Clem & Co (12)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

You and three friends are about to embark on a perilous journey. You will be traveling by wagon from Independence, Missouri, to the Willamette Valley, Oregon. It is going to be a long, long 1,960-mile walk.

You will face wildlife, starvation, disease, thieves, severe weather, accidents, and worst of all, no libraries :)

But you can do it together with your companions. (I promise you will not die of dysentery.)

Team 12
Ela (Mouse333)
Mandy
Linda C
Christine

* miles traveled - 1,680

*Supply Cards available*


*Supply Cards used*

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

For Week 1 each team member will read for one (1) Supply Card.

Supply Cards
Medicine - read a book with "doctor" found in the text
Spare Parts - read a book that is in a series, but is NOT the first
Clothes - read a book with one fully clothed person on the cover
Clean Water - read a book that is set along a lake, sea, or ocean (50% of the time)
Food - read a book with double letters in a word in the title.

For Weeks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10, you will be traveling. Each team member will read a book that will get you 70 miles along the trail.

To go 70 miles, read a book:
with the numbers 7 and 0 in the publication date - OR -
written by an author whose first, middle, or last initial can be found in MILES - OR -
with a title that begins with a letter found in THE OREGON TRAIL (you can use or ignore 'A', 'An', 'The')

For Weeks 4 and 7, you can read any 140+ page book you'd like.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

First of all, pick a name for your family, group, or company.

Second, decide who will read for which Supply Card.

Third, decide who will make the team's Completion Posts. (It can be one person, or you can take turns. The team's Completion Post can be posted as soon as everyone has reported. The latest the team Completion Post can be posted is early Monday morning.)

Fourth, sit back and wait for Day One of the most incredible journey.

[Upton]

Hey teammates! I am Christine and I am from Minnesota. I think is going to be fun. I am fine reading for any of the tasks.

[Ela (Mouse333)]

Hi! I'm Ela and I'm in the UK so it might take me longer to reply sometimes. I'm not good at coming up with team names - does anyone have any ideas? I can read for Medicine (it seems like something that could be useful for the journey), but I'm open to reading for the other tasks too.

[Linda C]

Hi! My name is Linda and I am from Upstate NY on the shore of Lake Ontario. I have an enormous TBR pile, so I am good with any of the tasks.

For a name, we might try using our initials to form a family name
CLEM Family?
MELC Family?
CELM Family?
or not

Lady Travelers
Trail Blazers
Trailistas
Sandra Dallas had a book titled - Westering Women

[Upton]

Linda C wrote: "Hi! My name is Linda and I am from Upstate NY on the shore of Lake Ontario. I have an enormous TBR pile, so I am good with any of the tasks.

For a name, we might try using our initials to form a f..."

Ha! I have a dog named Clem, short for Clementine. I am pretty easy going as far as name selection goes. I think you came up with some good ideas.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Christine, you should totally bring Clem along. Dogs were very useful to the pioneers. You guys could be Clem & Co.

(Sorry. Pay no attention to the moderator behind the curtain :)

[Mandy]

Hi I'm Mandy! This is my first time playing and I'm so excited this one sounds like fun. I'm In Las Vegas where it's been very cold perfect for reading weather.

I'm terrible at names but these are great choices.

[Linda C]

This is also my first time playing this game. Christine, Ela, have either of you played this before? If so, any tips about how things go?

[Ela (Mouse333)]

Linda C wrote: "This is also my first time playing this game. Christine, Ela, have either of you played this before? If so, any tips about how things go?"

I've never played this before either. I'm not sure if there have been previous rounds. I'm going to go with Medicine then. Does anyone have anything they really want to read that fits one of the other tasks? I think it will make it easier if we decide now what everyone is going for.

I like CLEM Family and Clem & Co for our team name.

[Linda C]

CLEM Family sounds like a tight unit. CLEM & Co sounds like a group that can add others (people, animals) as the need arises. Does one concept or the other work better for our group? Thoughts?

I think I'd like to do Spare Parts. I have a lot of series started, so I can easily do that.

[Mandy]

I'm flexible and books for all of them.

[Upton]

Lanelle wrote: "Christine, you should totally bring Clem along. Dogs were very useful to the pioneers. You guys could be Clem & Co.

(Sorry. Pay no attention to the moderator behind the curtain :)"

Is there a doggy vaccination for Dysentery?

[Upton]

I haven't played before; this might be a first-time game.

I like CLEM family and Clem & Co, either works for me.

I believe I have a book lined up that will work for the Food task if someone hasn't grabbed that one already. But I can read for any of the tasks needed.

[Linda C]

I like Clem & Co for our name, but will go with majority.

So far we have:
Ela - Medicine
Linda - Spare Parts
Christine - Food
Mandy - ?

[Mandy]

I can do water. Now can we do more than one?

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

This is Week 1 of your journey West to Oregon. Each team member will read for a Supply Card. You need to decide which Supply Cards you want to begin your journey with, and who will read for which Card.

Supply Cards
Medicine - read a book with "doctor" found in the text
Spare Parts - read a book that is in a series, but is NOT the first
Clothes - read a book with one fully clothed person on the cover
Clean Water - read a book that is set along a lake, sea, or ocean (50% of the time)
Food - read a book with double letters in a word in the title.

Calamities
Broken Arm (needs Medicine card)
Snake Bite (needs Medicine card)
Starvation (needs Food card)
Extreme Cold (needs Clothes card)
Bad Water (needs Clean Water card)
Broken Wheel (needs Spare Parts card)


Rules
You can't begin reading your book until Monday morning, 12:01 a.m. your time.
You must finish and report your book by Sunday night 11:59 p.m. your time.
Books must be 140 pages or more.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.
Graphic Novels must be at least 200 pages.

[Linda C]

Mandy wrote: "I can do water. Now can we do more than one?"

This is the answer in the Q&A that I got when I asked that Q:

Each person will read for 1 Supply Card. That means your team/group/company won't be fully prepared for the calamities that will happen. I have made arrangements for a team to counteract the Calamity for the week if someone hasn't read for that particular Supply Card. Don't worry. It will make sense when you get the instructions for a Traveling/Calamity week.

[Linda C]

We need to pick our name between CLEM family and Clem & Co. Everyone is trying to be so agreeable about going with the majority 😃 but we have to agree.
I picked Clem & Co as my choice (msg 16), but do not want to make the team decision. Choices?

We also have to select one player to post Completion Posts each week or we can have the last person to finish their book for the week make the post. The post has to be made before Midnight on each Sunday. I do not mind doing the posts unless someone else is interested or there is a desire to spread it around. Thoughts?

[Upton]

Linda C wrote: "We need to pick our name between CLEM family and Clem & Co. Everyone is trying to be so agreeable about going with the majority 😃 but we have to agree.
I picked Clem & Co as my choice (msg 16), but..."

I like Clem & Co best as well :)

@Linda if it turns out you do the completion posts, I can be your backup. Otherwise, I don't mind taking a turn if it becomes monotonous.

[Ela (Mouse333)]

Christine wrote: "Linda C wrote: "We need to pick our name between CLEM family and Clem & Co. Everyone is trying to be so agreeable about going with the majority 😃 but we have to agree.
I picked Clem & Co as my choi..."

I'm good with Clem & Co. And I agree with Christine, if you can't post for a certain week, I'm sure someone else will be available if you let us know.

[Mandy]

I'm good with Clem & Co too. I'm happy to help with backup if need be too.

I'm sure once the first round hits it will make sense. I'm curious as I remember playing this as a kid on the computer.

[Linda C]

OK, I'll do the Completion Posts. I will be on vacation for 2 weeks, but I will have my computer and should be able to do the posts. If it looks like a problem I'll let you know.

I'll let Lanelle know about our team name

[Linda C]

Week 1: Supply Cards - Tracking
Team Name: Clem & Co

Medicine - Ela - Completion Post
Spare Parts - Linda C - Completion Post
Clean Water - Mandy - Completion Post
Food - Christine - Completion Post

[Linda C]

Information needed in your individual completion post per Lanelle in Q&A

Book/Author:
Pages:
Read Date:
Task:
How It Fits:

[Linda C]

Everyone got their first read picked out for tomorrow's start?
I'm hovering between two options that will both work for other challenges as well.

[Upton]

Completion Post ~

Book/Author: My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
Pages: 395
Read Date: 01.13.205
Task: Food - Read a book with double letters in a word in the title.
How It Fits: VaneSSa - double S's

[Mandy]

Completion Post

Book/ Author Seduced by a Selkieby Lauren Connolly
Pages: 168
Date Read 1/14/2025
Task: Water read a book that is set along a lake, sea, or ocean (50% of the time)
How it fits: This book takes place along the Lake Galen where Delta returns home to clean out her fathers lake house after he passed away. The whole book is either at the lake, house or town.

[Ela (Mouse333)]

Completion Post:
Book/Author: The Nearness of You by Iris Morland
Pages: 244
Read Date: 15 Jan
Task: Medicine - read a book with "doctor" found in the text
How It Fits: 3%, "But when she'd felt his swollen lymph nodes in his neck, Sara had made an appointment for him to see a family doctor here in the small town of Fair Haven..."

[Linda C]

Completion Post

Book/Author: Moon of the Turning Leaves - Waubgeshig Rice
Pages: 320
Read Date: 1/16/25
Task: read a book that is in a series, but is NOT the first
How It Fits: #2 in Moon series

[Linda C]

Team completion post has been submitted

[Upton]

Thanks Linda and great job team!!

[Linda C]

This is first day of Week 2 - having never played this before I'm a little unsure of what's next. Message 2 says

For Weeks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10, you will be traveling. Each team member will read a book that will get you 70 miles along the trail.

To go 70 miles, read a book:
with the numbers 7 and 0 in the publication date - OR -
written by an author whose first, middle, or last initial can be found in MILES - OR -
with a title that begins with a letter found in THE OREGON TRAIL (you can use or ignore 'A', 'An', 'The')

I'm assuming that we pick and read books for this

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

For Week 2 of your journey West to Oregon, each team member will read a book that will take them 70 miles.

To go 70 miles, read a book:
with the numbers 7 and 0 in the publication date - OR -
written by an author whose first, middle, or last initial can be found in MILES - OR -
with a title that begins with a letter found in THE OREGON TRAIL (you can use or ignore 'A', 'An', 'The')

*******************************************************

You received the Broken Wheel Calamity Card.

Hopefully you will have earned the Supply Card that blocks this Calamity in Week 1.

If you don't have the Supply Card, one team member will need to read the task to counteract the Calamity. You will miss out on the 70 miles that that team member's book would add to the total mileage for that week.

Option 2 - a team member can read two (2) books during the week to make up the 70 miles that the person reading for the Supply Card will not accomplish. The two books must both meet the criteria for traveling the 70 miles.

Option 3 - two or more team members can 'buddy read' a book. The book must meet the criteria for traveling or the Supply Card for the Calamity. The one (1) book will counteract the Calamity and travel the necessary 70 miles.


Rules
You can't begin reading your book until Monday morning, 12:01 a.m. your time.
You must finish and report your book by Sunday night 11:59 p.m. your time.
Books must be 140 pages or more.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.
Graphic Novels must be at least 200 pages.

[Linda C]

So we have our Spare Parts, so we just have to read our traveling task

[Linda C]

Week 2: Traveling - Tracking
Team Name: Clem & Co
Spare Parts card used for Broken Wheel


Christine https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Ela - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Linda C - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Mandy https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Mandy]

So just to confirm I can read Onyx Storm because it starts with O which is in Oregon Trail correct?

[Linda C]

Yes. I am reading Trust Me for the T in Oregon Trail

[Upton]

Sweet! We had a card for our calamity thanks to Linda C.

I'm off to find a book for this week.

[Ela (Mouse333)]

Completion Post:
Book/Author: The Alpha of Bleake Isle by Kathryn Moon
Pages: 402
Read Date: 21 Jan
Task: Read a book written by an author whose first, middle, or last initial can be found in MILES
How It Fits: Moon

[Linda C]

Completion Post

Book/Author: Trust Me - Brenda Novak
Pages: 435
Read Date: 1/23/25
Task: read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in THE OREGON TRAIL
How It Fits: Trust Me

[Mandy]

Completion Post

Book/Author Lair-D.V. Sullivan
Pages: 267
Read: 1/23/25
Task: read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in THE OREGON TRAIL
How it Fits: Lair

[Upton]

Completion Post

Book/Author: All Present and Accounted For: The 1972 Alaska Grounding of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis and the Heroic Efforts that Saved the Ship by Steven J. Craig
Pages: 362
Read Date: 01.25.2025
Task: Read a book written by an author whose first, middle, or last initial can be found in MILES
How It Fits: First name of author is Steven

[Linda C]

Team completion post has been submitted

[Upton]

Thanks, Linda!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

This is Week 3 of your journey West to Oregon. Each team member will read a book that will take them 70 miles.

To go 70 miles, read a book:
with the numbers 7 and 0 in the publication date - OR -
written by an author whose first, middle, or last initial can be found in MILES - OR -
with a title that begins with a letter found in THE OREGON TRAIL (you can use or ignore 'A', 'An', 'The')

*******************************************************

You received the Snake Bite Calamity Card.

Hopefully you will have earned the Supply Card that blocks this Calamity in Week 1.

If you don't have the Supply Card, one team member will need to read the task to counteract the Calamity. You will miss out on the 70 miles that that team member's book would add to the total mileage for that week.

Option 2 - a team member can read two (2) books during the week to make up the 70 miles that the person reading for the Supply Card will not accomplish. The two books must both meet the criteria for traveling the 70 miles.

Option 3 - two or more team members can 'buddy read' a book. The book must meet the criteria for traveling or the Supply Card for the Calamity. The one (1) book will counteract the Calamity and travel the necessary 70 miles.


Rules
You can't begin reading your book until Monday morning, 12:01 a.m. your time.
You must finish and report your book by Sunday night 11:59 p.m. your time.
Books must be 140 pages or more.
Audio books must be at least 3 hours long.
Graphic Novels must be at least 200 pages.

[Linda C]

Week 3: Traveling - Completion
Team Name: Clem & Co
Medicine card used for Snake Bite


Christine - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Ela - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Linda C - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Mandy - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Upton]

Completion Post

Book/Author: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Pages: 237
Read Date: 01.29.2025
Task: Read a book written by an author whose first, middle, or last initial can be found in MILES
How It Fits: First name of author is Stephen

[Linda C]

Completion Post

Book/Author: Orion - Ruby Lionsdrake
Pages: 226
Read Date: 1/29/25
Task: read a book with a title that begins with a letter found in THE OREGON TRAIL
How It Fits: O in title in Oregon