Dragons & Jetpacks discussion

DC
The Catcher in the Rye/Jack O' Lantern/Pumpkinhead/1 of 3

Orange cover (but the title's font color is also orange-ish...or yellow-orange)

DC
The Skinner/Jack O'Lantern/Hovercraft Disc/3 of 3

***** Jack O'Lantern Defeated *****

DC

The Maids & Deathwatch/Alfred Pennyworth/Butler/3 of 3

**** Alfred Pennyworth recruited *******

Two of the main characters are servants (maids)

DC

The Honor of the Queen/Jack O'Lantern/Hovercraft Disc/ 2 of 3

Wayland wrote: "MPauli, no ruling on landspeeders/hovertrucks from Star Wars? Your comment to Lel makes it sound like they should work, but I'm trying to confirm."

Yes, they work. As always I try to be as open as possible, but I don't want to overcomplicate the challenge texts by too many details and exceptions.

Rinn wrote: "Does our Horror BotM count towards an energy cell? I can't remember, but I think not? Otherwise I'll use it to finish off Jack O'Lantern."

Let's say no this time, because we keep on adding special books a lot lately in the group and I don't want to lose track of a million exceptions to the core rules and make it overcomplicated for everyone to follow.
Every book that follows the normal rules counts towards the normal challenges and only the two regular af and fantasy botm count towards the energy cells.
The energy cells are a little more strict, because of the ponit curve. I don't want all the portals to be open too early or too late and by sticking with the number of energy cells we have this year achieved with the two books of the month, I think we're in a very good place for the portal heroes.

This week Team Marvel won and is ahead almost 200 points for now.
For them Joy was the MVP by getting the achievements for being the first player to recruit Rat Queens and being the first player to defeat Jack O'Lantern.
Jack was also defeated by Wayland and Shawnie also recruited the Rat Queens. In addition to that Kate recruited Agent Coulson and Rinn added Blade to her team.
For Team DC Lel recruited Commissioner Gordon while Veronica finished Portal Hero Nimona. Dawn defeated Jack O'Lantern and Greg added Alfred to his roster.
The Energy Cell race ended 2:2 and is still very close.

Mpauli wrote: "Rinn wrote: "Does our Horror BotM count towards an energy cell? I can't remember, but I think not? Otherwise I'll use it to finish off Jack O'Lantern."

Let's say no this time, because we keep on a..."

That makes sense! Sorry if you've answered this kind of question a billion times, I could never remember what the official answer was. So I can use it for Jack then :D

Team Marvel
The Halloween Tree/Jack O'Lantern/Jack O'Lantern/1 of 3

DC/Murder in the Place of Anubis/Blue Beetle/Power of the Scarab/2 of 3

DC/The Tomb (Adversary Cycle, #2)/Jack O'Lantern/Jack O'Lantern/1 of 3

Main character is named Jack.

DC/The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/Energy Cell

Team Marvel
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow/Jack O' Lantern/Pumpkinhead/2 of 3
Gothic horror story

DC/Hawkman/Mace/The Hammer of Thor/3 of 3

Hawkman recruited

DC
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/Energy cell

Marvel/Traitor's Blade/Energy cell

The Woman in White/She-Hulk/Lawyer up!/2 of 3

DC/Uprooted/Alfred Pennyworth/Butler/2 of 3

(view spoiler)[Agnieszka works as a servant for a while (hide spoiler)]

DC
Jack O'Lantern

Jack O'Lantern/ The Hammer of Thor/ 1 of 3
*charcter (Magnus' sentient sword) is named Jack

Pumpkinhead/ In My Brother's Name/ 2 of 3
*orange cover

DC/Jack O'Lantern/Hovercraft Disc/William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope/2 of 3

Milou wrote: "DC/Jack O'Lantern/Hovercraft Disc/William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope/2 of 3"

I'm reading the same book for the same thing. :)

Marvel/Always on My Mind/Jack O' Lantern/Jack/2 of 3
Hero's name is Jack.

The Fireman/Jack O'Lantern/Pumpkinhead/3 of 3

Orange cover & horror genre.

Jack O'Lantern defeated!

Marvel

Rat Queens

2. Queens- Isabella: The Warrior Queen
Read a book with a crowned woman on the cover or where a pov character is a queen.

Queen Isabella is on the cover and the focus of the book.

2/3 for Rat Queens

DC
Traitor's Blade/Energy cell

DC

In Shade and Shadow/Jack O'Lantern/Jack O'Lantern/3 of 3

Jack O'Lantern defeated.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/Energy Cell

Traitor's Blade/Energy Cell

Marvel

Iron Fist/Dragon Tattoo/Fall of Hades/2 of 3
(tattooed main characters)

Agent Coulson/Agent of Shield/Space Knight/ 2 of3
(shield on cover)

DC/The Serpent's Daughter/Jack O'Lantern/Pumpkinhead/2 of 3

Predominately orange cover

DC/Andromeda's Fall/Alana/Landfall/2 of 3

"Fall" in the title

This week was a win for Team DC. For them Milou recruited Hawkman and Lel defeated Jack O' Lantern.
For Team Marvel Rinn was the MVP by also defeating our villain of the month.
Team DC won the Energy Cell race with 5:1 and took over the lead in the battle for the final portal.

Marvel

Energy Cell

Traitor's Blade

DC/The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/Energy Cell

DC
The Name of the Wind/Alfred Pennyworth/Actor on the stage/2 of 3

DC/Sourcery/Supergirl/She's my Kryptonite/3 of 3
Green cover.

Supergirl Recruited!

DC

The Fireman/Garfield/Striped Like A Tiger/ 1 of 3

DC/Fuzzy Nation/Jack O'Lantern/Hovercraft Disc/3 of 3

MC uses a hovercraft vehicle.

Jack O'Lantern defeated!

DC/Blue Beetle/Beetle juice/Jurassic Park/3 of 3

Dinosaur DNA is extracted from biting insects

Blue Beetle recruited

Blade defeated

Marvel/Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy #5)/Blade/Daywalker/3 of 3

Half the characters are vampires.

DC

The Oathbound/Katana/Bird of Prey/3 of 3
Two female characters on the front.

Katana recruited!

DC/Who Buries the Dead/Alana/Hazel's Mother/3 of 3

POV character is mother to a 7 week old infant.

Alana recruited!

Team Marvel.
Blade/Cool Shades/Blood Red Turns Dollar Green: A Novel/3of3.
A character wears sunglasses in the story.

Blade recruited!!!!

DC
The Help/Alfred Pennyworth/Butler/3 of 3

***** Alfred Pennyworth Recruited *****

*****ALL DC HEROES RECRUITED****

Yeay!!! :-)

Nicely done Dawn.

Thank you :-)

DC

Bengal's Heart/Garfield/A Cat is a Cat is a Cat/2 of 3

DC/ energy cell/ The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Team Marvel
Before the Awakening/Jack O'Lantern/Hovercraft disc/3 of 3

Jack O'Lantern defeated

Nice work, Dawn!

This week was a win for Team DC. For them Veronica was the MVP by defeating Jack O'Lantern and being the first player to recruit portal hero Alana.
Kirsty added Supergirl to her team and Milou recruited Blue Beetle. Katana was added by Lel while Dawn completed her roster by recruiting Alfred.
For Team Marvel Christina and Brendan recruited Blade and Kate defeated our villain of the month.
The Energy Cell race ended 2:1 for Team DC.

We're already a week away from November, so it's time to introduce our new villain of the month for the pen-ultimate month of 2016. Have fun beating the challenges for Indigo:

Indigo

Active from 01/11/2016 - 30/11/2016



1. Robotic Control
Read a book with a robot on the cover or where a character is able to control machines/robots with their mind.

2. Brainiac 8
Read a book with a computer on the cover or where characters interact with an A.I..

3. Member of the Outsiders
Read a book with a landscape on the cover or where the main character changes from being a villain to being a hero.

Are we counting mechas under robots? Or just android type robots?

Also can't remember if I submitted it:

Energy Cell/The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Marvel/Energy Cell/Traitor's Blade (Greatcoats #1)