Hooked on Books discussion

This thread is for CAPTAINS and CO-CAPTAINS of the Founding Factions Game ONLY!
Use this thread to record your team’s rolls, moves, payments, purchases, completions, and any other game actions. This is the official record of gameplay — accuracy is non-negotiable.


🛑 READ THIS CAREFULLY:
You are required to post TWO posts per turn in this thread using the exact format below.
DO NOT DEVIATE FROM THE FORMAT. If your post doesn’t follow the structure, your turn may be considered incomplete or invalid.

I get it — it sounds rigid. But when something breaks (and it will), clean formatting is what lets us trace the issue and fix it fast. Consistency matters — help us keep this game running smoothly.


⏳ Turn Timing Rules (2025 Update)
🔹Your team has 72 hours from the time of the roll to complete the prompt(s)/ challenge(s) and post your results here in the Turns Thread.
🔹Missing the deadline may result in a penalty — communication is key!
🔹NOTE: These are maximum timeframes. You're encouraged to go faster!
🔹If you anticipate delays or need more time, contact a Mod before the deadline — do not message or pressure another team.

📌 Required Turn Format

Post 1 (Start of Turn)
(Post this as soon as your team begins your turn — not before!)

Team ___
Starting Bank Account Balance: $___ (not Net Worth, not Retirement Account)
Rolled: ___
Landed on: ___
Timestamp: ___ (copy/paste from board)
72-hour Deadline: ___ (copy/paste from board)

Plan: [List planned actions — e.g., buy a property, pay rent, complete a card task, etc.]

Post 2 (End of Turn)
(Post this after you've completed the task(s), logged the book, and finalized game actions)

Team ___
Starting Bank Account Balance: $___ (not Net Worth, not Retirement Account)
Money Paid: $___ to Team ___
Money Earned: $___
Ending Bank Account Balance: $___ (not Net Worth, not Retirement Account)

*Turn Complete*

Note: Unlike past years, you do not need to list your book(s) here — that info is already tracked on the Game Board!

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🪄🕸️👻 Sci Fi Slumlords 💵
🏦 Starting Bank Balance: $1,500
Rolled🎲🎲 : 12
🏠🏘️ Landed on: Don Quixote: Read a book that features delusions, eccentric behavior or mistaken identities
Timestamp: 9.1, 8:41a PST
72-hour Deadline: 9.4, 8:41a PST

📝Plan: purchase Don Quixote and post book..

🪄🕸️👻 Sci Fi Slumlords 💵
🏦 Starting Bank Balance: $1,500
💸 Money Paid: $350
💰 Money Earned: $0
🏎️💨 Ending Bank Account Balance: $1,150

🌃🪴✨turn COMPLETE, your turn Team Historical Holdings✨🪴🌃

For clarity, let's add a "TURN COMPLETE" to the turns thread post 2. I'll add it to the template, so we can remember.
Thanks!

Ashley wrote: "For clarity, let's add a "TURN COMPLETE" to the turns thread post 2. I'll add it to the template, so we can remember.
Thanks!"

cool, i was going to do that and shoot a msg to the next team. sounds good

🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ wrote: "Ashley wrote: "For clarity, let's add a "TURN COMPLETE" to the turns thread post 2. I'll add it to the template, so we can remember.
Thanks!"

cool, i was going to do that and shoot a msg to the ne..."

Dont' worry about messaging, I'm trying to babysit the threads this week as much as possible. Let the mods do it!

Ashley wrote: "🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ wrote: "Ashley wrote: "For clarity, let's add a "TURN COMPLETE" to the turns thread post 2. I'll add it to the template, so we can remember.
Thanks!"

cool, i was going to ..."

sounds great, thanks Ashley!

Team Historical Holdings
Starting Bank Account Balance: $1500.00
Landed on: A Hundred Years of Solitude
Timestamp: 9/1/2025 10:30:30
72-hour Deadline: 9/4/2025 10:30:30

Plan: buy the property

Team Historical Holdings
Starting Bank Account Balance: $1,500
Money Paid: $330
Money Earned: $0
Ending Bank Account Balance: $1,170

Turn complete. You're up, Literary Loft Dwellers!

{Post 1}

Team Literary Loft Dwellers
Starting Bank Account Balance: $1,500.00
Rolled: 12
Landed on: Don Quixote
Timestamp: 9/2/2025 15:49:29
72-hour Deadline: 9/5/2025 15:49:29

Plan: Pay Rent to Sci-Fi Slumlords & complete task

{Post 2}

Team Literary Loft Dwellers
Starting Bank Account Balance: $1,500.00
Money Paid: $36
Money Earned: $0
Ending Bank Account Balance: $1,464.00

*Turn Complete* ~ Mystery Manor, you're up!

Post 1

Team Mystery Manor
Starting Bank Account Balance: $1,500.00
Rolled: 6
Landed on: Wheel of Colours
Timestamp: 9/3/2025 7:09:12
72-hour Deadline: 9/6/2025 7:09:12

Plan: Please can a Mod to spin the wheel, then we'll complete a book with a cover over 50% that colour

PS, don't forget to change the team name to Mystery Manor in your post above!

Post 2

Team Mystery Manor
Starting Bank Account Balance: $1,500.00
Money Paid: $0
Money Earned: $83
Ending Bank Account Balance: $1583

*Turn Complete*

🪄🕸️👻 Sci Fi Slumlords 💵
🏦 Starting Bank Balance: $1,150.00
Rolled 🎲🎲 : 4
🏠🏘️ Landed on: Haiku: Read a book with punctuation in its title
Timestamp, in PST: 9/4/2025 10:31:24 MST
72-hour Deadline, in PST: 9/7/2025 10:31:24 MST

📝Plan: purchase Haiku and complete task

Team MM, you earned $83 for your book. Please update your post and your bank account!

🪄🕸️👻 Sci Fi Slumlords 💵
🏦 Starting Bank Balance: $1,150.00
💸 Money Paid: $400
💰 Money Earned: $36 (rent from Team LLD for Don Quixote)
🏎️💨 Ending Bank Account Balance: $786.00

🌃🪴✨turn COMPLETE, your turn Team Historical Holdings✨🪴🌃

Ashley wrote: "Team MM, you earned $83 for your book. Please update your post and your bank account!"

Done. Sorry! I'll get it eventually

Team Historical Holdings
Starting Bank Account Balance: $1170.00 (not Net Worth, not Retirement Account)
Rolled: 10
Landed on: Ballad
Timestamp: 9/4/2025 12:03:21 (copy/paste from board)
72-hour Deadline: 9/7/2025 12:03:21 (copy/paste from board)

Plan: purchase

Team Historical Holdings
Starting Bank Account Balance: $1170.00 (not Net Worth, not Retirement Account)
Money Paid: $420.00
Money Earned: $0
Ending Bank Account Balance: $750.00 (not Net Worth, not Retirement Account)

*Turn Complete*

{Post 1}

Team Literary Loft Dwellers
Starting Bank Account Balance: $1,464.00
Rolled: 4
Landed on: Haiku
Timestamp: 9/5/2025 6:54:04
72-hour Deadline: 9/8/2025 6:54:04

Plan: Pay Rent to Sci-Fi Slumlords & complete task

C wrote: "Team Historical Holdings
Starting Bank Account Balance: $1170.00 (not Net Worth, not Retirement Account)
Money Paid: $420.00
Money Earned: $0
Ending Bank Account Balance: $750.00 (not Net Worth, n..."

Team Historical Holdings - you have not added a book to Ballad for the purchase of the property. Please update ASAP, as your turn concluded.

Ah! Sorry, doing that now! I didn't scroll that sheet over. I was thinking I was missing something since I hadn't logged the book anywhere.

{Post 2}

Team Literary Loft Dwellers
Starting Bank Account Balance: $1,464.00
Money Paid: $42
Money Earned: $0
Ending Bank Account Balance: $1,422.00

(Paid Rent to Sci-Fi Slumlords for Haiku)

*Turn Complete*

@Ashley, the square I landed on says 'Advance to' but doesn't say where. Also, which are the purple squares?

Jessica wrote: "@Ashley, the square I landed on says 'Advance to' but doesn't say where. Also, which are the purple squares?"

It's fixed, somehow the formula was altered.
It says "Advance to Genre Junction".
And, to clear up the next question you might have, if you land on an "Advance to..." space and it requires you to pass more than 1 salary space, are you able to collect more than one salary?
No, you'll treat it as though you passed a single space.

Also, I'm sorry for the confusion. Salary spaces are Yellow (not purple, which was a holdover from last year's game). I've corrected it in the How-To.

The spaces on the board that apply say "Collect SALARY when Passing ➡️" directly on them, in case you are using a browser/app that changes the color of things.

And, I went ahead a spun. Historical Holdings will choose your genre:

Post 1

Team Mystery Manor
Starting Bank Account Balance: $1,583.00
Rolled: 12
Landed on: Advance to Genre Junction
Timestamp: 9/6/2025 0:39:22
72-hour Deadline: 9/9/2025 0:39:22

Plan: collect 1 salary and read the genre Mystery Manor chooses for us.

Post 2

Team Mystery Manor
Starting Bank Account Balance: $1,583.00
Money Paid: $0
Money Earned: $126 for genre junction and $310 for salary = $436
Ending Bank Account Balance: $2019.00

*Turn Complete* fingers crossed I did everything correctly!

🪄🕸️👻 Sci Fi Slumlords 💵

🏦 Starting Bank Balance: $786.00
Rolled 🎲🎲 : 8
🏠🏘️ Landed on: Characters
Timestamp, in MST: 9/6/2025 11:54:53 MST
72-hour Deadline, in MST: 9/9/2025 11:54:53 MST

📝Plan: Purchase property and complete assigned task "read a book with The Femme Fatale"

🪄🕸️👻 Sci Fi Slumlords 💵
🏦 Starting Bank Balance: $ 786.00
💸 Money Paid: $ 450.00
💰 Money Earned: $ 42.00 rent from LLD for Haiku
🏎️💨 Ending Bank Account Balance: $ 378.00

🌃🪴✨turn COMPLETE, your turn Team Historical Holdings✨🪴🌃

Team Historical Holdings
Starting Bank Account Balance: $750
Rolled: 3
Landed on: Genre Twins
Timestamp: 9/6/2025 14:20:14
72-hour Deadline: 9/9/2025 14:20:14

Plan: read for task and earn $ based on pages

Team Historical Holdings
Starting Bank Account Balance: $750
Money Paid: $0
Money Earned: $529
Ending Bank Account Balance: $1279

*Turn Complete*

{Post 1}

Team Literary Loft Dwellers
Starting Bank Account Balance: $1,422.00
Rolled: 4
Landed on: Twin Titles
Timestamp: 9/7/2025 6:54:02
72-hour Deadline: 9/10/2025 6:54:02

Plan: Complete the task & earn $ based on pages

{Post 2}

Team Literary Loft Dwellers
Starting Bank Account Balance: $1,422.00
Money Paid: $0
Money Earned: $412
Ending Bank Account Balance: $1,834.00

*Turn Complete*

Post 1

Team Mystery Manor
Starting Bank Account Balance: $2,019.00
Rolled: 9
Landed on: Twin Titles
Timestamp: 9/8/2025 2:07:36
72-hour Deadline: 9/11/2025 2:07:36

Plan: Two teammates will read a book with the same word in the title

- Post 2 -

Team: Mystery Manor
Starting Bank Account Balance: $2019
Money Paid: $0
Money Earned: $216
Ending Bank Account Balance: $2235

*Turn Complete*

PART 1
🪄🕸️👻 Sci Fi Slumlords 💵

🏦 Starting Bank Balance: $378.00
Rolled 🎲🎲 : 8
🏠🏘️ Landed on: Romanticism
Timestamp, in MST: 9/9/2025 15:39:56
72-hour Deadline, in MST: 9/12/2025 15:39:56

📝Plan: Purchase property and complete assigned task "Read a book set -or- published in the late 18th century and peaked in the early 19th century (roughly 1770s–1850s)"

🪄🕸️👻 Sci Fi Slumlords 💵
🏦 Starting Bank Balance: $378.00
💸 Money Paid: $30
💰 Money Earned: $0
🏎️💨 Ending Bank Account Balance: $348.00

🌃🪴✨turn COMPLETE, your turn Team Historical Holdings✨🪴🌃

Team Historical Holdings
Starting Bank Account Balance: $1279
Rolled: 10
Landed on: Romanticism, owned by Sci-Fi Slumlords
Timestamp: 9/10/2025 19:05:52
72-hour Deadline: 9/13/2025 19:05:52

Plan: Plan: Pay Rent to Sci-Fi Slumlords & complete task

Team Historical Holdings Part 2

Starting Bank Account Balance: $1279
Money Paid: $1
Money Earned: $0
Ending Bank Account Balance: $1278

*Turn Complete*

{Post 1}

Team Literary Loft Dwellers
Starting Bank Account Balance: $1,834.00
Rolled: 6
Landed on: Chance
Timestamp: 9/12/2025 9:37:34
72-hour Deadline: 9/15/2025 9:37:34

Plan: Requested a Mod to spin wheel for our task - Complete task and collect $$
Task: Holiday Fund Matures - Read a book set in a vacation destination

LLD, here is your Chance result! I'll update the game board.

Task is: Holiday Fund Matures - Read a book set in a vacation destination.

{Post 2}

Team Literary Loft Dwellers
Starting Bank Account Balance: $1,834.00
Money Paid: $0
Money Earned: $861
Ending Bank Account Balance: $2,695.00

*Turn Complete*

Post 1

Team Mystery Manor
Starting Bank Account Balance: $2,235.00
Rolled: 7
Landed on: Setting
Timestamp: 9/13/2025 8:31:49
72-hour Deadline: 9/16/2025 8:31:49

Plan: Purchase property and complete task
Task: Read a book set in a war zone / military setting

- Post 2 -

Team: Mystery Manor
Starting Bank Account Balance: $2235
Money Paid: $510
Money Earned: $0
Ending Bank Account Balance: $1725

*Turn Complete*

🪄🕸️👻 Sci Fi Slumlords 💵
🏦 Starting Bank Balance: $348.00
Rolled 🎲🎲 : 1
🏠🏘️ Landed on: Backlist Blvd: Read a book published before 2010
Timestamp, in PST: 9/14/2025 8:54:49
72-hour Deadline, in PST: 9/17/2025 8:54:49

📝Plan: post book for space

🪄🕸️👻 Sci Fi Slumlords 💵
🏦 Starting Bank Balance: $348.00
💸 Money Paid: $0
💰 Money Earned:
$1 rent from Team HH for Romanticism,
$625 credit for Backlist Blvd.
🏎️💨 Ending Bank Account Balance: $974.00

🌃🪴✨turn COMPLETE, your turn Team Historical Holdings✨🪴🌃

Post 1

Team Historical Holdings
Starting Bank Account Balance: $1278
Rolled: 5
Landed on: Vatican Library
Timestamp: 9/14/2025 10:30:53
72-hour Deadline: 9/17/2025 10:30:53

Plan: Read for task and purchase property.