The badges for Operation Deluxe: Quest for the Funny Bone have been created. There are six in total (possibly seven, because the last one has been duplicated as a placeholder) and they feature a rather gruff-looking, mad-scientist type doctor; two nurses; and a red cross symbol. Our favorite from the set shows the doctor being chased by a polar bear across frozen terrain, past an igloo. This game promises to be lots of laughs!
Don’t forget to play Panda Pai Gow Poker, Blackjack Carnival, and Ali Baba Slots 2 tonight for 2,000 tokens each as part of Pogo’s ongoing, monthly Casino Night.
Some people have reported being able to get their 6,000 tokens twice during the day, once in the morning and once later in the evening. Try it out today!
Thanks to our friend BadgeHunter, we have been given a sneak peek at a game called “Trump”, which may be a new version of Bridge, or a Bridge-style game. It’s definitely a card game, played with 3 players. If you know Bridge very well, please let us know — we’d be glad to pick your brain about this one. As you rank up in the game, your progress is represented by a different building icon near your player name.
As you can see, the Play Now graphic has already been created (something that isn’t usually done in a game’s development cycle until nearly the end), so this is probably the “Fighting Landlord” game that was created for Pogo China in 2006. It looks as if we may be getting it on the US/Canada and UK sites soon because the framework has been set up for the help pages and this Trump tour page is already on the Pogo servers (although with incorrect title information and text). It look as if the webmaster copied the Pogo Addiction Solitaire tour page to use as a template for the new Trump tour page but didn’t finish their edits before it was pushed to the live server. We’ll keep you posted as we get more information!
Golf Solitaire - Golfin’ Away Badge
Win 4,000 tokens this week!
Mahjong Safari - Aardvark Badge
Complete a puzzle in 3 minutes or less 50 times this week!
This challenge was changed just before this week’s challenges came out; it was originally 100 times. Yay!
Pogo Mini Pets are coming July 1st. Check out the Pogo news release here, which is full of pics and information about the upcoming pet releases. Pogo Pets will include a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes of animals, reptiles, and feathered friends.
In addition you can submit your pet for the Pogo Spotlight, which is just like the player spotlight but featuring players’ pets!
June’s Mix-n-Match challenges and badges are out, including a special 4th of July Limited Edition badge! The 4th badge costs 22 gems and the rest are 16.
Addiction Solitaire - Addicted to Love Badge
Win 500 tokens in 30 minutes or less!
Bingo Luau - 2008 Fourth of July Limited Edition Badge
Get 5 Bingos on red cards in 15 days!
Euchre - Sword King Badge
Win 12 games in 3 weeks!
Golf Solitaire - Par for the Course Badge
Complete 25 holes with a score of Par or under in 10 days!
Mahjong Safari - Jumpin’ Giraffe Badge
Send 10 gifts in 5 days!
Payday Freecell - Fairy Tale Palace Badge
Win 4 games in 150 moves or less in 2 weeks!
Penguin Blocks - Penguin Antics Badge
Earn enough upgrades to help Bob retire once in 6 hours or less!
Happy Father’s Day!
As part of a promotion that ends 6/16, Pogo will give you a free copy of Casino Island To Go when you purchase any other game from their site (this includes the five deluxe games that award badges and mini items: Lottso Deluxe, Word Riot Deluxe, Mahjong Garden Deluxe, The Poppit Show, and Tri-Peaks 2: Quest for the Ruby Ring). Your registration code for Casino Island will be sent to you on 6/17.
Some of our fondest memories of Monopoly were fighting with our brothers and sisters over who got to be the dog or the racecar, zooming around the board. Pogo’s giving us a chance to choose which Pogo character(s) will be featured as player pieces in the upcoming Monopoly Here & Now: The World Edition. Your choices are the Sudoku Puzzle Blast Mouse (they named him Mort A. Della, right?), Boogie Bear, a Hog Heaven Pig, a Tiki Brother, an Aces Up Biplane, the Poppa Zoppa monster, a Bowling Pin, Tex Carter, a Squelchie, and Meep. So far, the Hog Heaven Pig and Boogie Bear have a bit of a lead over the other characters, so cast your vote for your favorite.
Hey UK players! Don’t forget that tonight is Bingo Night. Join in the social and earn 6,000 free tokens when you play Bingo Luau. Meet in either “Eyes Down (UK)” or “Legs Eleven (UK)” to socialize from 6 to 7 pm (although playing in any room at any time during the day will get you your tokens.)
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.)
