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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!

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!

Today’s maintenance brings us the September 2008 Mix-n-Match challenges and badges. They are as follows:

Monopoly – MONOPOLY Limited Edition Badge
Pass “GO” 10 times in 2 hours or less!

Pogo Addiction Solitaire – Givin’ Gifts Badge
Give 10 Token Gifts in 10 days!

Everyone Wins Bingo – Greedy Squirrel Badge
Win 5,000 tokens in 5 days!

Jigsaw Treasure Hunter – Hunting for Treasure Badge
Solve 1 puzzle in 5 minutes or less in 1 day!

Jungle Gin – Scary Safari Badge
Underknock your opponent 15 times in 15 days!

Lottso! – Lottsotopia Badge
Place 350 wild star balls on the game cards in 3 weeks!

Poppit! – It’s Raining Balloons Badge
Use a “pin” or “weight” power-up 100 times in 3 weeks!

SCRABBLE – SCRABBLE Winner Badge
Play a Blank Tile 10 times in 1 week!

Tri-Peaks Solitaire – Quick Hands Badge
Play 50 hands in 1 hour or less! (You don’t have to win each hand you play!)

Word Whomp – Snowball Badge
Win 4 games IN A ROW in 10 minutes or less!

Jungle Gin – Oklahoma Tiki Party Badge
Win 28 hands of Oklahoma Gin this week! (Make sure the “Oklahoma Gin” option is selected!)

Tri-Peaks Solitaire – Magical Mysteries Badge
Get to the Gold Treasure Chest 6 times this week!

Also, it’s a personal challenge marathon week, so get crackin’ on those badges!

Seventy additional ranks have been added to Tri-Peaks Solitaire. You can now earn up to rank 100 and four additional badges.

Read more details on our last Tri-Peaks post.

Remember these mysterious, unreleased animal-themed badges? They have resurfaced as badges for the new ranks that will be added to Tri-Peaks Solitaire. Pogo will be adding 70 more ranks to Tri-Peaks Solitaire, bringing the total number of ranks to 100. The new badges are as follows:

Salamander Badge

Collect 2176 artifacts to achieve Salmander Rank (Rank 40) and earn this badge

Firemouth Badge

Collect 2492 artifacts to achieve Firemouth Rank (Rank 60) and earn this badge

Booby Badge

Collect 2957 artifacts to achieve Booby Rank (Rank 80) and earn this badge

Tarantula Badge

Collect 3562 artifacts to achieve Tarantula Rank (Rank 100) and earn this badge

Pogo’s created some great exercise-themed, animated badges for a new Premium Album coming soon. Each badge features a Pogo character doing some type of workout. There’s Tex Carter from Tri-Peaks on an exercise bike, Payday Freecell’s King on a mini-trampoline, a Squelchie jumping out of his fishbowl to hit a punching bag, the Word Whomp gopher on a treadmill, and Boogie Bear from Tumble Bees lifting weights. That’s five badges and challenges for this upcoming album so far. We’ll keep you posted as we hear of a name and what these games’ challenges will entail.

There’s a new Premium Badge Album available: Game Journeys.

It’s available for $5.99 or 86 gems. It contains the following challenges:

World Class Solitaire – Our Journey Begins Badge
Complete 6 cities in 4 weeks!

Alibaba Slots – Magic Carpet Ride Badge
Win 2,000 tokens in 4 weeks (including Jackpot Spins!)

Word Whomp – Diggin’ Carrots Badge
Find 50 5-letter words in 4 weeks!

Lottso! – Lottso Ball Barrage Badge
Activate the Charity Card 15 times in 4 weeks!

Lost Temple Poker – Lost Temple Discovery Badge
Win 50 hands in 4 weeks! (Your payout must be more than your wager.)

Stack ‘em – Aurora Borealis Badge
Match all 5 special pieces 8 times in 4 weeks! (Special pieces are blue circles with yellow stars.)

Poppit! – Balloon Canyon Badge
Release 4,000 prizes in 4 weeks!

Bingo Luau – Bingo Lanai Badge
Correctly predict when the first “B1″ ball will be called 6 times in 4 weeks!

KenoPop! – Casino Pop Badge
Win the Shared Number Bonus 8 times in 4 weeks!

Tri-peaks Solitaire – Peak Palace Badge
Win 10,000 tokens in 4 weeks (including Jackpot Spins!)