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A little while ago we told you about this premium badge album in the works, and now we have more details! When it’s released, the Pogo Cookbook premium badge album will have 10 challenges (and an album completion badge) and it will cost you $5.99. As you can see from the album icon to the right, the cute chef’s hat theme continues throughout the graphics in the album.

The badges and challenges are as follows:

Click to view animated badges and challenges

Jigsaw Treasure Hunter – Missing Piece Badge
Win 7500 tokens this week!

Word Search Daily – Hidden Word Piece Badge
Solve 10 Random Puzzles this week!

and

Spring Break 2009 Super Badge
Win 6 Challenge Badges between 12 AM PST April 15 and 12 AM PST May 5!
(This includes personal and Premium Challenges!)

If you’d like to contribute your tips or hints on how to earn any of these badges, or if you’re stuck and need a little help, post a comment below.

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Today (about a half-a-day early) Pogo released the April 2009 Mix-n-Match badges. There are twelve badges in this set and each one will cost you 16 gems.

Battle Phlinx – Cursed Stone Badge
Earn 25 powerups in 2 weeks!

Checkers – Check Please Badge
Capture 100 checkers in 3 days!

Hangman Hijinks – Climb The Ladder Badge
Win 5 games with NO WRONG GUESSES in 2 weeks!

Jigsaw Treasure Hunter – Hidden Gem Badge
Solve a puzzle on Normal skill level in 60 minutes or less in 1 day!

Monopoly World – Luxury Taxi Badge
Roll 12 doubles in 3 hours!

Penguin Blocks – Chill Penguin Badge
Win 6,000 tokens in 10 days!

Poppit! – Spinning Bow Tie Badge
Make 30 super pops in 1 day!

QWERTY – Penguins Playing QWERTY Badge
Capture 25 stars in 5 days!

SCRABBLE – Woodworking Badge
Earn 100 Double Letter Score Bonuses in 3 weeks!

Sock Hop Slots – Road to Fame and Fortune Badge
Get a Gold Duck symbol for story bonus 6 times in 4 days!

Tri Peaks Solitaire – Beware of Falling Rocks Badge
Get to the gold chest 4 times in 2 hours!

Tumble Bees – Good ‘Til the Last Drop Badge
Spell words of 5 letters or longer 75 times in 10 hours!

If you have any hints or tips on these badges, or if you get stuck and need a little help, post a comment below.

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Here’s a sneak peek of the twelve April 2009 Mix-n-Match badges and challenges:

Battle Phlinx – Cursed Stone Badge
Earn 25 powerups in 2 weeks!

Checkers – Check Please Badge
Capture 100 checkers in 3 days!

Hangman Hijinks – Climb The Ladder Badge
Win 5 games with NO WRONG GUESSES in 2 weeks!

Jigsaw Treasure Hunter – Hidden Gem Badge
Solve a puzzle on Normal skill level in 60 minutes or less in 1 day!

Monopoly World – Luxury Taxi Badge
Roll 12 doubles in 3 hours!

Penguin Blocks – Chill Penguin Badge
Win 6,000 tokens in 10 days!

Poppit! – Spinning Bow Tie Badge
Make 30 super pops in 1 day!

QWERTY – Penguins Playing QWERTY Badge
Capture 25 stars in 5 days!

SCRABBLE – Woodworking Badge
Earn 100 Double Letter Score Bonuses in 3 weeks!

Sock Hop Slots – Road to Fame and Fortune Badge
Get a Gold Duck symbol for story bonus 6 times in 4 days!

Tri Peaks Solitaire – Beware of Falling Rocks Badge
Get to the gold chest 4 times in 2 hours!

Tumble Bees – Good ‘Til the Last Drop Badge
Spell words of 5 letters or longer 75 times in 10 hours!

Today, Pogo has also released the first set of M&M’s for the year: January 2009’s Mix-n-Match badges. Each badge and challenge costs 16 gems; this set of badges will expire on Jan 19, 2010.

Bingo Luau - Bingo Island Badge
Get a Team Bonus 3 times in 1 day! (Call Bingo with the card color that has the most bingos)

Canasta – Melding Pot Badge
Make 13 Canastas with NO WILDS in 13 hours! (Finish the game to check your progress)

Everyone Wins Bingo – Evergreen Badge
Call 77 vertical bingos in 77 hours!

First Class Solitaire – Flight Club Badge
Complete 9 foundation stacks in 1 day!

Jigsaw Treasure Hunter – Cold, Hard Cache Badge
Win 10,000 tokens in 30 days! (Including Jackpot Spins, Finish the game to check your progress.)

Phlinx – Fearless Pharaoh Badge
Win 5,000 tokens in 3 days!(Including Jackpot Spins)

Pogo Addiction Solitaire – Reshuffle Badge
Win 15 hands in 15 days!

Poppit! – Professional Popper Badge
Pop EVERY SINGLE BALLOON in 3 puzzles in 3 weeks!

Spades – Slick Tricks Badge
Win 1 1,000-point game in 2 days!

Tri-Peaks Solitaire – Spiral Serpent Badge
Reach the 3X Bonus Multiplier 22 times in 1 week! (This is an Expert Level Badge)

Trivial Pursuit Daily 20 – Dessert Course Badge
Win 5,000 tokens in 25 minutes!

Yahtzee Party! – Shake, Rattle and Roll Badge
Play 5 rounds of Super Yahtzee in 1 week! (Earn at least 1 token in each round)

If you have any hints or tips on how to achieve any of these badges, please post a comment below including the name of the badge and your tip! (These comments are moderated; only on-topic comments will be approved.)

Also, what did you think of the “Expert Level Badge” note about Tri-Peaks Solitaire’s Spiral Serpent badge? Was it really that hard, should it have received such a rating? Do you think all badges should have ratings?

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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!

This year, Pogo’s given us a lot of gifts for the Holiday Season! Here are a few things you can do to get in the spirit while playing on Pogo.

• For 28 gems, you can get the 2008 Christmas Limited Edition Badge (Receive 10 gifts in 5 days in Mahjong Safari)
• Pick up your free “Ornamental You” animated background for your mini and other new and old items in the Mini Mall
• Play one of the games that’s been decorated for the holiday season: Pogo Bowl, Word Whomp, Poppit! and Jigsaw Treasure Hunter
• Get free Pogo tokens each day in December by playing Scrabble and Poppit!
• Enter a sweepstakes for HP products or a sweepstakes for 1 million Pogo tokens

Happy Holidays!

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!

Makeover Madness – Color Me Pink Badge
Deliver 120 pink hairdos this week!

Jigsaw Treasure Hunter – Puzzle World Badge
Win 4,500 tokens this week!