Woohoo! This is perfect -- I'm about to start a new book tonight anyway!
Btw, how do we translate audio book length into page length? Go with whatever major sellers (Amazon etc.) present as the current "main" / "default" print editions? Or do you want to set a minimum audio book length?
Anything that has a published edition that is more than 200 pages works for me. I think, alternatively, anything that is 5 1/2 hours or longer would be at least 200 pages.
I literally looked at all of the Agatha Christie audiobooks, saw that they were between 6 & 7 hours long, determined that her books are typically 250 pages or so, and extrapolated from there.
Yet another way in which the Queen enhances lives. ;)
Yes! (And would it surprise you I used the same measure in picking my first book -- even if I ended up not starting with Dame Agatha but to save her for later?)
6 years ago
So, I roll the dice, move the spaces, and then read according to the number of the space that I land on? Is my first book my own choice, or do I need to read something by a woman author? Just want to be sure that I grok what is going on....
If we all start on 1, do we all read the book for Sq. 1 before the first roll? Or do we ignore the book task for Sq. 1 at the start of the game, roll the dice, and read the book of the square we land on as the first book?
I didn't really answer your question, Wanda. You read a book for square one before you roll. Whether you get to roll one dice or two depends on the book you read. Any book over 200 pages gets you the roll of one dice. If you read a book by a woman author, you get to roll two dice, which moves things along more quickly.
This is so that if it's a category that the reader just can't find anything to fill, players can just read a book and move on with the roll of a single dice and they don't get bogged down forever.
I'd be up for it. Are the snakes and ladders part of it in any way, or is the spot you're on determined by your roll and the snakes and ladders are just decoration?
I am changing the rules a tiny bit - you need to read the book for the ladders square in order to go up the ladder. For the snake squares, no book is necessary to go backwards to the bottom of the snake.
Whiskey - yes. If you land on a ladder square, you read a book for that square. If the square you land on is #3, then you can read a book published in the twentieth century, or, alternatively, you can read any book at all. Since you don't really get any benefit from the one vs. two dice roll at the bottom of a ladder, the assigned category for those squares is just for fun.
You then climb the ladder to square #51. For square number 51, you can either read a book with a wild animal on the cover and roll a two dice roll, or you can read any book and roll a one dice roll.
Just a question: I'm about 1/3 way through a book written by a woman. Can I use this book for square 1 or do I have to start another book from scratch?
6 years ago
I am. I finished the book after the game was announced--and read at least 5 hours of it in that time--so it is my book number one.
How does this work if I'm used to reading multiple books at once? Once the game starts, can I count any books that I've read/am reading for a square and only advance once an appropriate one is finished or am I limited to only reading one book at a time?
I've just posted a Q & A, which hopefully answers all of the new questions scattered over the feed! If I missed any questions, post here or on the Q & A. I'll keep checking in!
6 years ago
How long does the game last? Until someone gets to the 100 square?
So, I landed on square #6 and I just finished a book with the Silver in the title, so now I go up the ladder to #27 and try to read a book set in WWI or WWII? Then I roll one or two dice depending on whether the book fits or not?
I´m sitting this one out as well, because I´m a total mood reader at the moment and it will probably take me forever to finish the game up.
But I´m certainly looking forward to all your posts. Have fun, everybody :)
I think it's fair to say at this point that the game has started -- the first couple of people have already posted their "completed first book and rolled the dice to move on the board" posts.
5 years ago
Yeah, I noticed that OB posted just after I put this question up.
I'm in a reading slump at the moment and this might be just the thing to pull me out of it. I've always wanted to try one of these games and this seems l8ke th3 perfect time to start :) count me in
I did really well with this one before, but I think I'll sit out this round. I'm in mid-account change and trying to read books from my A-list without bogging myself down with a lot of Netgalley books to distract me again.
Btw, how do we translate audio book length into page length? Go with whatever major sellers (Amazon etc.) present as the current "main" / "default" print editions? Or do you want to set a minimum audio book length?
Yet another way in which the Queen enhances lives. ;)
If we all start on 1, do we all read the book for Sq. 1 before the first roll? Or do we ignore the book task for Sq. 1 at the start of the game, roll the dice, and read the book of the square we land on as the first book?
This is so that if it's a category that the reader just can't find anything to fill, players can just read a book and move on with the roll of a single dice and they don't get bogged down forever.
Does that answer your question?
You then climb the ladder to square #51. For square number 51, you can either read a book with a wild animal on the cover and roll a two dice roll, or you can read any book and roll a one dice roll.
Good luck to everyone playing!
And thanks, it's good to be back and I'm hoping I find my way round again soon.
I don't have dice in the house so I'll be using virtual dice from this site https://virtualdiceroll.com/2/en/two-dice
But I´m certainly looking forward to all your posts. Have fun, everybody :)