Apr 25, 2012: Casino Island Blackjack & Bejeweled 3 Badge Challenges

Casino Island Blackjack Challenge

Cowabunga King Badge
Use 'Up Your Sleeve' card 8 times this week! 
Win this badge plus 2000 Tokens!

This challenge was a doozy but were it not for Casino Island Buddy I probably would have been there all week. Here's how it worked out:

Game Difficulty: N/A
Buddy Settings: Default
Tokens: 4,280 tokens earned
Time: 1 hour 38 minutes
NOTES: Per the download notes, be sure to open a room from a lobby table in Internet Explorer and also make sure your "up your sleeve" option is selected in the Buddy. Other than that, it's all about luck and how quickly Pogo decides to deal you the "up your sleeve" card.

Bejeweled 3 Badge Challenge

Floating Castle Badge
Create 33 Flame gems this week! (Make sets of 4 gems to get them) 
Win this badge plus 2000 Tokens!

Wait until you get a load of these impressive Bejeweled Buddy stats!!!!

Game Difficulty: n/a
Buddy Settings: Default
Tokens: 2,650 tokens earned
Time: 8 minutes
NOTES: Can you say "WOWZA"?

April 18, 2012: Battleship & Hangman Hijinks Badge Challenge

BATTLESHIP Challenge

Pegs Away Badge
Use 40 power-ups this week!
Win this badge plus 2000 Tokens!

Yay for Battleship Buddy! I don't see how this challenge could be completed as quickly as this:

Game Difficulty: N/A
Buddy Settings: Default
Tokens: 4,552 tokens earned
Time: 32 minutes
NOTES: Choose the "Speedy" tab then you'll play against speedy robots.

Hangman Hijinks Badge Challenge

Rough Sketch Badge
Solve 20 bonus words this week! (Bonus words appear vertically)
Win this badge plus 2000 Tokens!

So Play Buddy caused me to pull a hijinks this morning with the new release of Hangman Buddy. And check out these stats:

Game Difficulty: Easy
Buddy Settings: Default
Tokens: 3,367 tokens earned
Time: 34 minutes
NOTES: If you're watching the bot play, sometimes you can speed things up on the bonus round by selecting a more obvious word (the Buddy seems to have a very extensive dictionary).

Apr 11, 2012: Euchre & Poppit Sprint Badge Challenges

Euchre Badge Challenge

Euchre Man Badge
Win 4 games by 2 points or more this week!
Win this badge plus 2000 Tokens!

So Pogo's making up for last week's easy badges with a double hard one! I am so grateful to have Euchre Buddycomplete this looooooooong challenge like so:

Game Difficulty: N/A
Buddy Settings: Default
Tokens: 2,000 tokens earned
Time: 1 hour 36 minutes
NOTES: First, open your own room so you can change these table settings to make games go by faster: select 10 points to win and select TRAM. Now the rest is mostly luck since Jacks are the winning cards and if you get them is completely random.

Poppit Sprint Badge Challenge

Pop-a-lot Badge
Pop 8400 balloons this week! (Play in the Classic Sprint Mode)
Win this badge plus 2000 Tokens!

Yay! This badge was a breath of fresh air after Euchre. Check out the impressive Pop Sprint Buddy stats:

Game Difficulty: No difficulty
Buddy Settings: Default partial (but see notes)
Tokens: 7,903 tokens earned
Time: 23 minutes
NOTES: First, make sure you're on the regular Poppit Sprint with Spike; I started on the casual one (whoops). Also, by default the Buddy saves your coins which is sweet. But if you want the badge completed in HALF the time, select the 'Save' powerup option in the Buddy AND on the start screen choose the Triple Column and Chain Lightning powerups - they'll pop a gazillion balloons!

Apr 4, 2012: Blackjack Carnival & Word Whomp Badge Challenges

Blackjack Carnival Badge Challenge

Trumpet Shuffle Badge
Get 12 'Pair Square' side bets this week!
Win this badge plus 2000 Tokens!

Blackjack Buddy is a beautiful thing - it made my morning by knocking this challenge outta the park like so:

Game Difficulty: N/A
Buddy Settings: Side Bet: Pair Square / Random Betting
Tokens: 4,422 tokens earned
Time: 27 minutes
NOTES: Be sure to change the Buddy's options to select 'Pair Square' because I wasted a few minutes not realizing that I had to side-bet to get the credit.

Word Whomp Badge Challenge

Curb Appeal Badge
Find 12 or more words in a game 10 times this week!
Win this badge plus 2000 Tokens!

And I thought Blackjack Buddy did good... Whomp is definitely the winner this week. Okay so how often do we get two easy badges in a row?! Pogo must be off their rocker this week but that's fine by me, especially with how fast Whomp Buddy completed things for me (oh yeah, guess THAT's why the badge was so fast and easy! lol):

Game Difficulty: 2
Buddy Settings: Default
Tokens: 6,990 tokens earned
Time: 14 minutes
NOTES: None.