Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Sometimes we get an idea, make it into a challenge, have lot of fun, but either decide not to run it again - or decide to run something else instead.


Here are the winners for our team challenges that to date haven't been repeated

UnCover it!
2014

Winners were Team Arlecchino


This challenge was all about guessing the opponents book covers, so secret groups were used. It was a blast, but quite time intensive for the mods.

Book Buffs' Battleship
2014

Winners were Team Nautilus

This challenge was a take on the Battleship Board Game and required quite a bit of coordination and secret groups. We loved blasting our opponents ;)

Gladiator Games
2015
Winners were The Praetorian
(teams combined of:
Commodus
Gabrielle
Spartacus
Juba
Barca
Xena
Varro
Maximus)

At the end of each round (2 weeks) the highest and lowest scoring teams were combined until we ended up with two gigantic teams in a bloodthirsty battle!

Wobble
2016
Winners were Team Dholes

Not for the faint of heart, this was six consecutive challenges within one overarching challenge.

Cutthroat
2017
Winners were

A game where sabotage was not only encouraged, it was for sale.

The Floor is Lava
2019

Winners.....

MAGMA Category
Winner - Team Lava No More

CRATER Category
Winner - Team The Great Tectonics

MOLTEN Category
Winner - Team Lavalicious Ladies


This was our first team challenge where players were able to create their own teams. There were different categories based on the overall books read by a team within a 2 week period.

My Restaurant Rocks
2020

Winners:

Team Trouble

2022
Winners:

Second time in a row -! Team Trouble


This was a self-directed team challenge, where players created their own teams of up to six players; and their own team name.
The challenge lasted for 3 months and involved some serious google sheet usage ;)

Book Games

2024

This team challenge riffed on The Hunger Games series for it's minis and various mayhem.

Winners were District 11