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Ali Baba Slots – Oasis Badge
Win 4000 tokens this week!(Including Jackpot Spins)

Phlinx – Rolling Stones Badge
Remove 5000 stones this week! (Matched and falling balls both count)

…and…

It’s a personal (erm…) mini-marathon week. Choose 2 additional weekly badges from the past to work on. What are you going to choose?

Post a comment below to share your experiences, hints or tips on these badges. Thanks!

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Here are the August 2009 Mix-n-Match badges that were released this evening. They each cost 16 gems and the badges and challenges are as follows:

Ali Baba Slots – Carpet Diem Badge
Collect 1 Jewel of Ultimate Luckiness in 12 days! Win this badge plus 3,000 tokens.

Boardwalk Sea Ball – Squid Swarm Badge
Play a perfect game in Squid Squisher 8 times in 3 weeks! (Protect the pearls from harm until the timer runs out) Win this badge plus 3,000 tokens.

BOGGLE Bash – Big Bash Badge
Find 500 words in 2 weeks! Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens.

Dice City Roller – Auction House Badge
Win 25 auctions in 25 days! (Play in Auction rooms) Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens.

MONOPOLY Here & Now – School Fees Badge
Draw 30 Community Chest or Chance cards in 5 days! Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens.

Phlinx – Let Me Sphinx About It Badge
Make 100 matches in 1 day! (Each group of stones counts as one match) Win this badge plus 1,000 tokens.

QWERTY – How Many Ounces In A QWERT? Badge
Score a Connection Bonus 6 times in 12 days! (Make a word that connects your letters to your opponent’s letters) Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens.

Sock Hop Slots – Jukebox Badge
Win 5000 tokens in 2 weeks! (Including Jackpot Spins) Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens.

Stellar Sweeper – Space Race Badge
Win 4 perfect games in 1 hour! (Win the game without exploding any crystals) Win this badge plus 1,000 tokens.

Turbo 21 – 21 Miles Per Gallon Badge
Get 1200 21’s in 21 days! Win this badge plus 3,000 tokens.

Word Search Daily – Daily Search Badge
Find 100 words on Easy difficulty level in 2 hours! Win this badge plus 1,000 tokens.

World Class Solitaire – Baggage Claim Badge
Complete 2 cities in 1 day! Win this badge plus 2,000 tokens.

Feel free to add your two cents on these badges in a comment below!

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Here’s a look at the upcoming Mix-n-Match badges for August 2009. As usual, each of these will cost 16 gems and they’ll most likely be released on the evening of July 31st. The challenges themselves are subject to change before release — last month there were many challenges that had their objectives changed between the sneak peek and the actual release.

Ali Baba Slots – Carpet Diem Badge
Collect 1 Jewel of Ultimate Luckiness in 12 days!

Boardwalk Sea Ball – Squid Swarm Badge
Play a perfect game in Squid Squisher 8 times in 3 weeks!

BOGGLE Bash – Big Bash Badge
Find 500 words in 2 weeks!

Dice City Roller – Auction House Badge
Win 25 auctions in 25 days! (Play in Auction rooms)

MONOPOLY Here & Now – School Fees Badge
Draw 30 Community Chest or Chance cards in 5 days!

Phlinx – Let Me Sphinx About It Badge
Make 100 matches in 1 day! (Each group of stones counts as one match)

QWERTY – How Many Ounces In A QWERT? Badge
Score a Connection Bonus 6 times in 12 days! (Make a word that connects your letters to your opponent’s letters)

Sock Hop Slots – Jukebox Badge
Win 5,000 tokens in 2 weeks! (Including Jackpot Spins)

Stellar Sweeper – Space Race Badge
Win 4 perfect games in 1 hour! (Win the game without exploding any crystals)

Turbo 21 – 21 Miles Per Gallon Badge
Get 1,200 21’s in 21 days!

Word Search Daily – Daily Search Badge
Find 100 words on Easy difficulty level in 2 hours!

World Class Solitaire – Baggage Claim Badge
Complete 2 cities in 1 day!

The Road to Happiness Premium Badge Album was released last night. (Thanks @doctorx316 for sending in the tip while we were snoozing!) According to Pogo, this album is all about traveling the open road: “Tou love the open road. You love the wind in your hair and the surprises that wait for you around the next bend. Desert or mountains, near or far, these badges celebrate your spirit of adventure!” This one will cost you $5.99 (or 86 gems). Take a look at the badges:

Yahtzee Party! – Ready to Roll Badge
Roll 2 Yahtzees with ‘twos’ in 20 hours!

Yahtzee Party! – Rolls of the Road Badge
Play 10 rounds of Super Yahtzee in 10 days! (Earn at least 1 token in each round)

Trivial Pursuit Daily 20 – Pie for a Pie Badge
Make the goal on 4 random quizzes in 2 hours!

World Class Solitaire – World Class Canyon Badge
Complete 2 World Tours in 30 days! (To complete a World Tour, circle the globe and fly past the city where you started)

Canasta – Melded Mail Badge
Meld out before your opponent 5 times in 1 day!

Payday FreeCell – Solitaire Sanctum Badge
Get 50 or more Bonus Points in a Payday Scratch Bonus Card 20 times in 2 weeks! (Win the game to collect your bonus points)

Phlinx – Egyptian Sky Badge
Win 50 rounds in 8 days!

Ali Baba Slots – Desert Rain Badge
Spin the reels to get 3 Blue Sapphires 10 times in 10 days!

Mahjong Garden – Garden Gates Badge
Complete 20 animals on Medium difficulty level using the ‘Animal’ puzzle set in 20 days!

Tumble Bees – Private Picnic Badge
Spell 100 words in 1 day!

Road to Happiness Premium Badge Album Completion Badge

What do you think of the difficulty level of this album? Did you find yourself using any tricks you can share with others to get these badges faster? Leave a comment below!

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Pogo’s got another Premium Badge Album in the works. It’s called “Road to Happiness” and this one’s going to be quite a toughie — it’s got the following ten challenges and will cost $5.99 (or 86 gems).

Ali Baba Slots – Desert Rain Badge
Spin the reels to get 3 Blue Sapphires 10 times in 10 days!

Canasta – Melded Mail Badge
Meld out before your opponent 5 times in 1 day!

Mahjong Garden – Garden Gates Badge
Complete 20 animals on MEDIUM difficulty levels or harder in 20 days!

Payday FreeCell – Solitaire Sanctum Badge
Get 50 or more Bonus Points in a Payday Scratch Bonus Card 20 times in 2 weeks! (Win the game to collect your bonus points)

Phlinx – Egyptian Sky Badge
Win 50 rounds in 8 days!

Trivial Pursuit Daily 20 – Pie for a Pie Badge
Make the goal on 4 random quizzes in 2 hours!

Tumble Bees – Private Picnic Badge
Spell 100 words in 1 day!

World Class Solitaire – World Class Canyon Badge
Complete 2 World Tours in 30 days! (To complete a World Tour, circle the globe and fly past the city where you started)

Yahtzee Party! – Ready to Roll Badge
Roll 2 Yahtzees with ‘twos’ in 20 hours!

Yahtzee Party! – Rolls of the Road Badge
Play 10 rounds of Super Yahtzee in 10 days! (Earn at least 1 token in each round)

Road to Happiness Premium Badge Album Completion Badge

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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Phlinx – Anubis’ Badge
Win 25 rounds this week!

Word Whomp – Carrot-cicle Badge
Win 15 games IN A ROW this week!

Cribbage – Square Pegs Badge
Win 9 121-point games this week!

Phlinx – Round Stones Badge
Make 88 groups of 10 or more stone fall to the ground this week!

You’re going to need to set aside some serious time for the Valley of the Kings badge that is a weekly challenge this week in Phlinx. With that said, here are a few things that might help you get your 5,000 matches a little bit faster.

* Play on “Beginner” mode.

* When you fire your stone into a group of the same color stones to create a disappearing group of three or more stones, you’re making a “match”.

* If you are not concerned about ranks (which are obtained by making groups of stones fall to the ground), just focus on firing your stones into same-colored groups of two or more.

* To maximize your time, grind away on the Pharoah’s Gold Mix-n-Match badge at the same time, which asks you to “Make 4,000 matches this week!” There are plenty of other Premium Album and Mix-n-Match badge challenges to choose from as well.

* If you can’t or don’t want to devote the time to knocking out this challenge in one fell swoop, try to do it in small bursts in a non-temporary room with talkative people in it. Sometimes scrolling chat makes time go by a little faster!

* “Save Early and Often!” Even if you aren’t prone to internet connection problems, it might be a good idea to leave and re-enter your room of choice every few hundred matches so your progress is saved.