* This is the total number of books submitted per string (not the number of pins knocked down). This is an incentive to use creative ways to stuff more titles into your submissions. If you bowl more than one string, each is scored separately.
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How to:
Rent some ugly shoes, watch us spray them with some WD-40.
Grab a slice of greasy pizza and a warm beer.
You start with ten pins. The goal is to knock them all over. Each pin knocked over will be replaced by your book title(s) in the table above. Knock over a pin by any of these methods:
Exact method: Read a book with that number in its title. Some numbers are difficult to find, so try these alternate methods...
Addition: This requires reading one or two books, the sum being the desired pin number.
Subtraction: This requires reading one or two books, the difference being the desired pin number.
Multiply: This requires reading one or two books, which multiply to the desired pin number.
Divide: This requires reading one or two books, which divide to the desired pin number.
Wild Card: Read a book with a zero or eleven or greater in the title. This book may be used to knock over any pin of your choice.
Be creative: Figure out some other way to come up with the pin number!
This seasonal game is open now through March 31 2022 (alternates with Abra Cadavers).
Any genre may be read.
Any reading done from Jan 1 2021 to March 31 2022 qualifies. Can't remember? Check your Medical Examiner clipboard or Six Shooter Gallery!
You may use each book only once (if title has two numbers in it, you may use it twice).
You can change or rearrange your books/pins. You may find this necessary to get all the pins down. Just submit the form for the pin again, the new info will replace the old info. Well, not immediately. As soon as I update the page. Or if it is complicated, just email me.
You can reuse books already used by others.
You can reuse each of the methods as much as you like.
Once you complete ten pins, you can bowl another 'string' if you like. Each string is scored separately.
Print books, audio books, radio dramatizations, short stories, or e-books may be used.
Bloggers are welcome to any images for your blog.
FAQ:
Does a variation of a number count? For example, Thrice for Three? Second for Two? Or does it have to be the actual number? Yes, any variation ihat indicates a quantity is OK. Here are some examples - there are certainly more:
for one: one, once, first, single, each, solo, etc.
for two: two, twice, second, double, both, twins, couple, duo, pair, etc.
for three: three, thrice, third, triple, trio, etc.
My niece says 1 AND Zero makes 10. Does this ring true in the challenge under the "be creative"? This question flummoxed me for a bit until I realized she meant "spelling out" 10 with a 1 and 0. Certainly it is creative! Of course, you can use just the zero as a wild card to do the ten pin, and save the one for another pin too.
Questions? Email me at rickmills9@gmail.com. Thank you for participating!
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The 2021-2022 Ten Pins Reading Game has closed. Please come visit Mystillery Lanes again when we reopen, on Oct. 1, 2022.
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