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I'm sorry that I am always the first one here with a question! I am reading a book with a female author, who is new to me and the book was published in 2017....so a 2,3 and a 5. Can I move to space three, climb the ladder to 51 and then go the 2 and the 5 more spaces to land on 58, OR do I have to count it all as one roll and move to space 10?
Sorry again. I work with preschoolers, I should KNOW how board games work! lol
Progress:Date:12/20/2019
Book Read:Mr. Dickens and His Carol
Number(s) rolled: 3, 2, 5
Ending Spot on the Board: 58
Date: 12/22/19
Book Read: A Christmas Carol
Number(s) rolled: *did not fit any category :'(
Ending Spot on the Board: 58
Date: 12/23/19
Book Read:
Game Played: Would you rather?
Number(s) rolled: 1
Ending Spot on the Board: 59
Date: 12/24/19
Book Read: Date: 12/22/19
Book Read: Inventing Scrooge
Number(s) rolled: 3, 5
Ending Spot on the Board: 67
Date: 12/25/19
Book Read:
Game Played: The Person Below Me Recommends..., title scramble & NYT by the book tag
Number(s) rolled: 1
Ending Spot on the Board: 68 up the ladder to 98 to 100
Round 2
Date: 12/26/19
Book Read: Doctor Who: A Brief History of Time Lords
Game Played: 0
Number(s) rolled: 3. 5. 6
Ending Spot on the Board: 61
Date: 12/28/19
Book Read:
Game Played: Guess that Cover, On your shelf & The person below me recommends
Number(s) rolled: 1, 1, 1
Ending Spot on the Board: 63 and up the ladder to 95, ending on 96
Date: 12/29/19 (a.m.)
Book Read: The Refrigerator Monologues
Game Played: end of year book tag
Number(s) rolled: 5, 2, 3, 1
Ending Spot on the Board: 96 + 5 to 1, +2 = 3 up the ladder to 51 +3 = 54 +1 = 55
Round three
starting on space 55
Date: 12/29/19 (evening)
Book Read: I Am Gandhi: A Graphic Biography of a Hero & Doctor Who: Ghost Stories
Game Played:
Number(s) rolled: 5, 3, 5, 3
Ending Spot on the Board: 55 +5 to 60 +3 to 63 up the ladder to 95, +5 to 100, +3 to space 3, up the ladder to 51
Round 4
Start on space 51
Date:12/29/2019 (bedtime)
Book Read:My Sister, the Serial Killer
Number(s) rolled: 2, 3, 5
Ending Spot on the Board: 61
Progress:Date:12/20/2019
Book Read: Wanderers
Number(s) rolled: 3, 5
Ending Spot on the Board: 56
Date: 12/20/2019
Book Read: Christmas in Camelot
Number(s) rolled: 2, 5
Ending Spot on the Board: 95
Date:12/25/2019
Book Read: The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Number(s) rolled: 2, 3, 5
Ending Spot on the Board: 100
Starting Over
Date: 12/26/2019
Book Read: Escaping Exodus
Number(s) rolled: 3, 2, 5
Ending Spot on the Board: 58
Mod
I am reading a book with a female author, who is new to me and the book was published in 2017....so a 2,3 and a 5. Can I move to spa..."
No worries, Amy, I was working on "sick" brain when doing the game so I'm sure you will not be the only one with questions 😂
But I think that's definitely strategy and it's fine to strategically use your moves. So you can move to space 58.
If people finish the board early, it's always possible to start from the beginning again. The number of "finishes" can just be added to totals.
It's a while since I played snakes and ladders, but don't the squares normally wind back and forth up the board? So squares 1 - 10 run left to right, squares 11 - 20 run right to left, squares 21 - 30 run left to right, squares 31 - 40 run right to left, and so on? Or maybe that's just how the Australian board works...?
Mod
But just follow the numbers provided on the board :)
Laura wrote: "°~Amy~° wrote: "I'm sorry that I am always the first one here with a question! I am reading a book with a female author, who is new to me and the book was published in 2017....so a 2,3 and a 5. C..."
Thank you Laura. I hope you are feeling better! If I tried to make up a game while I was sick it wouldn't be anywhere near as good!
Progress:
Date:12/20/2019
Book Read:
Number(s) rolled:
Ending Spot on the Board:
Date:
Book Read:
Number(s) rolled:
Ending Spot on the Board:
TraciCurrently reading: Go Set a Watchman
Game Progress:
Date:12/23/2019
Book Read: The Roanoke Girls
Number(s) rolled: 2, 3, 5
Ending Spot on the Board: 58
Date: 12/28/2019
Book Read: Go Set a Watchman
Number(s) rolled: 5, 4, 2
Ending Spot on the Board: 99
Game: not actually filled out, but I played it, so I'm counting it: title scramble
Number(2) rolled: 1
Ending Spot on the Board: 100
Next Board:
Date: 12/29/2019
Book Read: Heating Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs
Number(s) rolled: 2, 3, 5
Ending Spot on Board: 58
Game: not actually filled out, but I played it, so I'm counting it: book covers
Number(2) rolled: 1
Ending Spot on the Board: 59
Progress:Date:12/22/2019
Book Read: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Number(s) rolled: 2, 4
Ending Spot on the Board: 27
Date:12/22/2019
Book Read: The Goldfinch
Number(s) rolled: 2, 3, 5
Ending Spot on the Board: 37
Date:12/22/2019
Finished read-a-thon game #2
Number(s) rolled: 1
Ending Spot on the Board: 38
Date:12/22/2019
Finished read-a-thon game #3
Number(s) rolled: 1
Ending Spot on the Board: 39
Date:12/22/2019
Book Read: The Nickel Boys
Number(s) rolled: 5
Ending Spot on the Board: 44
Date:12/23/2019
Book Read: Bad Feminist
Number(s) rolled: 2, 3, 5
Ending Spot on the Board: 54
Date:12/23/2019
Book Read: Ethan Frome
Number(s) rolled: 3, 6, 2
Ending Spot on the Board: 97
Progress:Date: December 21
Book Read: Violent Ends
Number(s) rolled: 3 (which takes me up a ladder), 5
Ending Spot on the Board: 56
Date: December 21
Book Read: Finished a readathon game (#1 - Kickoff)
Number(s) rolled: 1
Ending Spot on the Board: 57
Date: December 22
Book Read: Finished a readathon game (#1 - Would You Rather)
Number(s) rolled: 1
Ending Spot on the Board: 58
Date: December 21
Book Read: Finished a readathon game (#3 - Guess the Cover)
Number(s) rolled: 1
Ending Spot on the Board: 59
Date: December 24
Book Read: What Was Mine
Number(s) rolled: 2,3,5
Ending Spot on the Board: 69
Date: December 24
Book Read: Finished a readathon game (#4 - The Person Below Me)
Number(s) rolled: 1
Ending Spot on the Board: 70
Date: December 24
Book Read: Little Girls
Number(s) rolled: 3,5
Ending Spot on the Board: 78
I'm coming in late -> I'll use my progress post to roll for each day so far.Cali's Progress
Currently reading:
Little Weirds
Akata Witch
Completed Reading:
Bridget Jones's Diary (2,3,4)
Scythe (4,5)
The Christmas Pact (2,3,5)
The Bride Test (2,4,5)
Date:12/20/2019
Book Read:
Game Played: Kick Off
Number(s) rolled: 1
Ending Spot on the Board: 2
Date:12/21/2019
Book Read: Bridget Jones's Diary
Game Played: Would You Rather?
Number(s) rolled: 1, 2, 3, 4
Ending Spot on the Board: 60
Date:12/23/2019
Books Read: Scythe, The Christmas Pact
Game Played:
Number(s) rolled: 4,5,2,3,5
Ending Spot on the Board: 79
Date:12/25/2019
Book Read: The Bride Test
Game Played:
Number(s) rolled: 2,4,5
Ending Spot on the Board: 90
Date:12/26/2019
Book Read:
Game Played: The Person Below Me Recommends, Halfway Check In
Number(s) rolled: 1
Ending Spot on the Board: 61
Date:
Book Read:
Game Played:
Number(s) rolled:
Ending Spot on the Board:
Around the Year in 52 Books
Books mentioned in this topic
Heating & Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs (other topics)My Sister, the Serial Killer (other topics)
Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor: Ghost Stories (other topics)
I Am Gandhi: A Graphic Biography of a Hero (other topics)
The Refrigerator Monologues (other topics)
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This challenge is designed to be completed on your own. If you're interested in a team challenge or even want to do both, head here
Snakes and Ladders
I'm sure that most of you are familiar with the classic game snakes and ladders. I know we're all a bit excited, distracted, and exhausted by the holiday season. So this time we're keeping it simple with a familiar game.
Rules:
- Move along the board as you finish your books. Your finished book should correspond to the one of the numbers below. For this game, this will act as our dice.
- Move the corresponding number of spaces on the board
- If you land on a "snake" then you must slide down its body and stop at the bottom
- If you land on a "ladder" then you can climb to the top it (yay!)
1. Finish a read-a-thon game
2. A book by a female author
3. A book by a new-to-you author
4. A book that is the 1st or 2nd in a series
5. A book published in the 2010s
6. A book you discovered during the read-a-thon
Clearly, you will need to complete each task more than once to finish the board (that's why they are fairly simple).
There may be some strategy in the game:
- A book may count as more than square, you can stack them!
- You must move the corresponding number when you finish a book. Don't like the result? Maybe try holding on finishing (Hint, Hint)