January Subdue the Shelf Roll Requests

[Anita]

Hi Tien and Theresa! Not sure what’s occurred but thanks so much for the alert. Will double check on you/adjust positions after I walk Remy.

[Anita]

Tien wrote: "How did I get to be in 2 places at the same time (baggage car & second class lounge)? Magic! lol

Edit: ah, I see that I'm on the Master Gameboard twice... #23 & 28. I was never on #23 though? Unle..."

Okay, you are on 28 from everything I can ascertain, so fixed this issue! On to Theresa!

[Anita]

Theresa wrote: "I am at 13 not 16 - 7 + 6 = 13."

Yes. I will fix that now.

[Joanne]

Amy said: Plus, there is a cabana caboose boy that I have my eye on.


🤣🤣

[Joanne]

Sorry about the misplacements yesterday-no more White Russians while I work ( and chatting with caboose master) .

[Joanne]

I am still in the caboose! I am not even half way with book # 1, Book #2 will kick me out (special roll)-But baggage riders, I have made a side deal with a train employee-so when I get there we will be taken care with food beverage and blankets. Hang on, I should be there mid-week or so.

[Anita]

Kate,

You can join at any time!

[Olivermagnus]

I am ready for another roll.

[Cora]

I am ready for my next roll.

[Robin P]

The baggage car is usually where they keep the animals, a nice plus for our group!

[Joanne]

Robin P wrote: "The baggage car is usually where they keep the animals, a nice plus for our group!"

😂

[Rachel N.]

No one else has called dibs on the chaise yet for when Joanne moves to the baggage car, woohoo! Dibs! I'm in the caboose for the long haul, I have at least two other books to read before I even think of starting my second subdue book.

[Anita]

Roll requests for 1/15

Kateloves2read
Cora
Olivermagnus
Joy D
Teodora
NancyJ

[Anita]

Kateloves2read wrote: "I would love my first roll please."

Hi Kate! So happy you are joining!

You do need to complete your board before I can give you a roll! It's fine to use only 25 titles, but you need to repeat them three more times so your count goes to 100 please. I capture your board in a PDF so I know what it looked like at the beginning of play.

[Joy D]

I am ready for a roll, please.

[Amy]

We just have to be careful that the animals don't eat our pizza delivery or appetizers in the Baggage Car! I am sitting a top a soft duffel. Its Red.

[Anita]

Kateloves2read wrote: "Doing it now"

Perfect! Rolls are handed out after 3 pm every day.

Thank you, Kate!!

[Teodora]

I'm halfway through my book. I would like a new roll.

[NancyJ]

I’m ready for a new roll please.

[Joanne]

Rachel N. wrote: "No one else has called dibs on the chaise yet for when Joanne moves to the baggage car, woohoo! Dibs! I'm in the caboose for the long haul, I have at least two other books to read before I even thi..."

Will let you know when I am leaving-only 1/2 way through my book, so probably later in the week

[Anita]

Kateloves2read wrote: "I updated my list to 100."

Terrific!! Thank you.

[Anita]

Rolls for 1/15

Kateloves2read 3-3
Cora 3-6
Olivermagnus 5-2
Joy D 6-4
Teodora 2-3
NancyJ 5-5

[Anita]

Joy D, you get a surprise advantage. You may read a book you have passed without moving backwards instead of the one you land on. This may be used at anytime.

[Joy D]

Anita wrote: "Joy D, you get a surprise advantage. You may read a book you have passed without moving backwards instead of the one you land on. This may be used at anytime."
Very cool!

[Theresa]

Joanne wrote: "Sorry about the misplacements yesterday-no more White Russians while I work ( and chatting with caboose master) ."

Blame the white russians, not me!

😘 from The Caboose Master

[Theresa]

Joanne wrote: "I am still in the caboose! I am not even half way with book # 1, Book #2 will kick me out (special roll)-But baggage riders, I have made a side deal with a train employee-so when I get there we wil..."

Baggage Car will not be seeing any blankets, food, or other amenities from the Caboose! RR employee severely disciplined! Sent off to Second Class Lounge to make sure crackers are sufficiently dirty, seats hard, water tepid, and glasses dirty!

JoAnne is banned from any chaise use in the Caboose while she remains there! RachelN called dibs already. It is yours! You will find Joanne sulking in a chair by the fire.

Baggage Car is getting fresh decks of playing cards and poker chips as the number of trunks make ideal poker tables. Poker chips are redeemed as pages read while there.

Caboose Master

[Theresa]

Robin P wrote: "The baggage car is usually where they keep the animals, a nice plus for our group!"

Yes, indeed. But careful, there are lions and tigers and bears, oh my. Not just fluffy kitties and friendly dogs. Don't want to rile them up!

[Theresa]

Kateloves2read wrote: "Hi caboose friends!

I’ve heard that Winter is coming so I thought I would come back here and try and make sense of Jarndyce and Jarndyce. It may take awhile."

Indeed. We'll run the superb BBC adaptation for you from the streaming library to help you along the way.

[DianeMP]

Anita,
I'm ready for my next roll, please.

[Tien]

Anita wrote: "Okay, you are on 28 from everything I can ascertain, so fixed this issue!"

Thanks, Anita!

[Anita]

Roll requests for January 16

Diane MP
KateNZ
Olivermagnus
Booknblues
Sabrina
Tien
Joy D
Daniel
Cheryl

[Tien]

Theresa wrote: "Sent off to Second Class Lounge to make sure crackers are sufficiently dirty, seats hard, water tepid, and glasses dirty!"

***smuggles in her own bottles of gin***

[KateNZ]

Can I have my next roll, please?

@Tien, I’ve got loads of tonic to go with the gin. And I can bring a hip flask of single malt whisky to share as well…

[Olivermagnus]

I'm ready for another roll.

[Booknblues]

i'm ready for a roll please.

[Sabrina]

I'm halfway through my current book. Can I get a new roll please?

[Tien]

May I please have a roll too?

[Joy D]

I am ready for another roll, please.

[Daniel]

Ready for another roll

[Cheryl]

Can I have a roll please!

[Anita]

Rolls for 1/16

Diane MP 6-4
KateNZ 1-6
Olivermagnus 4-4
Booknblues 4-2
Sabrina 2-1
Tien 6-4
Joy D 6-4
Daniel 6-1
Cheryl 5-1

Wow, three surprise advantages in one fell swoop.

DianeMP - Move to #44 (randomly selected) on your next move so long as it is in front of you.

Tien - Move ahead 5 spaces (to use anytime)

Joy D - Re-roll when you get a 6 or less in total. May be used once on any dice roll less than 6.

Several others of you have special rolls as well. Make sure you mark how you take them on your boards.

p.s. I posted a little early today, so will still take roll requests up through 3 pm.

[DianeMP]

Could use some help understanding my roll of 6-4. I don't understand how what to do is different for Tien, Joy D, and myself when we have the same roll.

Also, how do I "unbold" a book title?

[Tien]

DianeMP wrote: "Could use some help understanding my roll of 6-4. I don't understand how what to do is different for Tien, Joy D, and myself when we have the same roll.

Also, how do I "unbold" a book title?"

Diane, the rules states "6-4 Earn a surprise advantage to use anytime during the game" so we were given different advantages as it's random (hence the surprise). I hope that helps

[Joanne]

To un bold your book Diane, do an edit on the conversation box and then just find the book that is bolded and remove the , and it will go bake to normal. Sorry, I am paying that much attention to the special rolls and this one comes straight from the mods, so Anita will have to explain that to you,

Edit--shut down my machine before I un bolded-ugh sorry Thank3 Kate-LoL

[KateNZ]

I wondered the same thing, Diane! Then I guessed that there must be random allocation of advantages - glad that was right.

To unbold a book just click ‘edit’ for your post with your book list, find the book, and delete the at the front of the bolded section and the at the end.

Then add those tags before and after the next book you want to bold instead. Remember is the command to start bold and stops bold.

Does that help?

[KateNZ]

And typing that has showed me that I can use the html commands when I’m typing posts on the nigh-on-useless app. Who the heck knew?! (Probably everyone except me…)

< b > (without the spaces) to open the command < / b > (without the spaces) to close the command.

Gah!!

[Robin P]

You can change the "b" to an "s", and that will put a "strike through" line through that book to show it's done - 2 tasks at once!

It's so hard to write down how to do these commands because then the system does them! But yes, after much time, I finally realized that the logic is that the first command starts a process and the second one has the / to end it.

[Theresa]

Robin P wrote: "You can change the "b" to an "s", and that will put a "strike through" line through that book to show it's done - 2 tasks at once!

It's so hard to write down how to do these commands because then ..."

Since you will need to strike through the book you just reviewed and need to unbold it too, I just do what Robin does.

Then you have to bold your next read.

DianeMP - I had no idea how to do any of this before joining GR. It even took me a bit to figure out adding book titles! Then one day I saw the little writing above the comment box in parenthesis mentioning html and I clicked on it and it was like angels started singing and holy light descended. What still gave me trouble for too long was inserting images and links. But you don't need those.

Think of those parenthesis as a little dictionary or instruction manual, just for you.

I learned a long time ago to look around a page and click on options to see what they give me. I don't always remember to do that though, just sticking to the real basics. I did that for a long time on GR.

[Nicole D.]

Well, I have gotten a very pleasant surprise with Blackass so I am ready for another roll.

[Olivermagnus]

Another roll for me please.