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Let's wind back to past tasks set in other editions of Tower Teams!
One of the fun elements in TT9 was the Monster Wheel, so we are using that to spin up tasks used or inspired by other Tower Team challenges.
Captains will spin the wheel for other teams, revealing the past Tower Tasks to be completed.
Each spin will generate four tasks which must be completed and reported in the official sheet before a new set can be requested. You will start with three sets, and can have a maximum of three active sets at any time.
Once a set has been completed twice, captains can request a respin if they receive that set a third time.
There's no limit to the number of times you chose to do these tasks.
Each task is worth 10 points, with 5 bonus points for each complete set of four tasks.
Books used for the tasks must be finished after the start of this mini challenge (9UTC 1 July), and can be free choice only, not used for page count towers.
We have looked at team performance, and split into three groups.
Group 1: Cannot bank books, must use one book for each task (i.e. four books required, all to be finished after the tasks are spun)
Teams in group 1 are: Ashara, Jeih, Ti
Group 2: Can bank books for use, must use one book for each task (i.e. four books required, but some can be finished before the tasks are spun)
Teams in group 2 are:
Deka, Deset, Neeznáá, Qulit Sip
Group 3: Can bank books for use, can use one book to cover multiple tasks (i.e. in some cases can use one book to cover four tasks). Note that there are some restrictions - in some case you must use two books to complete the task. You can only use a book multiple times within one set of tasks, and NOT across different task sets
Teams in group 3 are:
Damara Damara, Dez, Kumi, Zéng
Tasks under spoiler
(view spoiler)[Tower Teams 1: Ladder to the Sky
Read four books that form a ladder, connecting at least the last three letters of the first book to make the start of the next book (all words count). e.g. The Red Queen > Queen of Babble > Bleak House > Use of Weapons
Tower Teams 1: The Original
Read two pairs of books where the second is a spin-off from the first. This could be a secondary series by the same or different author (e.g. Sherlock Holmes original and Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell), a continuation of a series by another author (e.g. Poirot by Agatha Christie and Sophie Hannah) or a retelling (e.g The Great Gatsby and The Chosen and the Beautiful)
It is NOT two books from the same series
Tower Teams 2: Chocolate Cupcakes
Read a book with cake or cupcake in the text
Read a book with chocolate in the text
Read a book featuring a baker
Read a book where someone eats a sweet food item (cake, pudding, ice-cream)
Tower Teams 2: Lemon Cupcakes
Read a book with a (cup)cake on the cover
Read a book with flour in the text
Read a book with eggs in the text
Read a book with lemon in the text
Tower Teams 3: Find the Elf
Read 4 books with a direction word in the title (e.g up / down / east)
The words can be repeated
Tower Teams 3: Save Christmas
Read 4 books with title start and end letters that connect to make a square (well, quadrilateral)
Tower Teams 4: 25 Days of Tower Teams
Read 4 books related to winter seasonal holidays (e.g. with a Thanksgiving Feast on the cover, or set during Diwali)
Tower Teams 4: NBRC Goals
Read a book with an average goodreads rating of between 3.01 and 3.5
Read a book with diamonds on the cover or with a night sky that looks like diamonds
Read a book with stationery on the cover
Read a book where the page numbers add to 5 (i.e. 345 pages = 3+4+5 = 12)
Tower Teams 5: Star Wars - Sith
Read a book with title starts with one of the letters SITH (all words count, inc A, An, The)
Read a book tagged Post-Colonial at least 10 times
Read a book featuring aliens
Read a book featuring a rebellion
Tower Teams 5: Star Wars - Jedi
Read a book with title starts with one of letters JEDI (all words count, inc A, An, The)
Read a book with MPG Space Opera
Read a book with a humanoid robot/android
Read a book with a princess and rogue trope characters
Tower Teams 6: Quidditch
Read a book with the letters SEEKER in the title and/or author name
Read a book with the letters KEEPER in the title and/or author name
Read a book with the letters BEATER in the title and/or author name
Read a book with the letters CHASER in the title and/or author name
Tower Teams 6: Sorting Hat
Read a book that would be sorted into Gryffindor House
Read a book that would be sorted into Hufflepuff House
Read a book that would be sorted into Ravenclaw House
Read a book that would be sorted into Slytherin House
Tower Teams 7: Sins
Read four books that have one of the following MPGs. Each book must have a different MPG (i.e. can't use Romance four times)
MPGs: Dystopia / Young Adult / Historical Romance / Guilty Pleasure / Dark Fantasy / Contemporary / Horror
Tower Teams 7: Sloth
Read a book with the animal ""platypus"" in the text
Read a book with the animal ""zebra"" in the text
Read a book with the animal ""chipmunk"" in the text
Read a book with the animal ""heron"" in the text
Tower Teams 8: Discworld Bingo
Read a book you can connect to an elephant
Read a book you can connect to elves
Read a book you can connect to cats
Read a book you can connect to The Librarian (an orang-utan)
Tower Teams 8: Discworld Tasks
Read a book featuring a witch or wizard
Read a book with MPG Crime
Read a book with the letters MOIST in the title
Read a book featuring DEATH or the Grim Reaper or equivalent
Tower Teams 9: Muses
Pick four different Muses, for each Muse, read a book that fits their role
Thalia (Comedy); Clio (History); Euterpe (Music); Melpomene (Tragedy); Terpsichore (Dance); Erato (Love); Polymnia (sacred poetry); Urania (Astronomy); Calliope (epic poetry)
Tower Teams 9: Monsters
Spin the Time-Travelling Monster Wheel, and complete the tasks associated with that monster (hide spoiler)]
Monster Tasks under spoiler
(view spoiler)[Harry Potter: Basilisk
Read a book with a mirror on cover
Read a book with a snake on cover
Read a book with the letters ROOSTER in the title (all -- multiple O and R required!)
Read a book whose author initials (all) are in PETRIFIED
World Myths: Bunyip
Read a book with a seal (animal!) or dog on cover
Read a book with a ecological message/ theme (your interpretation)
Read a book that takes place in a rural area
Read a book with the letter Y in title
Harry Potter: Centaurs
Read a book with a forest on cover
Read a book where a character is an archer
Read a book with MPG Classics
Read a book featuring a character who is considered wise
Muses: Chimera
Read a book that takes place in Asia Minor (Italy, Greece, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Egypt, Libya, Israel and Lebanon)
Read a book with the word "spear" in text
Read a book with MPG War
Read a book that features a lion, goat, or snake
Muses: Erymanthian Boar
Read a book whose title starts with a letter from MOUNTAIN
Read a book with snow on cover
Read a book where the character gets drunk
Read a book with MPG Animal
Star Wars: Ewok
Read a book set in a forest
Read a book with a surprise twist (your interpretation)
Read a book with a carnivore on the cover (make sure it's not an omnivore!)
Read a book with author initials (all) found in ENDOR.
Discworld: Great A'Tuin
Read a book with the night sky on cover
Read a book with all author initials in ELEPHANT
Read a book whose title starts with a letter from CHELYS (A, An, The count!)
Read a book set on a form of transport (e.g. train, ship, space ship)
Seven Sins: Jealousy
Read a book with a green cover
Read a book that features a jealous character
Read a book set in Ireland (Republic or Northern both acceptable)
Read a book with the word "green" in text
World Myths: Jorogumo
Read a book tagged family (at least 10 times)
Read a book with a baby in the story
Read a book with 8 in the page count
Read a book where a character pretends to be someone else
Star Wars: Tauntaun
Read a book with a white cover
Read a book with the letters ICE in title (in any order)
Read a book with a large domesticated creature on cover (e.g. horse, cow, donkey)
Read a book with set of at least three repeated letters in the title (example: THI is repeated in the title THIs THIng of Darkness)
Discworld: The Luggage
Read a book with at least four legs on cover
Read a book that features someone following a character
Read a book tagged Travel (at least 10 times)
Read a book with the word "luggage" or "baggage" in text
Seven Sins: Virtues
Read a book with average rating 4.0 or higher
Read a book that is #7 in series
Justice - read a book that can be associated with Justice
Charity - read a book that can be associated with Charity (hide spoiler)]
Task info can also be seen in this sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...