Second Chance Challenges discussion

In here I will add all the challenges I join for this group and my progress

The (Never-Ending) Ben & Jerry's Challenge


Level 3: Spell out both lists. You must either be a Ben & Jerry's fanatic, or completely nuts!



The Current Flavors: SPELL WITH AUTHOR
43 Flavors / 3/617 Total Letters

[Banana Split (1/11)
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Smith C V - Nettie Parker's Backyard - 4 stars,14 Aug 12
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Boston Cream Pie (14)
Cake Batter (10)

Cheesecake Brownie (2/17)
Coxe Harmon George, Silent are the dead, 20 Aug 2012
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Rebecca Forster, Hostile Witness, 16 Aug 2012
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Cherry Garcia (12)
Chocolate (9)
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough (24)
Chocolate Fudge Brownie (21)
Chocolate Nougat Crunch (21)
Chocolate Therapy (16)
Chubby Hubby (11)
Chunky Monkey (12)
Cinnamon Buns (12)
Coffee Caramel Buzz (17)
Coffee Heath Bar Crunch (20)
Creme Brulee (11)
Dublin Mudslide (14)
Everything But The... (16)
Half Baked (9)
Imagine Whirled Peace (19)
Karamel Sutra (12)
Key Lime Pie (10)
Late Night Snack (14)
Milk & Cookies (ignore the &) (11)
Mint Chocolate Cookie (19)
Mud Pie (6)
New York Super Fudge Chunk (22)
Oatmeal Cookie Chunk (18)
Peach Cobbler (12)
Peanut Brittle (13)
Peanut Butter Cup (14)
Phish Food (9)
Pistachio Pistachio (18)
Red Velvet Cake (13)
Rocky Road-Ish (12)
S'mores (6)
Americone Dream (14)
Strawberry Cheesecake (20)
Triple Caramel Chunk (18)
Vanilla (7)
Vanilla Caramel Fudge (19)
Vanilla Heath Bar Crunch (21)
What a Cluster (12)

In The Flavor Graveyard (Retired Flavors):SPELL WITH TITLE
50 Flavors / 4/811 Letters

[Aloha Macadamia (1/14)
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Hostile Witness by Rebecca Forster, 16 Aug 2012
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Apple Crumble (1/12)
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Ulysses by James Joyce, 19 Aug 12
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Banana Ice Cream (1/14)
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Nettie Parker's Backyard - 4 stars - 14 Aug 12
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Blackberry Cobbler (17)
Blueberry Ice Cream (17)
Bovinity Divinity (16)
Chocolate Chocolate Cookie (24)
Chocolate Orange Fudge (20)
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Dough (32)
Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffle (28)

Chocolate Raspberry Truffle (1/25)
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Silent are the dead by George Harmon Coxe, 20 Aug 2012
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Cinnamon Ice Cream (16)
Concession Obsession (19)
Cool Britannia (13)
Dastardly Mash (13)
Deep Dark Chocolate (17)
Egg Nog (6)
Fresh Georgia Peach (17)
From Russia With Buzz (18)
Giant Chocolate Chunk (19)
Gingerbread Cookie (17)
Holy Cannoli (11)
Honey Apple Raisin Chocolate Cookie (31)
Honey, I'm Home (11)
Island Paradise (14)
Jerry's Jubilee (13)
KaBerry KABOOM (13)
Lemon Peppermint Carob Chip (24)
Makin' Whoopie Pie (15)
Monkey Wrench (12)
Nutty Waffle Cone (15)
Orange and Cream (14)
Peanut Butter and Jelly (20)
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk (26)
Peanuts! Popcorn! (14)
Peppermint Schtick (17)
Pulp Addiction (13)
Rainforest Crunch (16)
Reverse Chocolate Chunk (21)
Rootbeer Float My Boat (19)
Rum Raisin (9)
S.N.A.F.U. (5)
Southern Pecan Pie (16)
Sugar Plum (9)
The Full VerMonty (15)
Totally Nuts (11)
Urban Jumble (11)
Vanilla Chocolate Chunk (21)
Wavy Gravy (9)
White Russian (12)

Getting to Know You - Your Favorite Author

Duration: 1 month from start date

favourite author for 13 Aug - 12 September is JoJo Moyes

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James Joyce, Ulysses, 19 Aug 2012
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Smith C V - Nettie Parker's Backyard 14 Aug 12, 4 Stars

Wordplay


Object: To have the most points when the "tiles" (or letters) run out.

Rules:

Players will play individually.

Each player will receive 5 letters randomly including one "blank".

At the beginning of each week I will roll a 6 sided die. The number rolled will be the number of letters drawn for the week. For example, if I roll a 4, 4 letters will be drawn. The same die roll will apply to all players for the week.

Letters will be drawn separately for each player. The draw will be random and based on the die roll for the week.

You may choose to pass (not accept any new letters) for the week with no penalty. Or, you may choose to "buy" any or all of the letters drawn for you.

To buy a letter, you must read a book who's title or author first or last name matches the letter.
For example: Based on the roll and random draw you are offered A, E, K, L, T. You want to buy the A and the T. In order to claim them you must read a book for A and a book for T. If you want all of the letters you must read a book for each of them.

Letters for each drawing are only available to buy for 1 week following their drawing.

Once you've bought them they are yours to keep until you use them in a word.

As your books are read you may add those letters to your pile. Using your pile, create words with scores as high as possible. Once you have made a word those letters will no longer be available to you.

There will be a separate thread for reporting finished words. You may report as many words as you like each week as long as you have the letters. You may also decide to hold onto your letters and not report any words in a given week. You decide your strategy.

Letter values are listed below.

Play will continue until all of the tiles have been drawn. If it happens that there are not enough tiles to distribute evenly at the end, the remaining tiles will be discarded.

Letter Values
0 points: Blank Tiles
1 point: E, A, I, O, N, R, T, L, S, U
2 points: D, G
3 points: B, C, M, P
4 points: F, H, V, W, Y
5 points: K
8 points: J, X
10 points: Q, Z

Letter Distribution
Based on a traditional 4 player game:
E ×12, A ×9, I ×9, O ×8, N ×6, R ×6, T ×6, L ×4, S ×4, U ×4, D ×4, G ×3, B ×2, C ×2, M ×2, P ×2, F ×2, H ×2, V ×2, W ×2, Y ×2, K ×1, J ×1, X ×1, Q ×1, Z ×1
- A traditional Scrabble game has 98 letter tiles (excluding blanks) for 4 players. For each additional 4 players I will double the letter count (keeping the letter distribution intact) For example, there are 3 G's in a traditional 4 player game. If we reach 8 players there will be 6 G's and 9 G's if we reach 12 players, etc.


Notes:

- You do not have to read anything for your initial 5 letters. Those are freebies.
- You can read any genre
- Any version is fine (ebook, audiobook, etc)
- Books must be at least 100 pages
- Just like in Scrabble, blank tiles can be used in place of any letter.
- There is no limit to the number of letters you may have in your "pile" at any given time. You are only limited by how many tiles are offered to you each week and how many books you want to read in a week.
- I will keep track of which letters have been used on an excel spreadsheet that I have.
- All drawings and letters will be chosen using Random.org
- There will be a Readerboard thread where each participant will be listed with letters currently available for them to buy, their current point total, and words submitted and accepted.

The start date and draw dates will be announced soon.

So, what will you do? Read a few high point letters and be try to strategically create high point words? Or, read as many letters as you can and create as many words as you can? You decide!

I think these 3 should keep me going for now, when I have finished the monthly challenge I will pick another one to do.

Castles of the World challenge

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Smith C V - Nettie Parker's Backyard 14 Aug - 4 stars
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February TCF Challenge (2012)

I will go for easy level spelling PURPLE from 1st Aug to end and add bonus books if I complete early

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Ulysses by James Joyce, 19 Aug 2012
Rebecca Forster, Hostile Witness, 16 Aug 2012
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