Better Than You: The Great Desert Race

This week's Better Than You features Scamander-in-chief. Below is his challenge statement.

"The desert is a treacherous place. You'll never make it to Sakhmet! Turn back before my scamanders steal all your fruit and... drumroll, please... leave you to your DOOOOM!!! Heh, that never gets old."

To beat him you must get 735 points in The Great Desert Race.

Prize is Shield of Coltzan for the 500 winners. Additionally, you get a Gold Trophy and 20,000 Neopoints if you are one of the first 10, Silver Trophy and 10,000 Neopoints if you are between the 11th and 50th, and a Bronze Trophy and 3,000 Neopoints if you are between 51st and 500th.

Good Luck to all and remember to comment and share your tips on this game to help other readers out.

The Faeries Ruin Plot - Part 1: The Artefact Theif

The Faeries Ruin plot was introduced earlier this week with the first comic chapter. The second chapter is now out along wit the first set of steps. There are three different tasks to complete under The Artefact Thief Fearless Deed (i.e. part) of the plot.

To complete the three tasks you play this simple game of moving one space at a time (can move in any direction next to you not blocked including diagonally) to collect green glowing items in Xandra's library. You also need to stay away from Xandra and not get caught. This is pretty easy. The only hard part is getting caught unexpectedly by Xandra's bolt, but you can avoid that happening by not staying on space that is lined up with here.

Task 1: Ohh, Shiny! - Pick up the artefact that started this whole mess.
This is easily completed as soon as you pock up the first artefact.



Task 2: The Task at Hand - Avoid being distracted by irrelevant fripperies.
Complete game by only picking up the glowing green items.

Task 3: Proximity Warning - Narrowly escape Xandra's scholarly wrath.
Complete the game with Xandra only two spaces behind you. This is completed by just moving around near the door until she is close to you and then clicking on the door to complete game. Make sure you do not end up being in her line of sight to get bolted, though.

Better Than You: Berry Bash

This week's Better Than You features Turmaculus. Below is his challenge statement.

"*CHOMP* Om nom nom... [Hey! You can't eat that! ...Okay, it looks like Turmaculus isn't actually that good at making the guests happy... so it's up to you to make it a good party for everyone!]"

To beat him you must get 5,600 points in Berry Bash.

Prize is Turmaculus Pinata for the 500 winners. Additionally, you get a Gold Trophy and 20,000 Neopoints if you are one of the first 10, Silver Trophy and 10,000 Neopoints if you are between the 11th and 50th, and a Bronze Trophy and 3,000 Neopoints if you are between 51st and 500th.

Good Luck to all and remember to comment and share your tips on this game to help other readers out.

New Game and Challenge: Hannah and the Kreludor Caves

The newest Neopets game has come out along with the new game challenge. The new game is called Hannah and the Kreludor Caves.

The game kind of reminds me of Faerie Caves. It is not all that interesting to me, especially since it involves an annoyingly hard jump/jet use gap as early as level 4. Totally annoyed me too early, but then again it does not have much depth with 15 levels anyways. I beat Abigail, but do not care to play enough to get good enough to beat AAA. Too boring and frustrating for me to do that.

To get AAA's prize you must score 30,250. To get Abigail's prize you must score 2,000. As always by default you get Abigail's prize if you have not gotten it yet and first beat AAA's score. The prize for beating Abigail is Treasure Chest Cake.

Better Than You: Sutek's Tomb

This week's Better Than You features Sarina Salen. Below is her challenge statement.

"Sutek's Tomb is full of clever traps, so quick reflexes are essential for archaeologists. As an Aisha, I'm ideally suited to this kind of work. That's why I'm going to be the first to learn the secrets of this ancient tomb!"

To beat him you must get 50,000 points in Sutek's Tomb.

Prize is Geb Bean Bag for the 500 winners. Additionally, you get a Gold Trophy and 20,000 Neopoints if you are one of the first 10, Silver Trophy and 10,000 Neopoints if you are between the 11th and 50th, and a Bronze Trophy and 3,000 Neopoints if you are between 51st and 500th.

Good Luck to all and remember to comment and share your tips on this game to help other readers out.

Hilton Branson Missouri Vacation Packages

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Geile Leon. All opinions are 100% mine.

There are plenty of things to do in Branson, Missouri. Only things I have done are visit the nearby cavern attractions including wild caving. There is plenty more to do and for different styles of travelers, too. Hilton has some packages geared towards different options, but is also in general a nice place to stay.

You can stay at the Hilton Promenade at Branson Landing with the Fall City Package that includes tickets to Silver Dollar City theme park and the Showboat Branson Belle. Shoppers will enjoy the Shopping Package which includes a $25 gift card to the Tanger Outlet Center just a few miles from the hotel.

The Hilton Branson Convention Center Hotel also has the same special packages of Fall City and Shopping. It is also conveniently connected to the Convention Center for those visiting Branson for an event at the convention center.

What are your favorite things to do in Branson or what would you like to do in Branson some day? Personally I think the Titanic Museum looks pretty cool. Silver Dollar City also seems like it could be a lot of fun. The shows could also be interesting, although I am not really into live shows much.

Better Than You: Sorcerers' Skirmish

This week's Better Than You features Draik Soldier. Below is his challenge statement.

"Leading sorcerers into battle is a bit like herding Gallions. They all have their own ideas about strategy, and no one cares to listen to orders. But you're not a sorcerer, right? Good. In that case, I'm ordering you to lead these flea-bitten wizards to victory!"

To beat him you must get 7,000 points in Sorcerer's Skirmish.

Prize is Basket of Baked Draik Goodies for the 500 winners. Additionally, you get a Gold Trophy and 20,000 Neopoints if you are one of the first 10, Silver Trophy and 10,000 Neopoints if you are between the 11th and 50th, and a Bronze Trophy and 3,000 Neopoints if you are between 51st and 500th.

Good Luck to all and remember to comment and share your tips on this game to help other readers out.

New Game: Neopian Battlefield Legends

The newest Neopets game is called Neopian Battlefield Legends. This is a tower defense game, which is one of my favorite types of games to play online and one of the main things I play off of Neopets. Thus I am excited about this new Neopets game and already have enjoyed playing it. However, it is not a fixed path tower defense and the enemy path is partly based on where you put towers. Not horrible, but not my preferred way of playing.

So far there is not that many different maps to play, but it seems like a game they will be adding new maps to as they add more battles to relive. Right now there are already five maps in the Battle for Merridel, but two of them have to be unlocked as a Neocash purchase.

There are also some different towers to unlock as a Neocash purchase. I do not like them making games have unlockable things with Neocash it just is not fair to those that do not have money to waste on Neopets. The maps might not give an advantage in scoring, but I feel like the towers certainly do.

Overall I still think this is a great new Neopets game, especially since it is potentially going to end up with more maps to enjoy. At the same time it begins to add Neocash into the game area of Neopets in a way that does not just involve winning items, as it can potentially mess with the high score tables.

Yes, I Beat Bank Manager in Better Than You

I knew I could beat the Better Than You this week, but did not have the time to really try when it came out Wednesday night. Then I totally forgot to try tomorrow. This morning I noticed it was still active, so I decided to try and on my second try got over 1,000 easily. Now I have a nice Kau Print Desk to put in my NeoHome, which I really should get around to decorating better eventually.

Better Than You: Trouble at the National Neopian

This week's Better Than You features The Bank Manager. Below is his challenge statement.

"You want to catch criminals for the National Neopian? Aren't you a little... scrawny for this position? Seriously, you'd better just stick to a desk job and leave the heavy lifting and the apprehending of suspects to the professionals. No offense."

To beat him you must get 1,000 points in Trouble at the National Neopian.

Prize is Kau Print Desk for the 500 winners. Additionally, you get a Gold Trophy and 20,000 Neopoints if you are one of the first 10, Silver Trophy and 10,000 Neopoints if you are between the 11th and 50th, and a Bronze Trophy and 3,000 Neopoints if you are between 51st and 500th.

Good Luck to all and remember to comment and share your tips on this game to help other readers out.