Mar 28, 2012: Dice City Roller & World Class Solitaire Badge Challenge

Dice City Roller Badge Challenge

Green Fuzz Badge
Place 234 dice this week!
Win this badge plus 2000 Tokens!

With the help of Dice City Buddy this challenge flew by on the breeze. Here's how it happened:

Game Difficulty: N/A
Buddy Settings: Default
Tokens: 3,012 tokens earned
Time: 24 minutes
NOTES: To get this badge in under 1/2 an hour like I did, choose the 'No Auctions' room so you don't waste time on that extra round. And actuall you might complete yours faster if you get lucky with the dice (I had a few rounds where not all the dice could be placed).

World Class Solitaire Badge Challenge

Aces of Aces Badge
Earn 2,300 tokens this week!
Win this badge plus 2000 Tokens!

Oh thank heaven for Class World Buddy because playing enough games to get over 2k tokens is no easy chore! Here's how the Buddy did:

Game Difficulty: No difficulty
Buddy Settings: Default
Tokens: 4,882 tokens earned
Time: 53 minutes
NOTES: This bot is a bit quirky (looks a tad different/outdated from the newer bots so maybe a re-do is planned) so I found it helpful to play the very beginning and very end and let it sort through the middle. Also, this badge can go faster depending on luck: the luck of the draw of cards and the luck of the size of your jackpot spins.

Mar 21, 2012: Checkers & Spades Badge Challenges

Checkers Badge Challenge

Bib Badge
Convert 13 single checkers into Kings this week!
Win this badge plus 2000 Tokens!

I love quick badge challenges! So thanks, Checkers Buddy for making it quick and painless. Here's how it did:

Game Difficulty: Beginner tab - play against Robot
Buddy Settings: Default
Tokens: 4,383 tokens earned
Time: 21 minutes
NOTES: The sad thing is that this could have been completed faster *if* the Pogo game allowed more than 1 king on the board at a time. I tried this myself to be sure (while watching the bot play I was thinking to myself 'why don't you make more Kings since you have checkers enough to do so...). So if you know of a trick to allow more than 1 King, make sure to turn it on or play at that table.

Spades Badge Challenge

Number Fun Badge
Win 32 hands this week!
Win this badge plus 2000 Tokens!

Can you say LUCKY? Play Buddy JUST NOW turned the Spades bot - once just a counter thing - into an autoplaying Spade Buddy (YAY!!!). Check out this data:

Game Difficulty: No difficulty - played against computer under "Beginner"
Buddy Settings: Default
Tokens: 5,144 tokens earned
Time: 1 hour 29 minutes
NOTES: I have no clue how to play spades but if you do, there's a chance you can use the bot to your advantage by playing with it so the badge challenge is completed quicker.

Mar. 14: Beaker Creatures and Blooop Badge Challenges

Beaker Creatures Badge Challenge

Pot O Gold Badge
Win 10 Jackpot Spins this week!
Win this badge plus 2000 Tokens!

Beaker Buddy knocked this one out of the park! Check out these stats:

Game Difficulty: Easy
Buddy Settings: Default
Tokens: 8,440 tokens earned
Time: 16 minutes
NOTES: Make sure to choose the 'easy' difficulty since you only need to fill up 3 beakers of apx. 100 points to reach the Jackpot Spin.

Blooop Badge Challenge

Vortex Badge
Make 30 matches of 4 or more discs this week!
Win this badge plus 2000 Tokens!

I don't know about you, but this game is definitely not on my favorites list! Thankfully Bloop Buddy came to my rescue and got my badge like so:

Game Difficulty: No difficulty - played against computer under "Beginner"
Buddy Settings: Default
Tokens: 3,350 tokens earned
Time: 36 minutes
NOTES: Create your own game in the 'Beginner' tab so that you can set the game points to '10' (this makes end of round jackpot spins/tallies less frequent) then change it back to '3' when you near 26-29 matches towards the badge (so you don't play longer than you have to).

March 7, 2012: Tri-Peaks Solitaire & Texas Hold'em Poker

Tri-Peaks Solitaire Badge Challenge

Tomb of Kings Badge
Earn 3500 tokens this week! (Earn a Jackpot Spin to check your progress)
Win this badge plus 2000 Tokens!

While this game can be fun to play, I'm so glad Tripeak Buddy is available for badges like this since the only way to earn tokens is to complete games and 3,500 tokens is a LOT of games. That said, here's the stats:

Game Difficulty: No difficulty - played against computer
Buddy Settings: Default
Tokens: 6,317 tokens earned
Time: 1 hour 14 minutes
NOTES: Basically just have to play the game (or let the Buddy do it), and hope Pogo smiles upon you to give you favorable card placement.

Texas Hold'em Poker Badge Challenge

Urban Cowgirl Badge
Win 13 Hands with Two Pair or better this week!
Win this badge plus 2000 Tokens!

If you're like me and poker is just not your game, then you can earn the badge like me too (use Texas Holdem Buddy). I'm not a good judge about how fast or slow this game can be won, but here's how the Buddy did:

Game Difficulty: No difficulty - played against computer under "Limit" / "Just for Fun"
Buddy Settings: Default
Tokens: 2,330 tokens earned
Time: 1 hour 36 minutes
NOTES:As far as I could tell the same amount of time will pass regardless of type of room chosen, although if you don't want to risk losing a lot of tokens (like me), play against robots under the 'limit' and 'just for fun' tabs just to be safe.