It makes me want to read/learn more about that part of the country.
Did you ladies do the stream with "nature scene on cover"? If so, do you know if something like
would count, or should it be ALL nature?
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