Ten Again...

Moneybag's book tree

Scottie Dogs find out all about the Hotel World, whilst Team Cannon went to stay in the crooked house hotel, and took a spirit level to check how wonky Bally's bed was. Unable to sleep, they stepped out into the dark blue night to watch some fireworks and release The Light Fantastic - they saw this book get picked up... but no journal entry so far :(

AHH! Spiders!

Team Boot are very brave - this week they went on a lunch date with One Dangerous Lady at the Black Widow Cafe... and it seems they survived. Team Iron also headed to a local cafe this turn, taking Joseph Andrews with them, where they celebrated their catch and new bookcrosser (who wants to know if he can have a bonus point)! Meanwhile, The Thimbles settled down to a cup of chai in Kolkata's most popular 'adda' spot.

Trains playing musical statues

Battleships are cheering along (whoever he may be?) by releasing Go Huckle Go in front of a Go Maine sign. Gamehost has a theory that Huckle is Bally's alter-ego (like Clark and Superman) and Battleships want him to run so fast he kicks up a sandstorm. Team Train going no where fast - they're frozen in time and standing statue still

Wet Wolves

Team Moneybag agree with  the Wheelbarrows; Oranges are not the only kind of fruit

Team Racecar leave jewels in the tower of London, whereas Team Wolf have fun playing with sandcastles (gamehost is very proud that she resisted the temptation to make jokes about what dogs normally do in sandpits....)

Hmm... tea!

Top hats are tipped to uncommon heroines and one extrodinary hero

Team Wheelbarrow take a global approach to the concept of high, with a release in the Svalbard (Norway), the northern-most large town.

Bonus Points:
Team Iron, a point to give to their AF sign up
Team Wheelbarrow for their latitude attitude

Not-Ten-gham and Nonsense

Turn Ten's Nottingham Uncon celebratory releases, starting as far away from central England as we can and working inwards;

Team Thimble are not a very good shot - their arrow goes astray and ends up 4371 miles away in Sherwood, Miami, Florida... no wonder Robin never got the warning to go and Hide

From 4367 miles away Team Iron celebrate Nottingham's exports of lace and Hollywood versions of history (most notably Disney's Foxy Robin Hood)

3768 miles away from Nottingham ought to be far enough away for an Outlaw to hide from the Cannon-fire, right? Good job there's still a Robin Hood Inn Sherwood!*

Team Battleship are sailing 3117 miles away from Nottingham Castle, but still manage to find a Castle kitchen

814 miles from Not-effing-ham, Team Boot can be seen celebrating Kosher Cookery

A Train journey of 257 miles is a long way... Robin hides in the bushes so as not to be caught en-route 

Team Racecar are not used to pedal-power, so cannot manage to cycle the 108 miles to Nottingham in honour of the area's Raleighs, but release a copy of  The White Woman on the Green Bicycle anyway

63 miles away, in the Robin Hood Pub, a Scottie Dog wants to Play Dead 

Somewhere in the city, Robin Hood is hiding away all the Moneybags he stole from King John... let's hope he doesn't find them

At the very centre of the bookcrossing shrine, Goddess of Game is drunk and getting stroppy - 'Don't You Know Who I Am?' she asks; 'I demand a sacrifice to appease my ire!'. None of the other Bookcrossers know what she is on about, but fortunately Team Wolf are on hand to make wild releases right in her lap...

GoG is normally much more attractive than this (hopefully)

... and so, the wrath of GoG abated, the game continues

Nottingham Bonus Release Bonus Points go to:
Scottie-Dogs, for awesome crafting skills
Team Wolf for sacrificial releases and assorted bribery (namely cigarettes, alcohol and toy frogs)
And Team Boot, because I don't care what you all think that was effing hilarious 

*oh dear... the puns are getting worse... sorry.

Turn Ten

Submit the details of your teams completed challenge - including a link to the book's page (and pictures if you want) - to Vekiki's email (Don't PM please).
Submissions deadline: 21.00 GMT (that's 9 PM, London time) on Tuesday 27th September
Next turn will be announced on Wednesday 28th September
Refresh on how to play  here
chatter about the turn in the forums

Turn Ten is uber-long because gamehost will be at the UK Unconvention and then taking the opportunity to visit her folks whilst in the area.
*** All teams are invited to celebrate by releasing an extra 'Nottingham' themed book this turn!
(Hints; Nottingham is most known for Robin Hood, lace making and it's castle. Wikipedia is your friend for this challenge!) ***

Battleship
Dice roll: 4
Ships in harbour - better head to market to stock up on supplies
Plus you passed go! Make a celebratory release

Wheelbarrow
Dice Roll: 4
Chance Card: High and low challenge - make two releases with a huge height difference

Cannon & Scottie-dogs
Dice Roll: 6 & 7
Bally's going to the Uncon too... he needs soemwhere to stay the night
Team Cannon: make a dark blue release to collect the set!

Iron, Boot & Thimbles
Dice Roll: 11, 5 & 3
is there room for you all at the cafe table?

Wolf & Racecar
Dice Roll: 12 & 10
there's just enough of summer left for you to build a sandcastle!

Tophat
Dice roll: 9
Chance card; girls are just as good as boys (maybe even better) - prove it with a heros and heroines double release

Train
Dice Roll: 5
Bally's not very good at standing still - maybe you can teach him with  game of musical statues?

Moneybag
Dice Roll: 7
Tree of Knowledge, Tree of Life, Tree of Ballycumber!

Nine[ty] Nine Luft'ball[y]'ons

Bally on show

Team Train ensured that Bally was most certainly not Behind the Scenes at the Museum - he was right out front, on his own plinth and everything!

Book-fruit

More works of art come in the form of this week's colourful releases;  Thimbles see red with two terrifying releases (Trail of the Dead and Dead Watch), Wheelbarrow demonstrate that Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Team train are as yellow as Bally himself, and Team battleship are midnight blue with Bally as their Man in the Dark.

Team battleship release a copy of  The Amusement Park Mystery in an amusement park (obviously) whilst Scottie-Dogs have no time for play, they are busy with the start of term and Mr Majeika And The School Book Week.  

Team Wolf continue there good luck with another catch and AF sign up from their latest release, left in one of the official German booktrees (more info on these here, for German speakers). Meanwhile, Team wheelbarrow opt for a more Earth-bound OBCZ. 

Team Iron prove that Bally is a golly good sport (what-ho) with a PG Wodehouse release to would make Bertie proud. Bertie would also approve of the Top Hats, being very stylish on Clotilde's Edible Adventures in Paris

Paella

looks like they weren't the only peckish ones - Team Boot need new notches in their belt after having Sandwichs in salt Lake City, tapas in Spain, and going out for a posh dinner in Holland... all at the same time! phew! 

After all that nosh, Moneybags decided that Bally was looking a bit it of shape and ought to work on his Body a little bit, so sent him to do a power-workout at the gym. Bally did not like this, he tells me that he much prefers power naps.

Boo!

Oh - and before I go, I must warn you all that the Cannons are clearly trying to intimidate members of the other teams by sending them scary parcels... full of eye balls and monsters (with the occasional book thrown in, of course). If you receive one of these threatening packages, please do not be concerned - I have been assured that the cannons are in fact harmless.

This weeks bonus points go to...

Moneybag for original thinking

Trains for providing Bally a platform to show off

Wheelbarrows for persuading a tree to grow books

Turn Nine

Submit the details of your teams completed challenge - including a link to the book's page (and pictures if you want) - to Vekiki's email (Don't PM please).
Submissions deadline: 21.00 GMT (that's 9 PM, London time) on Sunday 11th September
Next turn will be announced on Monday 12th September
Refresh on how to play  here
chatter about the turn in the forums

Wheelbarrow

Dice Roll 2

Take Bally to the O to the B to the C to the Z - Get down!

And - make an Orange release to collect the set

Boot

Dice Roll 4

Chance Card: Triple Time Challenge - Synchronise your watches! each Player releases one book, but they must all be set  free at the same time

Top Hat

Dice Roll 11 

apparently cafe is the Dutch word for pub, so maybe you could get something stronger than tea when you make this release?

Train

Dice Roll 3

Let Bally make an exhibit of himself

And - make a yellow release to collect the set

Iron 

Dice Roll 7 

Hopefully Bally is better at sports than I am (though I play a mean game of tiddlywinks) and will be on the winning team for this release!

Thimble

Dice Roll 3

History abounds so don't tie Bally down

And - make a red release to collect the set

Scottie Dog

Dice Roll 8

It's nearly back to school time - don;t forget your packed lunch!

Battleship

Dice Roll 7

What better way to appreciate the summer than sitting in a park with a book?

and - make a dark blue release to collect the set

Racecar

Dice Roll 12

maybe for you it'll have to be drive thru rather than sit in

Moneybag

Dice Roll 9

Who's got the power? Bally's got the power, that's who!

Cannon

Dice Roll 7

Contribute to the Community Bookshelf!

Wolf

Dice Roll 10

Bally wants to be low hanging fruit so he's sure to be picked

Seven for Silver, Eight for Gold

A 'Digest' write up of the last two turns to catch us up :)

Team Battleship
Tree: Howards End is on the Landing  at the foot of a tree in a cemetery
Collect the Oranges: I Feel Orange Today in with the orange sweeties and next to a bonus point

Speed Release: Harlequin NASCAR - Speed Dating

Cannons spot a photo opportunity

Team Cannon
OBCZ: Earned a bonus point making a whole new OBCZ to house Am anderen Ende des Mikroskops

Square: The House on Bostwick Square, on some squares at Courthouse Square

  

Team Iron

Church: A Bad Bride's Tale

Passing Go: left hanging onto the dentist's chair by Tooth And Nail

Team Top Hat

Chance card - Healing challenge to collect a 'Get out of bed' card: The English Patient in a well being centre 

 

Moneybags outside a church

Team Moneybag 
Market: What Came Before he shot her at the outdoor market

Passing Go: GOal (geddit?)

Church: Gone Baby Gone and gone again - this book was caught and re-released

Collect the Browns: The Da Vinci Code - a mystery book wrapped in a brown paper bag

Team Boot

Sports Ground: Gamehost recommends checking out the release notes to see why The Damned Utd earned a bonus point

OBCZ: Well.... it seems Team Boot are not much loved by Team Cannon... not only was there some point stealing early in the game, then there was idea stealing too when Cannon's pipped them to the post in opening a new OBCZ - it seems Cannons were just waiting to land on this location to do so too! But Boots march onward, an gamehost is sure that Duizend schitterende zonnen will be the first of a thousand splendid books

Collect the Oranges: Oranje Jaarboek about the Dutch Royals, outside a palace

Scottie Dogs go Pink!

Team Scottie-Dog 

Rainbow's End: Where Rainbows End? Next to a pot of gold of course... or in this case an English bank. Bonus points for irony.

Collect the Pinks: Four Play at the Big Pinks restaurant on Miami Beach (that's a long way to travel on little Scottie-dog legs!)

Historical Places: Ramses; The Temple of a Million Years next to an Egyptian advertising board

Team Wheelbarrow 

Rainbow's End: Fly the Rainbow flag by releasing Before Night Falls outside a production of Rainbow's End

Sports Ground: Den trettende fortellingen

Thimbles serve up Bally-Rolls

Team Thimble

Community Bookshelf: A Chocolat themed parcel... nom nom nom

Restaurant In The Miso Soup at a Sushi house. Check out Azuki's blog to find out how to make book sushi

Team Racecar
Community Bookshelf: sent an english afternoon tea themed parcel, complete with weather and An Instance of the fingerpost

Passing Go: If on a Winter's Night a Traveller in the Australian section of Kew Gardens, because it's a near to winter as the northern hemisphere gets in August (Gamehost looks out of window at windy rainy night. Maybe not...)

City Centre: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay about the heart of New York, in the heart of Westerville

Team Train... on a train

Team Train

Bench: Dood spoor on a train bench

Square: Who Framed Roger Rabbit hanging next to a yellow square

Team Wolf

Playground:  a copy of Ich bin schwanger which got caught, re-released, re-caught nad an AF sign up. Wooh!

Passing Go: Das Regenbogenschwert which also got caught. A lucky turn for Team Wolf ;)

City Centre: Scoring yet another catch with Changing Places: A Tale of Two Campuses on a city university campus

Collect the Light Blues: A light blue copy of In meinem Himmel: Roman by a blue lake beneath a blue sky

Turn Eight Bonus Points to...
Battleships for supersonic speed dating ;)
Thimbles for the funniest release so far...
Boots because gamehost feels bad about not managing to roll you the numbers you planned for!
Trains because the photo made me laugh :D 

Turn Eight

Submit the details of your teams completed challenge - including a link to the book's page (and pictures if you want) - to Vekiki's email (Don't PM please).
Submissions deadline: 21.00 GMT (that's 9 PM, London time) on Sunday 27th August.
Next turn will be announced on Monday 28th August
Refresh on how to play  here
chatter about the turn (or laugh at hungover gamehost) in the forums

Thimbles
Dice Roll 4
nom nom nom... feed up bally with a restaurant release

Racecar, Iron & Wolf
Dice Roll 7, 6 & 3
Bally's the pivotal point, right in the city centre
And, Team Wolf get to make an additional Light Blue release to celebrate completing the set

TopHat & Wheelbarrow
Dice Roll 9 7 3
Give Bally a sporting chance...

Boot
Dice Roll 2
Are you in the Zone/ I hope so....
AND: complete your set with an ORANGE release

Cannon & Train
Dice Roll 8 & 12
More even sided than a rectangle, but still right angled...

Moneybag
Dice Roll 2
Christenings, Weddings and funerals? Lets hope Bally arrives, meets a finder and leaves again too
AND: make a Brown release to complete your set

Battleship
Dice Roll 11
full speed ahead, you only have half the time to make your release! Your submission deadline is 9pm GMT on Monday 22nd

Scottie Dogs
Dice Roll 11
Greyfriars Bobby wasn't quite the right breed maybe you can find a better historical match for Bally?
AND: complete your set with a Pink release, from last weeks turn with gamehost's humble apologies!