Subdue the Shelf Tracking - CONDUCTOR

[Joy D]

Special Advantages and Benefits
Carried Over or Earned in Loop 10
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1/16 - Rolled 6,4 - Re-roll when you get a 6 or less in total. May be used once on any dice roll less than 6

1/29 - Rolled 4,6 - You can move double whatever you roll. You can invoke this advantage before ANY given roll, so please request to use it when you request your roll.

3/13 - For 6, 4 roll - Your special advantage is a 4 extra dice roll to be taken when you wish. - used 12/9

7/18 - The Shepherd's Hut - fits tag x6
5-25 taggers - move forward 1 space - used 11/24

7/20 - The Homesman - fits tag x10
5-25 taggers - move forward 1 space - used 11/26

9/1 - I Will Die in a Foreign Land by Kalani Pickhart - tagged Literary Fiction x19
5-25 taggers - move forward 1 space - used 11/30

9/2 - The Autumn of the Patriarch - tagged literary fiction x23
5-25 taggers - move forward 1 space - used 12/3

9/5 - Some Tame Gazelle - tagged literary fiction x17
5-25 taggers - move forward 1 space - used 12/5

9/7 - Dangling Man by Saul Bellow - tagged literary fiction x17
5-25 taggers - move forward 1 space - used 12/7

9/13 - The Glass Room by Simon Mawer - tagged literary fiction x21
5-25 taggers - move forward 1 space - used 12/8

9/21 - The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards - tagged literary fiction x41
25-50 taggers - move forward 2 spaces - used 11/27

9/22 - Black Dogs by Ian McEwan - tagged literary fiction x39
25-50 taggers - move forward 2 spaces

Gifted: 9/23 - The Other Americans - tagged literary fiction x94
50-100 taggers move forward 5 spaces

9/24 - West with Giraffes - tagged literary fiction x38
25-50 taggers - move forward 2 spaces

9/25 - Cain by Jose Saramago - tagged literary fiction x25
25-50 taggers - move forward 2 spaces

9/26 - Nuclear Family by Joseph Han - tagged literary fiction x20
5-25 taggers - move forward 1 space

9/28 - Sadness Is a White Bird by Moriel Rothman Zacher - tagged literary fiction x15
5-25 taggers - move forward 1 space

9/29 - The Heavens by Sandra Newman - tagged literary fiction x25
25-50 taggers - move forward 2 spaces

9/30 - The Oresteian Trilogy by Aeschylus - tagged literary fiction x10
5-25 taggers - move forward 1 space

10/6 - Last 2 rolls were 4, 6:
"Take the year your State entered the Union and add it up for your special roll." 1864, 1+8+6+4 = 19.

10/9 - Vita Nostra - tagged "winter" x13
5-25 taggers - move forward 1 space

10/13 - Winter's Tale - tagged "winter" x47
25-50 taggers - move forward 2 spaces

10/14 - Winter in Madrid - tagged winter x7
5-25 taggers - move forward 1 space

10/15 - A Train in Winter - tagged winter x6
5-25 taggers - move forward 1 space

10/18 - Last 2 rolls were 1-2: You may use up to 3 of your participation points to move yourself ahead up to 3 spaces - used 12/4

10/20 - Five Tuesdays in Winter - tagged winter x21
5-25 taggers - move forward 1 space

10/23 - Last 2 rolls were 6,4, which qualifies for a Special Advantage: your special advantage is that you may skip any book you land on that has at least 5 people who tagged it DNF (or any version of that i.e. did-not-finish, abandoned, etc.). Your subsequent roll will move you forward from that spot of the skipped book. You may use when you wish.

10/29 - Last 2 rolls were 2, 3: Get an extra "swap" that you may use anytime during the game

10/31 - Last 2 rolls were 4,6 which qualifies for a Special Advantage: your special advantage is: In honor of Halloween, count the number of pumpkins, gourds, jack-o-lanterns and cat faces - full images not partial - in this picture, divide by two, and move forward that number of spaces instead of a roll. Can be used any time in future.
This is 44 spaces (confirmed with Theresa)

Gifting: 11/3 - Throne of Jade - tagged dragons x864
More than 100 taggers 12/1- roll two extra dice - Nancy will give away

Gifting: 11/4 - Highfire - tagged dragons x139
More than 100 taggers - roll two extra dice - Nancy will give away randomly on 12/17

Gifting: 11/9 - Dragonflight - tagged dragons x1103
More than 100 taggers - roll two extra dice - Nancy will give away randomly

11/12 - Last 2 rolls were 3,2: Get an extra "swap" that you may use anytime during the game

11/28 - Last 2 rolls were a 6, 4 Special Advantage:
"Please move ahead 31 spaces. To use when you wish. 31 is the average number of chapters of the three books (well average number of divisions as some were in parts, not chapters)."

Gifting: 12/7 - Christmas Days - tagged holiday x54
50-100 taggers move forward 5 spaces - Nancy will give away randomly

12/7 - Last 2 rolls were 2,3: Get an extra "swap" that you may use anytime during the game

12/8 - A Christmas Carol - fits holiday tag x768
More than 100 taggers - roll two extra dice - used 12/10

Participation Points earned in Porter Round: 12
Participation Points earned in Engineer Round Loop 1: 15
Participation Points earned in Engineer Round Loop 2: 12
Participation Points earned in Station Master Loop 1: 6
Participation Points eared in Station Master Loop 2: 34
Participation Points earned in Conductor Loop 1: 16
Participation Points earned in Conductor Loop 2: 12
Participation Points earned in Conductor Loop 3: 3
Participation Points earned in Conductor Loop 4: 0
Participation Points earned in Conductor Loop 5: 31
Participation Points Earned in Conductor Loop 6: 42
Participation Points Earned in Conductor Loop 7: 6
Participation Points Earned in Conductor Loop 8: 3
Total Points Earned in Conductor Loop 9: -6
Total Points Earned in Conductor Loop 10: -3
Total: 183

Books Read:
Clerk 1: 14
Porter 1: 26
Engineer 1: 27
Engineer 2: 24
Station Master 1: 10
Station Master 2: 29
Conductor 1: 14
Conductor 2: 23
Conductor 3: 13
Conductor 4: 22
Conductor 5: 33
Conductor 6: 20
Conductor 7: 18
Conductor Loop 8: 20
Conductor Loop 9: 14
Conductor Loop 10: 16
Total: 323 through Conductor Round 10
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Loop 10 Swaps: "of equivalent length or longer"
1) SWAP #1: Read All the Little Bird-Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow (304 pages) instead of Father's Day by Simon van Booey (304 pages)
2) SWAP #2: Read Cold People by Tom Rob Smith (368 pages) instead of Red Clocks by Leni Zumas (368 pages)

[Joy D]

Detail of Rolls - Loop 10:
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🐉 = game marker
🔹 = special advantage or benefit used
🔸 = moved by a player or the randomizer or 1,1 roll

🔹Roll #1: 3 - 11/24
Initially landed on 3, but used tag-related benefit earned on 7/18 to move forward 1 space to: 4. The Museum of Failures by Thrity Umrigar - 11/25/23 - 4* - My PBT Review - does not fit tag

Roll #2: 6 - 11/25
10. Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano - 11/26/23 - 3* - My PBT Review - does not fit tag

🔹Roll #3: 5 - 11/26
Initially landed on 15 but used tag-related benefit earned on 7/20 to move forward 1 space to 16. A History of Burning by Janika Oza - 11/27/23 - 4* - My PBT Review - does not fit tag
Last 2 rolls were 6,5 so also read Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy by Larry Loftis - 4* - My PBT Review (from JoAnne's Clerk Board #69)

🔹Roll #4: 4 - 11/27
Initially landed on 20 but used tag-related benefit earned on 9/21 to move forward 2 spaces to 22. Breath by Tim Winton - 11/28/23 - 3* - My PBT Review - does not fit tag

Roll #5: 6 - 11/28
28. Lone Women by Victor LaValle - 11/29/23 - 3* - My PBT Review - does not fit tag

Roll #6: 6 - 11/29
34. Sing Her Down by Ivy Pochoda - 11/30/23 - 2* - My PBT Review - does not fit tag

🔹Roll #7: 2 - 11/30
Initially landed on 36, but used a tag-related benefit earned on 9/1 to move forward 1 space to 37. The Ghost Writer by Philip Roth - 12/1/23 - 4+* - My PBT Review - does not fit tag

Roll #8: 3 - 12/1 (rolled on 12/2)
40. The Shamshine Blind by Paz Pardo - 12/3/23 - 4* - My PBT Review - does not fit tag

🔹Roll #9: 5 - 12/3
Initially landed on 45 but used a tag-related benefit earned on 9/2 to move forward 1 space to 46. Annie Dunne by Sebastian Barry - 4* - My PBT Review - does not fit tag

🔹Roll #10: 3 - 12/4
Initially landed on 49 but used special roll to use 3 participation points to move forward 3 spaces, putting me on 52. Vintage Contemporaries by Dan Kois - 12/5/23 - 5* - My Review - does not fit tag

🔹Roll #11: 5 - 12/5
Initially landed on 57 but used a tag-related benefit earned 9/5 to move forward 1 space to 58. White Cat, Black Dog: Stories by Kelly Link - 12/6/23 - 3* - My PBT Review - does not fit tag

Roll #12: 3 - 12/6
61. Murmur by Will Eaves - 12/7/23 - 4* - My PBT Review - does not fit tag

Roll #13: 2 - 12/7
Initially landed on 63 but used a tag-related benefit earned 9/7 to move forward 1 space to 64. Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days by Jeanette Winterson - 12/8/21 - 4* - My PBT Review - fits holiday tag 54

🔹Roll #14: 5 - 12/8
Initially landed on 69 but used tag related benefit to move forward 1 space to 70 Father's Day by Simon van Booey (304 pages) - does not fit tag - used a SWAP to read All the Little Bird-Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow (304 pages)

🔸12/8 - Joi rolled a 1,1 so moved back 3 spaces to 67 A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - 12/9/23 - 5* - My PBT Review - fits holiday tag x768

12/9 - Roll #15 (5-4-6-5-6) - total of 26
Landed on 93 Red Clocks by Leni Zumas (368 pages) but used a SWAP to read Cold People by Tom Rob Smith - 12/10/23 - 2* - My PBT Review (368 pages)

12/10 - Roll #16: 1-6-3 (total of 10) (3 dice) (hide spoiler)]
Rolled off the end of Loop 10 Board on 12/10

[NancyJ]

S10 Conductor Loop 4

1. A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
✅🎲2. Open Throat by Henry Hoke 12/6/23 ❄️
3. The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews
4. Mobility by Lydia Kiesling
✅🎲5.Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor🎄❄️ 12/7/23
✅🎲6. Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett 🎄12/9/23
7. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang ❄️(Human rights)
🎲8. The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan
✅🔹(+1)9. How to Lose a Guy Before Christmas by A.J. Pine 12/9/23
10. A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters (centuries)
11. Open Throat by Henry Hoke
12. The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews
13. Mobility by Lydia Kiesling
14. Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor
15. Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
16. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
17. The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan
18. How to Lose a Guy Before Christmas by A.J. Pine
19. A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
20. Open Throat by Henry Hoke
21. The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews
22. Mobility by Lydia Kiesling
23. Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor
24. Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
25. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
26. The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan
27. How to Lose a Guy Before Christmas by A.J. Pine
28. The Trees by Percival Everett
29. Don't Be Afraid, Gringo by Elvia Alvarado
30. The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley
31. A Very Scalzi Christmas by John Scalzi
32. The Christmas Doll by Elvira Woodruff
33. The Naughty, The Nice and The Nanny by Willa Nash
34. Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone by Sequoia Nagamatsu
35. My Brilliant Life by Kim Ae-ran
36. A Highland Christmas by M.C. Beaton
37. The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery by Barbara K. Lipska
38. Lady Osbaldestone’s Plum Puddings by Stephanie Laurens
39. The True Story of the Christmas Truce: British and German Eyewitness Accounts from World War I by Anthony Richards
40. What Child Is This? by Alice K. Boatwright
41. Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas by Stephanie Barron
42. The Boy Between Worlds by Annejet van der Zijl
43. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
44. The Trees by Percival Everett
45. Don't Be Afraid, Gringo by Elvia Alvarado
46. The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley
47. A Very Scalzi Christmas by John Scalzi
48. The Christmas Doll by Elvira Woodruff
49. The Naughty, The Nice and The Nanny by Willa Nash
50. Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone by Sequoia Nagamatsu

Special Roll - 42 moves From July 18. SWAP 1
✅🔷51. My Brilliant Life by Kim Ae-ran - SWAP Yellowface 12/13/23
52. A Highland Christmas by M.C. Beaton
53. The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery by Barbara K. Lipska
54. Lady Osbaldestone’s Plum Puddings by Stephanie Laurens
55. The True Story of the Christmas Truce: British and German Eyewitness Accounts from World War I by Anthony Richards
56. What Child Is This? by Alice K. Boatwright
57. Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas by Stephanie Barron
58. The Boy Between Worlds by Annejet van der Zijl
59. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
60. The Trees by Percival Everett
61. Don't Be Afraid, Gringo by Elvia Alvarado
62. The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley 🔹 I will use the 12/9 (1-2) roll to move 2 spaces ahead.
63. A Very Scalzi Christmas by John Scalzi

🎲✅🔷+2 64. The Christmas Doll by Elvira Woodruff12/15/23
65. The Naughty, The Nice and The Nanny by Willa Nash
66. Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone by Sequoia Nagamatsu
67. My Brilliant Life by Kim Ae-ran
68. A Highland Christmas by M.C. Beaton
69. The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery by Barbara K. Lipska
70. Lady Osbaldestone’s Plum Puddings by Stephanie Laurens
71. The True Story of the Christmas Truce: British and German Eyewitness Accounts from World War I by Anthony Richards
72. What Child Is This? by Alice K. Boatwright
73. Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas by Stephanie Barron
74. The Boy Between Worlds by Annejet van der Zijl
75. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
76. The Trees by Percival Everett
77. Don't Be Afraid, Gringo by Elvia Alvarado
78. The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley
79. A Very Scalzi Christmas by John Scalzi
80. The Christmas Doll by Elvira Woodruff
81. The Naughty, The Nice and The Nanny by Willa Nash
82. Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone by Sequoia Nagamatsu
83. My Brilliant Life by Kim Ae-ran
84. A Highland Christmas by M.C. Beaton
85. The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery by Barbara K. Lipska
86. Lady Osbaldestone’s Plum Puddings by Stephanie Laurens
87. The True Story of the Christmas Truce: British and German Eyewitness Accounts from World War I by Anthony Richards
88. What Child Is This? by Alice K. Boatwright
89. Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas by Stephanie Barron
90. The Boy Between Worlds by Annejet van der Zijl

roll=1, ADDED 21 spaces (special roll from august)+ 5 (saved reward) (64+1+21+5=91)
✅🎲(🔷+21🔷+5) 91. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson12/18/23
92. A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
93. Open Throat by Henry Hoke
94. The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews
95. Mobility by Lydia Kiesling
96. Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor
97. Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
98. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
99. The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan
100. How to Lose a Guy Before Christmas by A.J. Pine

Last roll 2+5+3
rolled off the board 12/18

FINAL BOARD
Conductor 4
7 books

[NancyJ]

Tracking Log for Conductor 4 (S10)

December 5 roll = 2
✅ 12/6/23 - 2. Open Throat by Henry Hoke, 4 stars
Does not match the tag
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

December 6 roll = 3, Special roll (2-3). Extra swap
✅5. Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor
Fits monthly tag. 116 Holiday tags, 🎗️3 participation points, 🪙Reward = 2 rolls -🔷USED on LAST ROLL 12/18
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

December 7 roll = 1 special roll (3- 1) - move BC
✅12/9/23 - 6. Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
Holiday tags (Thanksgiving) but not enough to count
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

December 9 roll= 2, special roll (1-2) use up to 3 participation points to move up to 3 spaces. SAVED,🔷USED with 12/13 roll

Dec 9 roll = 2 +🔷USED one reward space
✅12-11-23 - 9. How to Lose a Guy Before Christmas by A.J.Pine, 2.5-3 stars
Fits monthly Tag, 23 holiday tags, 🎗️3 participation points,🪙 reward= 1 space
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

🔷USED a SPECIAL ROLL from July 18. 42 spaces.
🔷SWAP #1 My Brilliant Life - to Yellowface.
✅12/13/23 - 51. Yellowface
Doesn't match tag
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

🔷I’ll use the 12/9 special roll to spend 2 participation points to move 2 spaces forward.
December 13 roll + a 2 roll reward = 5-2-4
62. The Bedlam Stacks
☑️ 12/15/23 - 64. The Christmas Doll by Elvira Woodruff
Fits monthly tag. 15 holiday tags. 🎗️3 participation Points and 🪙1 space reward.
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Dec 15 roll = 1, 🔷SPECIAL ROLL +21 (August cookie day) +🔷 5 space reward.
✅ 12/18/23 - 91. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
does not match tag
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Dec 18 Roll = 2 plus (5-3) 2 roll reward

This brings me to 101, and I'm done!!

[NancyJ]

Summary of Rewards, Participation and Pages read

Special Benefits and Rewards Remaining as of December 1, 2023
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🌺2 Extra SWAPS

Special rolls (5-6)
🔷🌺July 18: add numbers of your Phone number including area code = 42 - SAVED - USED 12/12/23
🔷🌺Aug 4: 21 for chocolate chip cookie day - SAVED - USED 12/15

Special rolls (1-2)
🌺Nov 6: Use 1 to 3 participation points to reach the next book. Saved

🔷Total Rewards as of December 1, 2023
1 space = 9
2 spaces = 8
5 spaces = 18
2 rolls = 21
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Participation points Summary from Porter to Conductor3
Participation Points Summary
Porter = 36
Engineer1= 15
Engineer 2= 39
Station Master 1= 42-2= 40
-Station Master 2= 45-4= 41
Conductor 1 = 3*13=39
Conductor 2 = 3*14=42
Conductor 3 = 3*8 = 24
Sub Total = 276
+ Clerk = 3*3-3= 6
+ Conductor 4 = 3*3-2 =7
FINAL TOTAL 289 participation points

For additional details, see the logs for each board. Previous summaries were posted on Station Master message #22 -23, and Conductor message #34

Rewards Summaries from Porter to Conductor 3 as of 12/1/23
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Leftover rewards from Porter, Engineer1+ Engineer 2 =
5 spaces = 2

Rewards Earned on Station Master 1 board:
37 Participation Points.
1 space = 2 🔹used 1 on November 6, 1 left
2 space = 2
5 space = 2
2 rolls = 7 🔹used 1 on Nov 27, 6 left

Station Master 2
Participation points 14*3 - 4 = 38
1 space =2
2 space = 2
5 space = 6
2 rolls = 4

Conductor 1
Participation points 3*10= 30
1 space = 1
2 space = 2
5 space = 2
2 rolls = 5

Conductor 2
Participation points 3*11=33
1 space=3
2 space=1
5 space =4 ==corrected 3
2 rolls=4 == corrected 5

Conductor 3
Participation points 3*8 = 24
1 space =2
2 space =1
5 space = 3
2 rolls = 1

TOTAL REWARDS as of December 1, 2023
1 space = 9
2 spaces = 8
5 spaces = 18
2 rolls = 21
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Rewards added in December on Conductor 4.
Participation points, 3 each on 12/6, 12/11, 12/15
Spent 2 on 12/13. NET 7
1 space: 2
2 rolls: 1

Rewards Used in December:
1 space: 1 used 12/11, 2 gifted 12/12
2 space: 2 gifted 12/12
5 space: 2 gifted 12/12, 2 gifted 12/14, 1 used 12/15
2 Rolls: 2 Gifted 12/11, 2 used 12/13 and12/18. 3 gifted 12/14

Total Rewards Remaining in game before gifts
1 space = 9+2-1 = 10
2 space =8
5 space =18 -1 = 17
2 rolls = 21+1-2=20

Total gifts
1 space: 2 gifted 12/12
2 space: 2 gifted 12/12
5 space: 2 gifted 12/12, 2 gifted 12/14
2 Rolls: 2 Gifted 12/11, 3 gifted 12/14


Number of Books read
Clerk - 13
Porter - 16
Engineer 1 - 10
Engineer 2 - 14
Station Master 1 - 17
Station Master 2 - 19
Conductor 1 - 19
Conductor 2 - 17
Conductor 3 - 15
12/1/23 Total = 140 books
Conductor 4 = 7
Total = 147


See Message # 34 for summaries from earlier boards

[NancyJ]

Rewards Gifting
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🔷Total Rewards remaining as of December 1, 2023
1 space = 9 == 6 available to be gifted
2 spaces = 8 == 6 available to be gifted
5 spaces = 18 == 10 available to be gifted
2 rolls = 21 == 20 available to be gifted

FINAL
Total Rewards Remaining in Game BEFORE gifts
1 space = 9+2-1 = 10
2 space =8
5 space =18 -1 = 17
2 rolls = 21+1-2=20

Total gifts -
1 space: 2 gifted 12/12 +
2 space: 2 gifted 12/12 +
5 space: 2 gifted 12/12, 2 gifted 12/14 +
2 Rolls: 2 Gifted 12/11, 3 gifted 12/14 +

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GIFTS AWARDED TO:
2 Rolls awarded:
12/11: Cora, Linda C,

12/12
5 spaces = Joanne, Diana
2 Spaces = Amy, BNB
1 Space = KateNZ, BC

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12/14 2-Roll Bonuses:
Hilde (2,6)
Chili (2.4)
Theresa (3,5)

NEW 12/14 - EMERGENCY Assistance is available for anyone derailed by a bad book, a Sunday shake-up, or other mishap. Aid is also available for anyone stranded during a trip back to a previous board, or someone who needs a shuttle assist at the tail end of their board. Let me know if this applies to you. These do not need to be accompanied by a roll. We received a report that BnB and KateNZ need shuttle assistance.
12/14 Emergency Assistance: 5 Space Reward: BnB, KateNZ

Holiday Overtime Rewards may also be awarded per Conductor referrals.
12/14 OT: 5 space reward: Pam

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dn = doesn't need
12/17 AWARDS PENDING = Let me know when you're ready for your next roll (or if you've finished the challenge).
Joi - 2 rolls.
Amy - 2 rolls. Plus your number came up again (2 space)
Nicole (dn), Rachel (dn), Joanne (dn), Lib Cin, Cheryl - 2 rolls - are you still in play?
Clerk board players Please send me a message if you're still playing.

Random Rewards Drawing 12/17
2 dice rolls (You can swap for a 5 space if you prefer):
Robin
Ellen - DN
Jen K
5 space rewards:
Tien
Sue
2 Space rewards:
Diana - might not need
Amy
Theresa -

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[Joy D]

Rewards Gifting:
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Roll 2 extra dice: 3
Move forward 5 spaces: 2
Move forward 2 spaces: 5
Move forward 1 space: 5

NancyJ has agreed to give these away for me - completed 12/23
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[Joy D]

Conductor Loop 11:

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🐉 = game marker
🔹 = special advantage or benefit used
🔸 = moved by a player or the randomizer or 1,1 roll

1 The Long Take Robin Robertson - 12/11 - Roll #1: 1
2 The Scapegoat Sara Davis
3 Dayswork Chris Bachelder & Jennifer Habel
4 The Long Take Robin Robertson
5 The Scapegoat Sara Davis
6 Dayswork Chris Bachelder & Jennifer Habel - 12/12 - reading this one based on last 2 rolls totalling 7
7 Waiting for Bojangles Oliver Bourdeaut - 12/12 - Roll #2: Landed on 7 but last 2 rolls were a total of 7 (1,6) which allows reading a book ahead or behind, so will read #6 but move from here
8 Morality Play Barry Unsworth
9 The Circumference of the World Lavie Tidhar
10 Waiting for Bojangles Oliver Bourdeaut
11 Morality Play Barry Unsworth
12 The Circumference of the World Lavie Tidhar
13 The Many Wyl Menmuir - 12/13 - Roll #3: 6
14 Of Love and Other Demons Gabriel Garcia Marquez
15 The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win WWII Anne R. Keene
16 The Many Wyl Menmuir
17 Of Love and Other Demons Gabriel Garcia Marquez - 12/14 - Roll #4: 4 - Initially landed here but used tag-related benefit earned on 10/9 to move ahead 1 space
🔹18 The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win WWII Anne R. Keene - 12/14
19 The Refugees Viet Thanh Nguyen
20 Sexing the Cherry Jeanette Winterson
21 Malagash Joey Comeau
22 The Refugees Viet Thanh Nguyen
23 Sexing the Cherry Jeanette Winterson
24 Malagash Joey Comeau
25 Quinn Em Strang
26 The Spare Room Helen Garner
27 How Should a Person Be? Sheila Heti
28 Quinn Em Strang
29 The Spare Room Helen Garner
30 How Should a Person Be? Sheila Heti
31 The Greenhouse Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir 
32 Mother Night Kurt Vonnegut
33 Loitering with Intent Muriel Spark
34 The Greenhouse Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir 
35 Mother Night Kurt Vonnegut
36 Loitering with Intent Muriel Spark
🔹37 Chemistry Weike Wang - 12/15 - Instead of a roll used Special Advantage earned on 10/6 to move forward 19 spaces
38 My Heart Semezdin Mehmedinovic
39 A Monster Calls Patrick Ness
40 Chemistry Weike Wang (214 pages) - 12/16 - Roll #5: 3 - already read this one so used a SWAP to read Felicia's Journey by William Trevor (240 pages)
41 My Heart Semezdin Mehmedinovic
42 A Monster Calls Patrick Ness
43 The Box Garden Carol Shields
44 Pnin Vladimir Nabokov
45 End Zone Don DeLillo
46 The Box Garden Carol Shields
47 Pnin Vladimir Nabokov
48 End Zone Don DeLillo
49 Foe Iain Reid
50 Scoop Evelyn Waugh
51 Half-Earth Edward O. Wilson
52 Foe Iain Reid
53 Scoop Evelyn Waugh
54 Half-Earth Edward O. Wilson
55 D Michel Faber
56 A Thousand Moons Sebastian Barry
57 To Die in Spring Ralf Rothmann
58 D Michel Faber
59 A Thousand Moons Sebastian Barry
60 To Die in Spring Ralf Rothmann
61 Of Talons and Teeth Niall Griffiths
62 Another World Pat Barker
63 Someone Alice McDermott
64 Of Talons and Teeth Niall Griffiths
65 Another World Pat Barker
66 Someone Alice McDermott
67 Snow John Banville
68 The Bird of Night Susan Hill
69 Roadside Picnic Arkady Sturgatsky
70 Snow John Banville
71 The Bird of Night Susan Hill
72 Roadside Picnic Arkady Sturgatsky
73 The Pursuit of Love Nancy Mitford
74 Remembering Babylon David Malouf
75 Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times Katherine May
76 The Pursuit of Love Nancy Mitford
77 Remembering Babylon David Malouf
78 Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times Katherine May
79 Double Vision Pat Barker
80 Mother's Milk Edward St. Aubyn
81 Orwell's Roses Rebecca Solnit
82 Double Vision Pat Barker
83 Mother's Milk Edward St. Aubyn
84 Orwell's Roses Rebecca Solnit - 12/17 - In lieu of a roll, used a special advantage earned on 10/31 to move forward 44 spaces
85 In West Mills De'shawn Charles Winslow
86 Dispatches Michael Herr
87 On Time and Water Andri Snaer Magnuson
88 In West Mills De'shawn Charles Winslow (272 pages) - 12/18: Roll #6: 4 - Used SWAP to read: Blackouts by Justin Torres - (320 pages)
89 Dispatches Michael Herr
90 On Time and Water Andri Snaer Magnuson
91 Sleeping on Jupiter Anuradha Roy
92 The Music of Chance Paul Auster
93 The Revisioners Margaret Sexton
94 Sleeping on Jupiter Anuradha Roy
95 The Music of Chance Paul Auster
96 The Revisioners Margaret Sexton
97 Safe From the Sea Peter Geye
98 Safe From the Sea Peter Geye
99 So Close to Home Michael J.Tougias
100 So Close to Home Michael J.Tougias

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12/19 - Final move: Used Special Advantage earned on 11/28 to move forward 31 spaces- landed here 🐉 - which puts me off the Board and completes the game

[Joy D]

Special Advantages and Benefits Carried Over or Earned in Loop 11:

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1/16 - Rolled 6,4 - Re-roll when you get a 6 or less in total. May be used once on any dice roll less than 6

1/29 - Rolled 4,6 - You can move double whatever you roll. You can invoke this advantage before ANY given roll, so please request to use it when you request your roll.

9/22 - Black Dogs by Ian McEwan - tagged literary fiction x39
25-50 taggers - move forward 2 spaces

Gifted: 9/23 - The Other Americans - tagged literary fiction x94
50-100 taggers move forward 5 spaces - Nancy will give away for me

Gifted: 9/24 - West with Giraffes - tagged literary fiction x38
25-50 taggers - move forward 2 spaces - Nancy will give away for me

Gifted: 9/25 - Cain by Jose Saramago - tagged literary fiction x25
25-50 taggers - move forward 2 spaces - Nancy will give away for me

Gifted: 9/26 - Nuclear Family by Joseph Han - tagged literary fiction x20
5-25 taggers - move forward 1 space - Nancy will give away for me

Gifted: 9/28 - Sadness Is a White Bird by Moriel Rothman Zacher - tagged literary fiction x15
5-25 taggers - move forward 1 space - Nancy will give away for me

Gifted: 9/29 - The Heavens by Sandra Newman - tagged literary fiction x25
25-50 taggers - move forward 2 spaces - Nancy will give away for me

Gifted: 9/30 - The Oresteian Trilogy by Aeschylus - tagged literary fiction x10
5-25 taggers - move forward 1 space - Nancy will give away for me

10/6 - Last 2 rolls were 4, 6:
"Take the year your State entered the Union and add it up for your special roll." 1864, 1+8+6+4 = 19 - used 12/15

10/9 - Vita Nostra - tagged "winter" x13
5-25 taggers - move forward 1 space - used 12/14

Gifted: 10/13 - Winter's Tale - tagged "winter" x47
25-50 taggers - move forward 2 spaces - Nancy will give away for me

Gifted: 10/14 - Winter in Madrid - tagged winter x7
5-25 taggers - move forward 1 space - Nancy will give away for me

10/15 - A Train in Winter - tagged winter x6
5-25 taggers - move forward 1 space

Gifted: 10/20 - Five Tuesdays in Winter - tagged winter x21
5-25 taggers - move forward 1 space - Nancy will give away for me

10/23 - Last 2 rolls were 6,4, which qualifies for a Special Advantage: your special advantage is that you may skip any book you land on that has at least 5 people who tagged it DNF (or any version of that i.e. did-not-finish, abandoned, etc.). Your subsequent roll will move you forward from that spot of the skipped book. You may use when you wish.

10/29 - Last 2 rolls were 2, 3: Get an extra "swap" that you may use anytime during the game

10/31 - Last 2 rolls were 4,6 which qualifies for a Special Advantage: your special advantage is: In honor of Halloween, count the number of pumpkins, gourds, jack-o-lanterns and cat faces - full images not partial - in this picture, divide by two, and move forward that number of spaces instead of a roll. Can be used any time in future.
This is 44 spaces (confirmed with Theresa) - used 12/17

11/12 - Last 2 rolls were 3,2: Get an extra "swap" that you may use anytime during the game

11/28 - Last 2 rolls were a 6, 4 Special Advantage:
"Please move ahead 31 spaces. To use when you wish. 31 is the average number of chapters of the three books (well average number of divisions as some were in parts, not chapters)." -9 used 12/19

Gifted: 12/7 - Christmas Days - tagged holiday x54
50-100 taggers move forward 5 spaces - Nancy will give away for me

12/7 - Last 2 rolls were 2,3: Get an extra "swap" that you may use anytime during the game

Participation Points earned in Porter Round: 12
Participation Points earned in Engineer Round Loop 1: 15
Participation Points earned in Engineer Round Loop 2: 12
Participation Points earned in Station Master Loop 1: 6
Participation Points eared in Station Master Loop 2: 34
Participation Points earned in Conductor Loop 1: 16
Participation Points earned in Conductor Loop 2: 12
Participation Points earned in Conductor Loop 3: 3
Participation Points earned in Conductor Loop 4: 0
Participation Points earned in Conductor Loop 5: 31
Participation Points Earned in Conductor Loop 6: 42
Participation Points Earned in Conductor Loop 7: 6
Participation Points Earned in Conductor Loop 8: 3
Total Points Earned in Conductor Loop 9: -6
Total Points Earned in Conductor Loop 10: 3
Total Points Earned in Loop 11: 0
Total: 189

Books Read:
Clerk 1: 14
Porter 1: 26
Engineer 1: 27
Engineer 2: 24
Station Master 1: 10
Station Master 2: 29
Conductor 1: 14
Conductor 2: 23
Conductor 3: 13
Conductor 4: 22
Conductor 5: 33
Conductor 6: 20
Conductor 7: 18
Conductor Loop 8: 20
Conductor Loop 9: 14
Conductor Loop 10: 16
Conductor Loop 11: 8
Total: 331 through Conductor Round 11

Loop 11: 8
The Long Take, Dayswork, The Many, The Cloudbuster Nine, Chemistry, Felicia's Journey, Orwell's Roses, Blackouts

Loop 11 Swaps: "of equivalent length or longer"
1) SWAP #1: 40. Chemistry by Weike Wang (215 pages) - already read this one so used a SWAP to read Felicia's Journey by William Trevor (240 pages)
2) SWAP #2: Instead of 88. In West Mills De'shawn Charles Winslow (272 pages), read Blackouts by Justin Torres (320 pages)

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[Joy D]

Detail of Rolls - Conductor Loop 11:

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Roll #1: 1 - 12/11
1. The Long Take: A noir narrative by Robin Robertson - 12/12/23 - 4* - My PBT Review - does not fit tag

Roll #2: 6 - 12/12
Landed on 7. and will move from there, but last 2 rolls totaled 7 (1,6) which allows me to read one book ahead or behind, so will read book 6. Dayswork by Chris Bachelder & Jennifer Habel -12/13/23 - 3.5* - My PBT Review - does not fit tag

Roll #3: 6 - 12/13
13. The Many by Wyl Menmuir - 12/14/23 - 3* - My PBT Review - does not fit tag

Roll #4: 4 - 12/14
🔹Initially landed on 17 but used a tag-related benefit earned on 10/9 to move forward 1 space to 18. The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II by Anne R. Keene - 12/15/23 - 4* - My PBT Review - does not fit tag

🔹12/15 - Instead of a roll, I am using a Special Advantage earned on 10/6 to move forward 19 spaces, putting me on 37. Chemistry by Weike Wang - 12/16/23 - 4* - My PBT Review - does not fit tag

Roll #5: 3 - 12/16
40. Chemistry by Weike Wang (215 pages) - already read this one so used a SWAP: Felicia's Journey by William Trevor - 12/17/23 - 3* - My PBT Review (240 pages)

12/17 - In lieu of a roll, used the Halloween Special Advantage to move forward 44 spaces, putting me on 84. Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit - 12/18/23 - 4* - My PBT Review - does not fit tag

Roll #6: 4 - 12/18
Landed on 88. In West Mills by De'Shawn Charles Winslow (272 pages) but used a SWAP to read Blackouts by Justin Torres - 12/19/23 - 4* - My PBT Review (320 pages) - does not fit tag

12/19 - Final Move: Used Special Advantage earned 11/28 to move forward 31 spaces, which puts me off the Board and completes the game

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Round and Game completed 12/19/23