Bookish Challenges discussion

LET's PLAY DEAL OR NO DEAL

General game rules
❏ There are 26 cases and a randomized amount is assigned to each of the cases.

❏ You choose a case number. The case you have chosen is the potential amount you can walk away with till the end of the game. The contents of your case are not revealed till the end or till you accept an offer

❏ We will play rounds to eliminate cases. Your goal would be to ideally choose cases that have a lower amount in them (meaning the case you have initially chosen has a higher amount). This is all based on your luck, so don't beat yourself up!
Round 1 : Eliminate 5 cases. We are left with 20 cases
Round 2 : Eliminate 5 cases. We are left with 15 cases
Round 3 : Eliminate 5 cases. We are left with 10 cases
Round 4 : Eliminate 4 cases. We are left with 6 cases
Round 5: Eliminate 3 cases. We are left with 3 cases
Round 6: Eliminate 2 cases. We are left with 1 cases
Final round: Choose between your case or the case you did not open till the end

❏ After each round, I will offer a deal. You can say "Deal" to take the deal or "No Deal" to continue playing

Tasks

◘. For every case you eliminate, you will be given 3 tasks and you need to read a book for any one of them.
◘. The lower the number you select, the easier the tasks will be as you have eliminated a good case. Similarly, the higher-numbered ones will have tough tasks to complete. I will randomize the tasks based on difficulty table from a bigger pool.
◘. I will give you 3 free skips, one you can use to skip for a case from 1-800, another one from 1000- 150k, last one to skip from 200k-2m
◘. For additional skips, you can either
Use points:
$1-800: 2 pts
$1000-150k: 4pts
$200k-2m: 7pts
or do word hunts (see below)
◘ Word hunt tasks:
You need to complete one of the word hunts from the below list to skip a task and avoid using your points. You can ignore punctuation. Per every book you read, you can choose 3 words. If you are reading a book in a language other than English, I will accept an equivalent word.

$1-800 Hunt Options:
↠ "Can you feel the penny"
↠ "You made a horrible decision"
↠ "Smile while you still have teeth"

$1000-150k Hunt Options:
↠ "Not my circus, not my monkeys. Keep your drama"
↠ "Too glam to give a damn. Class dismissed"
↠ "I'm not a snack, I'm the whole damn meal"

$150k-2m Hunt Options:
↠ "Have you ever coached a winning team, it doesn't seem like it."
↠ "You're a marathon runner, you might want to pace yourself."
↠ "He's getting this offer and then he is going to rabbit hunting"


Points

☰☰ You will be awarded 10 points if you finish the game. This means either you play till the end or accept the offer of points and end the game

☰☰ You will be awarded below points for each task you complete per case based on amount in it
$1-800: 1 pt
$1000-150k: 2 pts
$200k-2m: 3 pts

☰☰ If you accept a deal at any points, you get points based on what the deal was offering you in addition to what you have accumulated

☰☰ If you accept a no-deal throughout and play till the end, you get points based on the amount in your case! It will be 2 points for $1 case, 4 points for $4 case and so on... implying 52 points for $2m case!!

☰☰If you want to play again after completing a round, you need to spend 10 points!


Have any questions? Ask away in the Q&A thread!

Tracking Template

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Round 1
🎁 Box 3 - $100 - 1 point
🎁 Box 12 - $10000 - 2 points
🎁 Box 15 - $1.5m - 3 points
🎁 Box 7 - $2k - 2 points
🎁. Box 20 - $800,000k - 3 points
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Deal or No Deal Offer: 6


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To start, choose a case between 1 to 26 which you think will have the highest amount.

The case you have chosen is the potential amount you can walk away with till the end of the game. The contents of your case are not revealed till the end or till you accept an offer

Let's begin Round 1 where you will be selecting 5 cases in total to eliminate.

Remember the objective is ideally to eliminate cases which will have a lower amount of values. The lower the amount, the easier the task level. However, no worries, as it's all luck and you get more points for completing tasks with cases having higher values. Tasks are based on a randomised set of tasks based on difficulty level so they can repeat themselves throughout the game

Go ahead and select your first case to eliminate!

I choose case 5

You need to select 2 boxes: one which will be your box till the end and another elimintate, just to confirm case 5 is the box you choose to keep? If yes, that's fine but also let me know another case to eliminate first :)

I’ll eliminate case # 3

You decided to eliminate case 3...

and it had $100 in it! Good job on selecting such a low number! Let's begin the journey

As part of the randomiser, please complete one of the below easy tasks:
1. A book with LGBTQ love story
2. A book with R,E,S,T in title
3. A book with laptop on cover


If you don't want to do one of these, you can either use your free skip or complete one of the below word hunts (max 3 words per book, so you would need min. 2 books to complete this):

↠ "Can you feel the penny"
↠ "You made a horrible decision"
↠ "Smile while you still have teeth"

Book/Author: A Bargain with the Shadow Prince by Genevieve Jack
Date Read: 06/19/2024
Task: #2 Read a book with R,E,S,T in title
How it Fits: A ba r gain wi t h the s hadow princ e
Next case: #12

Congrats! You get 1 point

You decided to eliminate case 12...

and it had $10,000 in it! Not that great but could be worse right?

As part of the randomiser, please complete one of the below medium tasks:
1. A book which a GR choice award winner (not nominee)
2. A book with basement on cover
3. A book that you have been putting off


If you don't want to do one of these, you can either use your free skip or complete one of the below word hunts (max 3 words per book, so you would need min. 3 books to complete this):

↠ "Not my circus, not my monkeys. Keep your drama"
↠ "Too glam to give a damn. Class dismissed"
↠ "I'm not a snack, I'm the whole damn meal"

Please select your next case to eliminate as well

Book/Author: The Wicked King by Holly Black
Date Read: 06/27/2024
Task: #1 A book which a GR choice award winner
How it Fits: It was the winner for Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction in 2019
Next case: #15

Congrats! You get 2 points

You decided to eliminate case 15...

and it had $1.5m in it! Oops! One of the highest amounts is eliminated

As part of the randomiser, please complete one of the below hard tasks:
1. A book with Mythology mpg
2. A book with Asian wedding in it
3. A book rated >4.5 stars


If you don't want to do one of these, you can either use your free skip or complete one of the below word hunts (max 3 words per book, so you would need min. 4 books to complete this):

$150k-2m Hunt Options:
↠ "Have you ever coached a winning team, it doesn't seem like it."
↠ "You're a marathon runner, you might want to pace yourself."
↠ "He's getting this offer and then he is going to rabbit hunting"

Please select your next case to eliminate as well

Book/Author: The The Blackened Blade by Isla Davon
Date Read: 07/04/2024
Task: #3 A book rated >4.5 stars
How it Fits: It has a rating of 4.59 stars
Next case: #7

Congrats! You get 3 points

You decided to eliminate case 7...

and it had $2k in it! Could have been worse right?

As part of the randomiser, please complete one of the below medium tasks:
1. A book with a real world image (no graphics etc) on cover
2. A book with author's name starting with N-U
3. A book by an author you have read only once before


If you don't want to do one of these, you can either use your free skip or complete one of the below word hunts (max 3 words per book, so you would need min. 3 books to complete this):

↠ "Not my circus, not my monkeys. Keep your drama"
↠ "Too glam to give a damn. Class dismissed"
↠ "I'm not a snack, I'm the whole damn meal"

Please select your last case to eliminate as well for this round

Book/Author: Hidden Scars by Andi Jaxon
Date Read: 07/09/2024
Task: #1 A book with a real world image (no graphics etc) on cover
How it Fits: It has 2 people on the cover.

Next case: #20

Congrats! You get 2 points

You decided to eliminate case 20...

and it had $800,000k in it! Oops, that was a large amount

As part of the randomiser, please complete one of the hard medium tasks:
1. A book with a cover depicting a historical scene by the river, such as a medieval castle or ancient ruins overlooking the water
2. Read a book in one sitting, without putting it down
3. A book from this list


If you don't want to do one of these, you can either use your free skip or complete one of the below word hunts (max 3 words per book, so you would need min. 4 books to complete this):

$150k-2m Hunt Options:
↠ "Have you ever coached a winning team, it doesn't seem like it."
↠ "You're a marathon runner, you might want to pace yourself."
↠ "He's getting this offer and then he is going to rabbit hunting"

This is the last box of your round 1. You have eliminated 2 hard and rest easy & medium boxes, tough start but there are many more higher amounts left.

I will offer you 6 points to finish the game here.

If you accept complete this task and say Deal You will get the book award and point accumulated so far and we will end the game here. I will also reveal what your initial box amount was.

To continue playing complete this task and say "No Deal" and select your next box to eliminate for round 2!

Book/Author: Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
Date Read: 07/23/2024
Task: #3 A book from this list
How it Fits: It is the first book on the list.
Next Case: 13

Congrats! You get 3 points and also choose to go ahead



You decided to eliminate case 13...

and it had only $400,00k in it! Oops, unfortunately thats hight

As part of the randomiser, please complete one of the below hard tasks:
1. A book written in experimental style
2. A book which features in the "Readers also enjoyed" list of any book you read since 2024
3. A book rated >4.5 stars


If you don't want to do one of these, you can either use your free skip or complete one of the below word hunts (max 3 words per book, so you would need min. 4 books to complete this):

↠ "Have you ever coached a winning team, it doesn't seem like it."
↠ "You're a marathon runner, you might want to pace yourself."
↠ "He's getting this offer and then he is going to rabbit hunting"

Also choose the next case

Book/Author: Blood Oath by Morgan B. Lee
Date Read: 08/06/2024
Task: #2 A book which features in the "Readers also enjoyed" list of any book you read since 2024
How it Fits: It was recommended under Sauter by Jane Washington, which I read on 02/02/2024
Next Case: 1

Congrats! You get 3 points

You decided to eliminate case 1...

and it had only $1 in it! That's the lowest!

As part of the randomiser, please complete one of the below easy tasks:
1. A book with a cute cover
2. A book with a title that contains a number
3. A book with a charitable MC


If you don't want to do one of these, you can either use your free skip or complete one of the below word hunts (max 3 words per book, so you would need min. 3 books to complete this):

↠ "Not my circus, not my monkeys. Keep your drama"
↠ "Too glam to give a damn. Class dismissed"
↠ "I'm not a snack, I'm the whole damn meal"

Please select your last case to eliminate as well for this round