January Subdue the Shelf Roll Requests

[Anita]

Administrators will be doing the rolling for all players. All rolls MUST be requested by the player.

You may request your initial roll on January 2nd.

If you request your roll by 3 pm EST, administrators will do their utmost to relay your roll (along with any others that were requested) by 9 pm EST on the same day. Requests after 3 pm will be included in the next day's batch of rolls.

All rolls for a given day will be relayed at once on a post for that date. The post will include the player name and the roll they received.

You may request your next roll as soon as you've reached the halfway mark in your current book.

Repercussions of any special rolls will be reported/managed here as well by the administrators. I will also try to PM people who are impacted.

[Anita]

Recap of special rolls:

If you roll:

1-1: The current leader must move back 3 spaces on their game board and read the book where they have landed next.

Any combination totaling 7: You move 7 spaces and stay on that space, but you may read the book you land on OR one book forward or one book back - - your choice.

6-6: Don't like the book you will land on? You may roll again.

3-1: You get to take pick someone's next move on the board. The admins will use random.org to decide who will be moved. You get to decide which book they must move to next on their game board - - backward or forward -- within a 15 book radius. So you can move your opponent up to 15 spaces back or up to 15 spaces forward to the book of your choosing. Should you be reluctant to move another player ,or if you do not respond to an administrator's request to designate the move, random.org will move the player - odd rolls will move the player backward and even rolls will move the player forward.

2-1: You may use up to 3 of your participation points to move yourself ahead up to 3 spaces.

6-5: You must read a book that's on someone else's board and NOT on your own before you may roll again. (extra note here: you may read the book you land on first and then read the other person's book, or vice-versa. So two books must be completed before you re-roll).

4-4: Receive 4 participation points for the next book you read/review.

2-3 Get an extra "swap" that you may use anytime during the game.

6-4 Earn a surprise advantage to use anytime during the game

[Hilde]

Happy New Year everyone! In my timesone we are now approaching January 2, which means back to work, and also a request for my first roll for this game. Excited to see where the roll lands me for January.

[Teodora]

Happy New Year! I also request my first roll.:-)

[Pam]

Happy New Year! I’m ready for my first roll, too :)

[Joanne]

I will get in line for a roll-I was thinking we could not request until tomorrow, not thinking that we have people in different time zones.

[Daniel]

I am also requesting a roll

[KateNZ]

A roll for me, please 😁

[Olivermagnus]

I'll take a roll.

[Charlotte]

My first roll, please!

[Sue]

I'd like my first roll please!

[Ellen]

Yes, please. I would like a roll.

[Chili]

I would like a roll please

[Heather Reads Books]

I'll take a roll too, please! 💙

[Robin P]

I would like a roll, thank you!

[Theresa]

Ready for my roll!

[Amy]

Ready for my first roll of the dice!

[Joy D]

Please roll for me, too.

[Linda C]

please roll for me, thanks

[Diana]

And I'd like to have my first roll, too!

[NancyJ]

I would like my first roll please.

[Tien]

I'd like my first roll too please. TIA :)

[DianeMP]

I would like my first roll, please.

[Hannah]

I would also like my first roll, please.

[Hayjay315]

Excited to start this challenge and am requesting my first roll please🙂

[Anita]

I love how everyone is so organized. These will be posted for all requestors sometime after 3 pm eastern time, but I'm noting all the requests and getting the rolls done!

[MargieD2017]

I will take my first roll as well. Thank you!

[Jen K]

My first roll too please. Happy new year!

[Nicole]

Roll request please!

[Cheryl]

Please roll for me too! Happy New Year everyone!

[Cora]

Requesting my roll! Thank you.

[Nicole D.]

roll please :)

[Book Concierge]

Requesting my first roll.
(Mon, 1/02/23, 10:43 a CST)

[Rachel N.]

Happy new year! I'd also like my first roll

[Doughgirl5562]

Requesting my first roll also :-)

[Booknblues]

I'm ready for a roll, thank you!

[LibraryCin]

I'd like a roll, too, please. :-)

[Anita]

Here's the initial batch of rolls! Let me know if you have questions or need assistance. For the six people who have not yet requested their roll, I'm going to be flexible this first day - - so will check back later tonight to see if there are any additional requests.

Please note these rolls were made using www.random.org, and they were not done in alphabetical order, so if you have the same roll as your neighbor on the list - - that's just a coincidence.

**Make sure to look to see if you have a special roll. I counted at least 9 people who do. Note the order of the dice does not matter so a 6-5 equals a 5-6.**

Amy 3-3
Book Concierge 4-2
BooknBlues 5-2
Charlotte 5-5
Cheryl 3-3
Chili 2-4
Cora 6-2
Daniel 4-5
Diana H. 2-2
DianeMP 5-3
Doughgirl 5-3
Ellen 5-6
Hannah 4-1
Hayjay315 2-3
Heather Reads Books 6-2
Hilde 4-4
Jen K 4-3
Joanne 6-2
Joy D 1-4
KateNZ 3-6
LibraryCin 5-4
Linda C 5-4
MargieD2017 5-4
Nancy J 6-3
Nicole 1-1
Nicole D 2-1
Olivermagnus 5-2
Pam 5-3
Rachel N. 2-6
Robin P 1-6
Sue 5-4
Teodora 5-5
Theresa 3-4
Tien 5-6

[Hayjay315]

Anita wrote: "Here's the initial batch of rolls! Let me know if you have questions or need assistance. For the six people who have not yet requested their roll, I'm going to be flexible this first day - - so wil..."

Hi Anita,
I just want to make sure I am reading this correctly. Since my roll was 2-3 I would be on book #5 of my list correct?

[Anita]

Hayjay315 wrote: "Anita wrote: "Here's the initial batch of rolls! Let me know if you have questions or need assistance. For the six people who have not yet requested their roll, I'm going to be flexible this first ..."

Exactly right!!

In addition you have a special roll so you have earned an extra swap. It would be helpful if you would note that underneath your board (just date and extra swap earned). I will also be tracking it in a spreadsheet, but it's helpful.

[Robin P]

Now I have to figure out where in my house is the first book I happened to land on!

[Amy]

I noticed a lot of 8's and 9's, but Charlotte got a whopping ten! She's in the lead! At least for now. We have a lot of competitive folks around. I can see a few people announcing they are across the board by summer. I just hope to see if I can finish the board by the end of the year. That is my goal.

[Theresa]

Woot! Perfect treat to see while doing mountains of laundry - meaning endless elevator trips up and down to the laundry room, and enduring dirty looks as everyone else who delayed until today is shut out until I am done.

Mine totals 7 so special! Need to go see what my list options are.

[Ellen]

Well now. The dreaded 5 -6. I need to choose a book from someone else's shelf before I read my own (or other way round). So 2 books before another roll! Already in last place on the first roll! Fun!!

[Nicole D.]

Anita, I got a 1-1 which means current leader has to move back 3 spaces, but alas ... no current leader :) can we wait until the first leader emerges?

[DianeMP]

Anita, I'm lost! My roll came out to be 5-3 and I don't know how to interpret it. Any help is appreciated.

[Booknblues]

DianeMP wrote: "Anita, I'm lost! My roll came out to be 5-3 and I don't know how to interpret it. Any help is appreciated."

You are on 8. It didn't look as if it is a "special" roll, so just start with your eighth book.

[Anita]

Nicole D. wrote: "Anita, I got a 1-1 which means current leader has to move back 3 spaces, but alas ... no current leader :) can we wait until the first leader emerges?"

Nicole D, you actually have a 2-1. Still special, but not the same issue.

Nicole 1-1
Nicole D 2-1

However, Nicole will face the same issue. I should have thought of that. Allowing the 1-1 to be used later doesn't really work as it creates perverse incentives, so I'm just going to leave it as a standard roll unless there is a leader to move.

[Anita]

Booknblues wrote: "DianeMP wrote: "Anita, I'm lost! My roll came out to be 5-3 and I don't know how to interpret it. Any help is appreciated."

You are on 8. It didn't look as if it is a "special" roll, so just start..."

Are you all set? You should be reading Lost Roses. You need to bold it on your list. Do you know how to do that?

To do it:
1. Edit the post with your game board
2. Click on (some html is ok) in the upper right hand corner of the post box.
3. There are instructions entitled "bold text" and you will see the markers to type in front of the word, Lost, and after the word, Roses, to make it appear as bold.

[Anita]

Robin P wrote: "Now I have to figure out where in my house is the first book I happened to land on!"

Lol, this is what would happen to me if I were playing and using real books. Fortunately for me . . .Kindle.