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Apples to Apples 2020
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Apples to Apples: Sign up & Rules
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About this Challenge
◈ The participant with the highest points at the end of the game wins!
◈ A noun is defined as "a word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things (common noun), or to name a particular one of these (proper noun)." Example - tree, phone, water
◈An adjective is defined as "a word that describes a noun." Example - green, tall, pretty
◈Every round will last 1 week, with 5 rounds in total.
◈Re-reads and audios are okay. Minimum page count is 160 pages.
◈Be creative and have fun!
Rules
◈Every Friday, between 3-6 PM EST, a new theme will be announced.
◈Participants have until Wednesday 6 PM EST to read a book and post their completions here. No submissions will be accepted after this time.
◈Any five nouns must also be picked and posted with the completion post. Nouns can be words from the precis of the book read, tags/ shelves, title, author name, image on the cover. The only restriction is that the mods should be able to verify the word without having to read the book.
◈An adjective will be announced between 6:15PM and 7PM EST on Wednesday.
◈Participants have until Friday 3 PM EST to pick one noun from the five in their completion post.
◈The chosen noun should also be posted in the same thread. No late submissions will be accepted.
◈The mods will pick a winner by Sunday!
Points
◈10 points for the winner of the round
◈5 points for the runner-up (only if we have enough participants to warrant a runner up)
◈5 points each if there is a tie for first place
Example
Week 1 theme announced: Read a book with a dark cover
Completion Post:
Round #: 1
Book: Dark Prince by Eve Silver
Pages: 310 pages
How it fits: dark cover -
Nouns chosen:night (word in precis), Prince (title), estate (word in precis), wedding (tagged, page 3), England (tagged, page 1)
Adjective called: “Black"
Noun Selection Post:
Round #: 1
Noun: "night"
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I’ll give it a try.Update: I hate to sound dense, but will the adjective be posted 10/28 and the theme 10/30 so the challenge starts 11/1 or will the adjective be posted 11/3 and the theme 11/5. Just want to make sure I don’t mess up starting out.
Pam wrote: "I’ll give it a try.Update: I hate to sound dense, but will the adjective be posted 10/28 and the theme 10/30 so the challenge starts 11/1 or will the adjective be posted 11/3 and the theme 11/5. ..."
Hi Pam, the theme would be announced first. So round 1 will have the theme announced on October 30th. The book you pick for the round has to fit the theme. You’d then have till Nov 4 to post the completion and nouns.
The adjective will be announced on Nov 4 after the deadline. You’d have to post your final noun by Nov 6.
I should probably edit the first message to say starting October 30th! Thanks for asking this question!
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Aiswrya wrote: "Yes it is :) welcome!"Thanks!!
This sounds intriguing. I'll give it a go.
I'll try as well
I've been thinking about this for a while and I really, really, really want to try this, but my reading has been down lately. Maybe it will give me some momentum? I'll give it a try. *Fingers crossed* (I can do it, I can do it, I can do it...)
I'll try it, but I don't fully understand it.
Saar The Book owl wrote: "I'll try it, but I don't fully understand it."Me neither, im hoping i will understand once it starts!!
Come join us for Apples to Apples!
This is an individual, competitive challenge requiring the participants to read one book every 5 days. The challenge is similar to the board-game, except we will derive nouns from the book!
The challenge will run approximately 5 weeks, starting October 30th.