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If you’re like us and completely up-to-date on your weekly badges for 2008, you’ll notice today that there’s a small problem with the 2008 Album badge — it’s missing! Check out a screenshot:

Have no fear, we contacted Pogo support and they’ve assured us they’ve got people working diligently to fix the problem. If you’re curious, here’s the badge and chat icon you’ll receive soon:

Today, Pogo has rolled out additional changes to Badge Central, and with those changes come December’s Mix-n-Match badges. Each badge and challenge costs 16 gems; this set of badges will expire on December 22, 2009.

Battle Phlinx - Original Prankster Badge
Win 5 team games in 2 weeks!

Canasta - Cool Shades Badge
Get 2 Jackpot Spins in 1 day!

Crazy Cakes - Needs More Frosting Badge
Serve 200 desserts in 2 weeks!

Dice City Roller - Dice Dice Revolution Badge
Play 500 dice in 2 weeks!

Hog Heaven Slots - Cloud Cover Badge
Collect 5 Hog Heaven symbols in 1 hour!

Jigsaw Treasure Hunter - Treasure Vault Badge
Solve 1 puzzle on the Hard Skill Level or higher in 30 minutes!

Jungle Gin - Chasing Waterfalls Badge
Win 6 hands IN A ROW in 3 weeks!

MONOPOLY Here & Now: The World Edition - Winter Parking Badge
Land on Free Parking 10 times in 1 week

Poppit! - Weighted a Long Time Badge
Use a ”weight” power-up 25 times in 2 days!

SCRABBLE - Good Wood Badge
Earn 20 Double Word Score Bonuses in 5 hours!

Stack ‘em - Welcome to Cloneybrook Farms Badge
Get 15 Jackpot Spins in 15 days!

Texas Hold’em Poker - Pocket Rockets Badge
Win 11 hands in 11 days!

Tri-Peaks Solitaire - Frost Peaks Badge
Clear 33 peaks in 3 days!

Word Whomp - A Little Wordy Told Me Badge
Win 15 games on Skill Level 3 in 3 weeks!

World Class Solitaire - Prepare for Takeoff Badge
Get 5 passport stamps in 5 days!

Pogo is putting together a new Premium Badge Album containing challenges in the four Hasbro games: Yahtzee Party!, Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit, and Scrabble. It will contain 10 challenges and will cost $5.99. This new premium album should be released in a few weeks. Here are the badges and challenges:

Monopoly Here and Now - Big Freebie Badge
Land on “Free Parking” 10 times in 2 weeks!

Monopoly Here and Now - Go-getters Badge
Pass “GO” 12 times in 1 week!

SCRABBLE - “AMAZING” Badge
Win 10 games in 10 days (Play with Pogo’s House Rules only!)

SCRABBLE - SCRABBLE Scrambles Badge
Earn 40 Double Word Score Bonuses in 3 weeks!

Trivial Pursuit - Box of Knowledge Badge
Answer 100 questions correctly in 3 weeks!

Trivial Pursuit - Genus Genius Badge
Successfully make the goal on a Daily or Calendar Quiz 15 times in 8 days!

Trivial Pursuit - Pasta-bilities Badge
Successfully make the goal on a Random Quiz 10 times in 10 days!

Yahtzee Party! - Chance of a Lifetime Badge
Score 20 points or more 5 times in Chance in 15 days!

Yahtzee Party! - Twirling Yahtzee Badge
Get 3 Yahtzees in 3 days!

Yahtzee Party! - Yahtzee Gone Wild Badge
Roll 30 wild dice in 3 days!

Today, Pogo’s released the Gift of Fun premium badge album. It costs $3.99 and has six easy-to-earn badge challenges. They’ve all got a time limit of two weeks, so this album would be great to do while relaxing, away from the holiday rush.

In addition to the Monopoly World and Playful Pets Premium Badge Albums, the November 2008 Mix-n-Match challenges (and a special Thanksgiving Limited Edition Badge) are out! The badges are as follows:

Trivial Pursuit - 2008 Thanksgiving Limited Edition Badge
Make the goal on 20 random quizzes in 2 days!

Dominoes - Bone Chillin’ Badge
Win 10 games in 3 weeks!

Everyone Wins Bingo - Forest Fire Badge
Blackout 3 cards in 1 hour or less!

Lottso! - Seeing Stars Badge
Activate 3 Lottso cards in 1 day! (Excluding Team Lottso or Super Lottso cards.)

Mahjong Garden - Tile Smile Badge
Remove 500 tiles in 1 day!

Payday FreeCell - Golden Mustache Badge
Win 3 games in 30 minutes or less! (This is an Expert Level Badge)

Pogo Bowl - Spare Turkey Badge
Bowl 1 turkey (3 strikes in a row) in 4 weeks!

SCRABBLE - TURKEY for 13 Points Badge
Create 13 6-letter words in 13 days!

Sweet Tooth 2 - Sticky Situation Badge
Collect 5 Chocolate Coins in 10 days!

Thousand Island Solitaire - I <3 PogoMart
Play 150 Distance cards in 5 days!

Tumble Bees - Bee’s Knees Badge
Win 20 games in 2 days!

Turbo 21 - License to Thrill Badge
Get 200 21’s in 2 weeks!

Pogo’s created a new 6-badge premium album that they’ll probably release this holiday season. It’ll cost $3.99 and will have the following challenges:

First Class Solitaire - First Class Gift Badge
Win 14 games in 2 weeks!

Bingo Luau - Bingo Bear Badge
Get 3 bingos on Red Cards in 2 weeks!

MONOPOLY Here & Now: The World Edition - Community Chest Badge
Draw 20 Community Chest or Chance cards in 2 weeks!

Yahtzee Party! - Yahtzee Gift Badge
Win 2,000 tokens in 2 weeks!

Tri-Peaks Solitaire - Treasure Box Badge
Use a “wild card” 12 times in 2 weeks!

Jigsaw Treasure Hunter - A Puzzling Gift Badge
Solve 1 puzzle on medium skill level in 6 minutes or less in 2 weeks!

US Answers
1: Dan Quayle
2: Full House
3: Surgical laser
4: Money
5: William Casey’s
6: Jimmy Swaggart
7: A Deadman’s Hand
8: His lips
9: Pat Nixon
10: Dead flowers
11: The bride
12: Flashdance
13: The Internal Revenue Service
14: Oliver North
15: Vidal Sassoon
16: Tibet
17: Ricardo Montalban
18: Michael Jackson
19: Whitney Houston
20: Gauchos

UK Answers
1: Dan Quayle
2: Giant squid
3: Surgical laser
4: Money
5: Sir Alfred Hitchcock
6: Scandal
7: A Deadman’s Hand
8: His lips
9: Jesus Christ
10: Maplin’s
11: The bride
12: Flashdance
13: Christine
14: Oliver North
15: Auckland
16: Rollerblades
17: Blackpool
18: Anne Boleyn
19: The liver
20: The Hare Krishnas

Here are the details of the upcoming Playful Pets Premium Badge Album badges and challenges. In total, there are twelve badges and you will earn a bonus badge for completing the challenges in Poppit!, Mahjong Safari, Word Whomp, Tumble Bees, Jigsaw Treasure Hunter, Hog Heaven Slots, Sweet Tooth 2, Turbo 21, Phlinx, Stack ‘em, Squelchies, and Mahjong Garden. It will sell for $5.99. At release, this game has gone up in price from $5.99 to $6.99.

Poppit! - Puggles Badge
Win 800 tokens in 1 day!
Win this badge plus 1500 tokens!

Mahjong Safari - Bird Safari Badge
Win 1,200 tokens in 2 days!
Win this badge plus 1500 tokens!

Word Whomp - Word Dog Badge
Win 1,600 tokens in 3 days!
Win this badge plus 1500 tokens!

Tumble Bees - Cat Hive Badge
Win 2,000 tokens in 4 days!
Win this badge plus 1500 tokens!

Jigsaw Treasure Hunter - Puzzle it Out Badge
Win 2,400 tokens in 5 days!
Win this badge plus 1500 tokens!

Hog Heaven Slots - Tokens from Heaven Badge
Win 2,800 tokens in 6 days!
Win this badge plus 1500 tokens!

Sweet Tooth 2 - Cat Tooth Badge
Win 3,200 tokens in 7 days!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!

Turbo 21 - Turbo Cat Badge
Win 3,600 tokens in 8 days!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!

Phlinx - Royal Feline Badge
Win 4,000 tokens in 9 days!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!

Stack ‘em - Stack ‘em Five Badge
Win 4,400 tokens in 10 days!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!

Squelchies - Squelchies Revenge Badge
Win 4,800 tokens in 11 days!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!

Mahjong Garden - Garden Chase Badge
Win 5,200 tokens in 12 days!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!

All of the challenges in this upcoming Premium Badge Album require you to play Monopoly. If you complete all 8 challenges you will receive a bonus Monopoly World Super Badge. This album will sell for $5.99. Here are the details of the eight badges and their token rewards:

Doin’ Time Badge
Go to Jail 10 times in 3 days!
Win this badge plus 1500 tokens!

Lady Lux Badge
Pass “Go” 20 times in 1 day!
Win this badge plus 1500 tokens!

Purchasing Power Badge
Have a player pay you rent 8 times in 20 minutes! (Play with Speedy Rules only!)
Win this badge plus 1500 tokens!

Go Take a Chance Badge
Draw 75 Community Chest or Chance cards in 3 weeks! (Play with Pogo House Rules only!)
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!

Railroaded Badge
Land on a Transport Space 40 times in 4 weeks!
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!

Aerial Advance Badge
Draw 10 Community Chest or Chance cards in 1 hour! (Play with Official Rules only!)
Win this badge plus 1500 tokens!

Board Hop Badge
Roll doubles 100 times in 5 weeks!
Win this badge plus 3000 tokens!

Pocket Money Badge
Land on Free Parking 3 times in 1 day! (Play with Family rules only!)
Win this badge plus 2000 tokens!