The Pogo Cookbook Premium Badge Album was released this morning. It will cost you $5.99 or 86 gems. Here are the badges and challenges:
Dominoes – Biscuits ‘n Bones Badge
Win 3 250-points games in 22 hours!
First Class Solitaire – Aromatic Airline Badge
Place 700 cards in the foundation stacks in 22 hours!
High Stakes Pool – Cue Cumber Badge
Win 2 games in 2 hours!
Jigsaw Treasure Hunter – Set It and Forget It Badge
Solve 1 puzzle on Hard Skill Level or higher in 22 minutes!
Jungle Gin – Tiki Combo Badge
Score 600 Gin points (not tokens) in 2 weeks!
Monopoly – Food-opoly Badge
Roll doubles 60 times in 2 weeks!
Monopoly Slots – Drive Thru Badge
Win 5000 tokens in 2 hours! (Including Jackpot Spins)
QWERTY! – Spell Your Supper Badge
Play 25 words of 6 letters or more in 2 days!
Spades – Pizza Partners Badge
Work with your partner to win 300 tricks in 22 days!
Word Whomp – Gopher Gourmet Badge
Win 20 games on Skill Level 2 or higher in 2 days!
Album Completion Badge
If you have any hints or tips on how to earn these badges faster or if you’d like to discuss anything about this album, feel free to post a comment here.
Filed under: dominoes, first class solitaire, high stakes pool, jigsaw treasure hunter, jungle gin, monopoly here & now, monopoly slots, new, premium albums, qwerty, spades, word whomp
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nephthys 05.25.09 at 5:10 pm
I bought this as soon as I popped on this morning! I just love the games/challenges in this album. I have a few albums that have been sitting around forever because I cannot finish one of the badges *shaves fist at pogo bowl badge!*
I already have 6/10 badges finished. The only one I am -not- looking forward too is the Spades badge.
Kat F. 05.25.09 at 5:41 pm
Is it just me or has anyone else noticed the weird combinations of time allotted to finish the badges in the albums or M&Ms lately?
This album seems to use the number 2 alot—TWO hours, TWO days, TWO weeks, 22 days? The previous album released was similar in it’s use of time allowed too, not the number 2, but another seemed to be it’s theme.
What’s up with that? Are they trying to make the badges even harder to get or trying to spice them up? lol
Also couldn’t help but think what a STRANGE combination of games for this album!! Maybe it’s just me? This time Pogo threw in too many games I don’t like for me to purchase this album and I’m way disappointed in that! :(
Sigh, guess I’ll have to wait AGAIN for another one.
Wish I was more talented (or motivated, lol) and could play those games I REALLY don’t enjoy or like….Pool, Spades, Gin, THEN a puzzle in Treasure Hunter on Hard or above in 22 minutes? YIKES!!
To those who purchase the Cookbook Album, ENJOY!! :)
Have a great time with it!!
Kevin 05.25.09 at 6:18 pm
For Word Whomp, I use this site to get all if not most of my words to get my wins that way. It works for Scrabble, but also any of the Word Whomp games except Deluxe.
http://www.thewordfinder.com/scrabble.php
As far as Spades go, I play my games up to 1000 pts. I got 150 tricks in 1 game, and looking to finish it off by the 2nd.
Snowyjoke 05.25.09 at 6:27 pm
For me its a challenge to get all the badges I can get, so I buy it imidiately, because I want to try it. Sometimes when I have a problem I ask my girlfriend in Canada, but most of the time its possible to get it, only you must have sometimes a lot of patient.
Sometimes I think I dont like a game, but when you are playing and you understand realy the rules and the best way to play, then I like it even more and more. So I think its a good try to learn more games and to learn to like them even. Good luck all ;-)
Kevin 05.25.09 at 8:07 pm
Oh yeah, that WordFinder site also helps with QWERTY as well.
justaharleygirl 05.25.09 at 9:16 pm
I loooooooooove this album! This is one of my favorites yet. I have been so disappointed lately of the lack of 2-player games in challenges and albums, so this is great aside from the fact I enjoy all the games. It’s good to be happy about POGO LOL!
nephthys 05.25.09 at 11:18 pm
Kat F: Yeah, a lot of their albums are themed like that now. One thing I though was weird… was they didn’t have a Crazy Cakes challenge in this album! Wouldn’t it have made sense? (not that I mind, because I hate that game!)
Well, I’m 9/10 now (hey, it’s my day off <.<) and the Spades challenge isn’t bad at all. On the whole, this was a pretty easy album to do. I think even if you don’t like the games in it, it’s still plausable to finish them all.
Lori 05.26.09 at 6:23 am
For QWERTY, word whomp, and scrabble I use this site:
http://spod.cx/cheat-o-matic.shtml
As far as the treasure hunter badge, I thought it would be hard too but it wasnt. I got the badge on my first try.
Good luck!!
Jenny 05.26.09 at 6:52 am
This is actually a easy album to do and jigsawhunter badge is real easy dont be scared of the 22 minutes on hard. This what you do have the badge showing
but dont activate it when your down to the last 2 pieces of the puzzle pause
game activate the badge unpause game place 2 piecesand there you have your badge. Jungle gin is easy set it too 700 match game takes 1 game to get it.
Word whomp is easy get to first carrot hit new game.
harris0725 05.26.09 at 8:02 am
I got the album finished but monopoly took quite awhile. It appeared that only the first double that you roll ( each turn) counts and I was really loving rolling 3 doubles in a row. I also had a huge problem with QWERTY, the words that I spelled using “QU” was not excepted. I actually got out my dictionary to check out such words as “square, equate, quart, etc”. Good luck everyone.
Kat F. 05.26.09 at 9:49 am
To Jenny: YOU HAVE MADE MY BADGE EARNING SO MUCH EASIER FOR JIGSAW PUZZLES NOW!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! WHY DID I NOT THINK OF THAT WHEN I USE THAT SAME STRATEGY FOR OTHER BADGES TOO?? TOO FUNNY!!
I could HUG you for reminding me I could do that for the puzzles too :) ((Jenny)) ROFL I’m such a goof sometimes, lol
TO nephthys: Yeah…Where is the Crazy Cakes Badge?? Cooking Album + Crazy Cakes = DUH!! in this case! (I hate that game too! lol)
Have a great Pogo Day!!
(((HUGS))) to all
MizNawty 05.26.09 at 9:53 am
On QWERTY I found it easier to make a four letter word since unlike Scrabble I’m the only one who can use my side till a connection, so say I make a four letter word like “Bank” when I get my next letters, I might have some blanks and I finish the word. Turned it into “Banker” I finished my badge in 40 minutes. I also set the points to 1000.
Good Luck Everyone
David 05.27.09 at 7:13 am
I’m with Kevin for using
http://www.thewordfinder.com/scrabble.php
It works on must of the word games including Qwerty and Word Whomp that are in this album!!!.
Robin 05.28.09 at 8:18 pm
I tried getting the jigsaw badge the way Jenny suggested but it did not work for me. I waited until I had 2 pieces left, then activated the badge, unpaused and placed the last two and nothing happened.
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