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From the category archives:
Thousand Island Solitaire – Captain’s Log Badge
Play 200 Distance cards this week! (Distance cards have numbers like 25, 50 or 75 on them)
SCRABBLE – Scrabble Rousers Badge
Create 30 5-letter words this week!
(US/Canada only)
Mahjong Safari – Tile Tree Badge
Make 30 5X combos this week! (10X combos count double and 15X combos count triple)
Pogo’s got the Monopoly and Scrabble Premium Badge Albums on sale right now. The Monopoly album is $3.74 (or 54 gems) and the Scrabble album is $2.99 or 43 gems! If you’ve been holding out for a sale, now’s the time to buy these two. (Thanks to Curt for the heads-up!)
July 2009’s Mix-n-Match badges have been released. They cost 16 gems each.
Bingo Luau – Umbrella Drink Badge
Get 25 bingos in 20 days!
Cribbage – Double Run Badge
Win 2 121-point games in 2 days!
Dominoes – Domino Delivery Badge
Win a game by 25 or more points 3 times in 2 weeks!
First Class Solitaire – First Class Meal Badge
Win 2,000 tokens in 1 day! (Including Jackpot Spins)
Hearts – Heartbreak Kid Badge
Take EXACTLY ZERO Hearts in a 50-point game 20 times in 20 days!
High Stakes Pool – Too Much Chalk Badge
Win 6 ‘Cutthroat’ games in 6 days!
No Limit Texas Hold’em – Raise the River Badge
Win 2 hands with a Full House or better in 1 week!
Pinochle – Grand Piano Badge
Create 15 Pinochles in 15 days! (Meld the Jack of Diamonds and the Queen of Spades)
SCRABBLE – Rocket for 12 Points Badge
Earn 40 Triple Letter Score Bonuses in 2 weeks!
Stack ‘em – Animal Ark Badge
Remove 20 or more animals with one move once in 10 days! (This is an Expert Level Badge)
Tri-Peaks Solitaire – Temple of the Moon Badge
Win 3 hands IN A ROW in 12 days! (Win the hands before or at the same time you reach the Gold Treasure Chest)
Word Craft – Birds of a Feather Badge
Earn Bonus Tokens 25 times in 8 days! (Solve the puzzle before the timer expires to earn Bonus Tokens)
If you’d like to contribute hints or tips on how to earn any these badges, please post a comment below. (Only on-topic posts will be approved.) Thanks!
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These are the Mix-n-Match badges that will be released for July 2009. They will cost 16 gems each and will probably be released on June 30th.
Beaker Creatures – Horns Aplenty Badge
Get 5 Jackpot Spins in 3 days!
Bingo Luau – Umbrella Drink Badge
Get 25 bingos in 20 days!
Dominoes – Domino Delivery Badge
Win a game by 25 or more points 3 times in 2 weeks!
First Class Solitaire – First Class Meal Badge
Win 2,000 tokens in 1 day! (Including Jackpot Spins)
Hearts – Heartbreak Kid Badge
Take EXACTLY ZERO Hearts in a 50-point game 20 times in 20 days!
High Stakes Pool – Too Much Chalk Badge
Win 6 ‘Cutthroat’ games in 6 days!
No Limit Texas Hold’em – Raise the River Badge
Win 2 hands with a Full House or better in 1 week!
Pinochle – Grand Piano Badge
Create 15 Pinochles in 15 days! (Meld the Jack of Diamonds and the Queen of Spades)
SCRABBLE – Rocket for 12 Points Badge
Earn 40 Triple Letter Score Bonuses in 2 weeks!
Stack ‘em – Animal Ark Badge
Remove 20 or more animals with one move once in 10 days! (This is an Expert Level Badge)
Tri-Peaks Solitaire – Temple of the Moon Badge
Win 3 hands IN A ROW in 12 days!
Word Craft – Birds of a Feather Badge
Earn Bonus Tokens 25 times in 8 days! (Solve the puzzle before the timer expires to earn Bonus Tokens)
There are three challenges this week as players outside of the US/Canada aren’t able to play Scrabble due to licensing restrictions.
Aces Up! – Night Flying Badge
Add 50 planes to your squadron this week!
SCRABBLE – Tile Bag Badge
Play a Blank Tile 5 times this week!
Sweet Tooth 2 – Sweet Embrace Badge
Match 5 Wild Candies this week!
If you have any hints or tips on how to earn any of these badges or if you’re stuck and need a little help, post a comment below. Thanks!
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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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Pogo’s doing a new sweepstakes promotion where you can win a $50 gift card. Each week, a different game will be featured and each week when you play the game you’ll be entered to win!
This week’s game is Scrabble and you can get one entry each day, so don’t forget to play!
Step on up and play the new Game of the Week Sweepstakes for a chance to win a $50 gift card!
Each week in March, play each day to enter for a chance to win. It’s that easy and the games are so much fun!
Check the schedule below for your game favorites. Or try them all each week! You could be the next winner!
# MONOPOLY 3/2-3/8
# Mahjong Safari 3/9-3/15
# First Class Solitaire 3/16-3/22
# SCRABBLE 3/23-3/29
This is the last week of the sweepstakes! Good luck!
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 released the new Premium Badge Album containing challenges in the four Hasbro games: Yahtzee Party!, Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit, and Scrabble. It contains 10 challenges and costs $5.99 or 86 gems.
Here are the badges and challenges for the Family Classics Premium Badge Album:
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!
This album contains badges for Scrabble (a product licensed by Hasbro only in U.S. and Canada, not UK) so it’s not available for Pogo UK users or users outside of the United States and Canada.
If you have any hints or tips on how to earn 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.)
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!
