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Weekly Challenges (March 10-16)

Lura — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:08:00 +0000

Lottso! Express – Refill Badge
Complete 200 bingos this week!

Chess – Pwned! Badge
Capture 50 pieces this week! (Players will not get challenge progress if they resign)

Want to work on your badges this week with some familiar faces? We’ll be playing in the following rooms:

Lottso Express:
- Topics/rooms that start with O
- Topics/Temporary Members Room 50630

Chess:
- Social/Temporary Members Room 50107

Don’t forget to wear a badge/chat icon that resembles a “B” to identify yourself to other BadgeHungry friends — a list is in the first comment below.

A few previous articles that may help with these challenges are Lottso Express Hints & Tips, How to Double Browse, and (while this is not the most effective way to capture pieces it will help you win if you’re doubling-up on badges) Chess Moves/How to Win at Chess.

Please feel free to leave your hints and tips for these badges in a comment below. Thanks!

Weekly Challenges (February 24-March 2)

Lura — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:22:19 +0000

First Class Solitaire – First to Board Badge
Complete 12 foundations this week!

YAHTZEE Party – Roll the Hard Six Badge
Roll 6 Yahtzees with ’sixes’ this week!

And it’s a personal challenge marathon week — two extra personal challenges!

This week we’re meeting up in these games in First Class Solitaire rooms under the Topics tab that start with the letter “V”. In Yahtzee Party, we’ll use rooms under Wild Mode, Fast Rooms, Temporary Rooms 51050 through 51055. Announce your presence to the room upon entering or choose a badge/chat icon that looks like the letter B to show your support (see the first comment below for a short list)! See you in the rooms!

Feel free to leave your thoughts on these badges and share your hints and tips for your fellow Pogo fans in a comment below. Thanks!

Weekly Challenges (February 17-23)

Lura — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:30:54 +0000

Word Search Daily – Pretty Word Badge
Find 20 ‘Gift Words’ this week! (Gift Words appear with letters missing on the word list. Progress granted for replaying completed puzzles)

BOGGLE Bash – Bashful Badge
Find 100 words that do NOT contain the letter ‘e’ this week!

Want to pass the time and work on your badges with other BadgeHungry readers? This week we’re meeting up in rooms under the Topics tab that start with the letter “M”. See you there!

Please feel free to leave your comments about these badges below. Leave a tip or hint on how to earn these badges quicker, easier or more efficiently. Thanks!

Weekly Challenges (February 10-16)

Lura — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:19:28 +0000

Sweet Tooth 2 – Holey Molar Badge
Match 3000 pieces of candy this week!

Hog Heaven Slots – Wingin’ It Badge
Collect 30 halos this week!

Talk about these badges with your fellow fans in the comments below. Thanks!

Weekly Challenges (February 3-9)

Lura — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:28:09 +0000

Perfect Pair Solitaire – Hearts on Fire Badge
Visit 7 ports this week! (Reach 5 spaces marked with a star on the game board)

Puck’s Peak – Mountain Climbing Badge
Reach 30 checkpoints this week! (Checkpoints appear every 100 meters)

Pogo’s help has a great article on how to get Puck’s Peak to work for this challenge. If you have followed the directions in the article and still cannot get the game to load, contact Pogo’s customer support *early* so they can get you up and running in time to complete this badge.

Leave your hints and tips on these badges in the comments below. Thanks!

Weekly Challenges (January 27-February 2)

Lura — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:13:41 +0000

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)

Weekly Challenges (January 20-26)

Lura — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:11:19 +0000

Turbo 21 – Convertible Badge
Get 200 Blackjacks this week! (A Blackjack is a 21 with only 2 cards)

Everyone Wins Bingo – Frozen Acorn Badge
Pass 100 wilds this week! (Wilds passed to yourself do not count)

Weekly Challenges (January 13-19)

Lura — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:00:38 +0000

Lost Temple Poker – Rope Bridge Badge
Win 75 hands this week! (Your payout must be more than your wager to win)

Addiction Solitaire – It All Adds Up Badge
Get 12 Jackpot Spins this week!

Weekly Challenges (January 6-12)

Lura — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:00:20 +0000

Jungle Gin – Thorny Thicket Badge
Score 750 gin point (not tokens) this week!

Trivial Pursuit Daily 20 – Rainbow Wedge Badge
Win 6000 tokens this week! (Completing this challenge requires playing several Daily Episodes)

Update 6:16pm EST: A bunch of you have written in to let us know that completed badges are not being displayed properly on the Pogo home page, thanks! Pogo has assured us that no one will have to redo badges and they’ve posted more information on their known server issues and game outages help page.

Weekly Challenges (December 30-January 5)

Lura — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:30:11 +0000

QWERTY – Connect Effect Badge
Score a Connection Bonus 2 times this week! (Connect your own letters to your opponent’s letters first)

Pop Fu – Kung Fu Cactus Badge
Pop 1000 balloons this week! (Balloons popped in the Speed Round do not count)

Happy New Year 2010 Super Badge
Win 3 Challenge Badges between 12 AM PST Dec 30 and 12 AM PST Jan 6!
(This includes Personal and Premium Challenges!)

And it’s a personal challenge marathon week. Enjoy your extra challenges!

*We’re getting some reports that people are not receiving their 2009 album completion badges. Even though you’re not the only one experiencing this, you should feel free to contact Pogo’s customer support or just keep an eye on both your album and their help page about this topic for more information if it becomes available.

Update 12/31: Several people have written in to say they’ve received their 2009 album completion badge and 5000 tokens. :)