weekly challenges

Lottso! - Lots o’ Lottso Badge
Place 600 balls on the game cards this week!

If you’re okay with word puzzles (or if you use the hints below to get this week’s other badge quickly), this one will be your time-consuming badge this week. Each round presents you with 6 balls, and at 10 rounds per game you’ll be playing at least 10 (mathematically, but more realistically 11 or 12) games to place 600 balls. If you don’t play Lottso very much, you’ll probably want to observe the following tips:

- Place balls by dragging and dropping them from the holder into the cards rather than clicking to avoid mistakes.
- If you have a wild (a star), place it last.
- If you have a free space, place it last as well.
- Clearing out a 3-ball card may give you a 5-ball card, so go for it!
- You’re not going for score or Super Lottso here, just place place place as many balls as you can each round.

Word Whomp Whackdown - Perfect Word Badge
Find EVERY WORD (in the main round and Speed Round) once this week!

For this one, play on Easy mode. In the main round, the words are listed by number of letters, in alphabetical order — you can rule out certain letter combinations. If there’s an S in your puzzle, don’t forget to try plurals. (BadgeFairy wants you to know she got hers on the first try, but she’s a big word nerd.)

Blackjack Carnival - Blackjack Blowout Badge
Get 25 Blackjacks this week!

Pop Fu - Power Popper Badge
Pop 1,000 balloons on MEDIUM Skill Level or higher (not including the speed round) this week!

Vaults of Atlantis Slots - Secret Stash Badge
Win 4,500 tokens this week!

WordJong - WordJong Bird Song Badge
Spell 25 words of 6 or more letters this week!

Sweet Tooth 2 - 4 Match Badge
Make 100 “4 Match” combos this week!

Chess - Chess Champ Badge
Win 1,000 tokens this week!

This challenge has been decreased from 4,000 tokens to 1,000 tokens; while we are thankful for that, we are still dreading this challenge as folks who are (ahem) less than fanatic about chess in general. We have, however, heard of a great way to reduce the amount of time we’ll be spending playing our least-favorite game. Be warned: we haven’t tested it yet!

By moving the pieces from square to square in the following method while playing against a bot, you’ll win (and earn over 100 tokens):

Play as white (you can resign when you get the “black”/dark brown pieces):
1 Pe2-e4
2 Bf1-b5
3 Pd2-d4
4 g1-f3
5 Bc1-f4
6 Qd1-d2
7 Bf4xh6
8 Qd2xh6
9 f3-g5
10 Qh6-h7
11 Qh7-f7++

(P=Pawn, B=Bishop, Q=Queen — here’s a Chess piece reference)

Pogo Addiction Solitaire - Must Play Pogo Badge
Correctly place 500 cards this week!

Spades - Spades Superstar Badge
Win 3 1,000-point games this week!

Spring 2008 Super Badge
Win 5 Challenge Badges between May 14 and June 3!
(This includes personal and Premium Challenges!)

Mahjong Safari - Big Game Badge
Win 3,000 tokens this week!

Fortune Bingo - Madame Dottie’s Badge
Correctly cover 1,000 numbers this week!

Here’s a list of Mix-n-Match badges you may want to activate for Fortune Bingo while you work on this week’s challenges:

Fortune Clearance Sale (get 5 Bingos in 2 weeks)
Man of Her Dreams (get 1 bingo in 2 days, expired)
Bunny Love (get 5 bingos in 2 weeks, expired)

In individual albums, you may want to activate these as well for Fortune Bingo:

10 Pack - Dottie’s Tent Badge (cover 3,000 numbers, so this will require extra work)

Piece of Cake - Crystal Unclear Badge (win one Bingo, easy)

Badge Bonanza - Turn Up the Heat Badge (get 2,500 tokens in 6-card Speedy Games)

First Class Solitaire - Exit Row Badge
Win 3,000 tokens this week (including Jackpot Spins)!

Dice City Roller - Strive for Fives Badge
Clear 25 “5 of a Kind” cards this week!

Word Whomp - Go Go Gopher Badge
Find EVERY SINGLE WORD in one puzzle on Skill Level 2 or higher this week!

Sudoku Puzzle Blast - Big Cheese Badge
Solve 12 puzzles WITHOUT using any hints this week!

Phlinx - Valley of the Kings Badge
Make 5,000 matches this week!

Canasta - Tune In and Meld Out Badge
Meld out before your opponents 12 times this week!

Plus, it’s a Personal Challenge Marathon week, so catch up on any previous challenges you haven’t completed yet!