The Ultimate Monotype Challenge

[Crackin355]

I thought now would be the best time to play B2/W2, so I found out why the ROM's weren't working for me and they started working. So I'll do one more gym after this then go back to Kanto. I myself believe that the requirements for B/W should be to beat Ghetsis, but because they aren't, I do them one gym ahead so I can add the Elite Four Rematch as the last thing I do.

~26/1/13~
-Began game
-Named myself Crackin
-Named my Rival Pepsi
-Chose Oshawott
-Caught Sewaddle
-Named him Geoff; after Geoff from Rooster Teeth
-Grinded a bit
-Found the lost Herdier
-VS Cheren
--VS Patrat: Bug Bite(x2) w/ Geoff
--VS Lillipup: Bug Bite(x4) w/ Geoff
-Obtained Basic Badge

Team:

Geoff [SEWADDLE] Lv14 (M)
HP:38/ATK:23/DEF:27/Sp.A:17/Sp.D:23/SPD:19
Serious Nature @None
Swarm
-Tackle
-String Shot
-Bug Bite
-Frustration

And now I am going to catch Venipede and beat Roxie.

 

[Gzomyndzor]

Fire Red Normal Monotype Challenge Update #6
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Progress:

Spoiler:

-Crossed Route 21, defeating all the trainers and arrived at Cinnabar Island
-Flew back to Fuchsia City and crossed Route 19 and 20, defeating all the trainers
-Explored the Mansion, obtained the Secret Key
-Defeated Blaine. Difficulty: (a disappointing) 1/5.
~~
Badges: 7/8

~~
The Team:

Spoiler:

Pidgeot "Hayden" Lvl45
Clefable "Emily" Lvl44
Wigglytuff "Kaitlin" Lvl45
Kangaskhan "Tara" Lvl44
Snorlax "Isaac" Lvl44
Krabby "Owen" Lvl5 (HM Slave)

 

[Crackin355]

And so I have caught up with the other games in Black2. Roxie was pretty difficult, considering her Pokemon were defensive and I didn't have any moves that could substantial damage, besides a 5-turn Rollout, which didn't quite happen. I survived with 5 HP and one Pokemon left. Anyway, here's the team and events

~26/1/13~
-Caught Venipede
-Named her Kaiser; I really don't remember why, but I think someone had the name Kaiser
-Did no grinding at all
-Explored the Complex
-VS Leader Roxie
--VS Koffing: Rollout(x4) w/ Kaiser
--VS Whirlipede: Return(x4) + Rollout(x3) & Pursuit w/ Geoff + Kaiser
-Obtained Toxic Badge

Team:

Geoff [SEWADDLE] Lv18 (M)
HP:46/ATK:29/DEF:34/Sp.A:21/Sp.D:29/SPD:23
Serious Nature @Silk Scarf
Swarm
-Tackle
-Razor Leaf
-Bug Bite
-Return

Kaiser [VENIPEDE] Lv18 (F)
HP:41/ATK:21/DEF:29/Sp.A:17/Sp.D:20/SPD:28
Docile Nature @None
Poison Point
-Pursuit
-Rollout
-Venoshock
-Rock Smash

 

[The Sceptile King]

I'll sign up for this using psychic and ill do an ultimate up through gen 3/4

 

[niallmuz]

Username: Niall
Type: Flying
Challenge: Ultimate
Game(s): LG,HG,RUBY,PLATINUM,W2

Ill start with HG

ill start when i can find my ds :(

 

[BLockwood]

Username: BLockwood
Type: Fire
Challenge: Single
Game(s): Red

 

[Crackin355]

Now to begin the (mostly) third gyms. This didn't take long.

~27/1/13~
-Arrived at Vermilion
-Battled Trainers to the Right
-Boarded S.S Anne
-VS Rival Pepsi
--VS Pidgeotto: Fury Attack(x2) w/ Grump
--VS Kadabra: Twineedle w/ Grump
--VS Raticate: Brick Break w/ Grump
--VS Wartortle: Bullet Seed(x2) w/ Dante
-Obtained Cut
-Traveled and Recieved Flash
-VS Leader Lt. Surge
--VS Voltorb: Confusion(x2) w/ Renee
--VS Pikachu: Dig w/ Dante
--VS Raichu: Brick Break & Twineedle w/ Grump
-Obtained Thunder Badge

Team:

Renee [BUTTERFREE] Lv26 (F)
HP:76/ATK:33/DEF:37/Sp.A:51/Sp.D:44/SPD:51
Rash Nature @None
CompoundEyes
-Tackle
-Sleep Powder
-PoisonPowder
-Confusion

Grump [BEEDRILL] Lv26 (M)
HP:78/ATK:52/DEF:33/Sp.A:27/Sp.D:49/SPD:55
Adamant Nature @None
Swarm
-Poison Sting
-Twineedle
-Brick Break
-Fury Attack

Dante [PARASECT] Lv26 (M)
HP:72/ATK:60/DEF:48/Sp.A:39/Sp.D:52/SPD:23
Sassy Nature @Nature
Effect Spore
-Secret Power
-Dig
-Bullet Seed
-Leech Life

Next up is beating Chuck in HeartGold.

 

[Aryan143]

Final Update #4 on Yellow:

Spoiler:

Got the secret key from Pokemon Mansion.
vs

: Difficulty: 0/5
*Surf works wonder.
Used Fly to reach Viridian.
vs

: Difficulty: 1/5
*

used Sleep Powder+Psychic/Solar Beam on his first four pokemons and

murdered Rhydon with Surf.
Defeated Rival.
Got through Victory Road to reach Indigo Plateau.
Used all my Rare Candies and bought some items.
vs Elite Four:
Lorelie:

swept with Sleep Powder+Solar Beam.
Bruno:

swept again with Solar Beam/Psychic.
Agatha:

used Psychic on all but her last Gengar who was murdered by

.
Lance:

used Ice Beam on Dragons, Thunderbolt on his Gyarados and Surf on Aero.
Rival: Took efforts from my whole team.

MVP:

LVP:

My final team:

Spoiler:

 

[waveguidebuizel]

Okay, first update on my grass-monotype run through HG (got three badges):

Spoiler:

-Named myself "wave," as always. Set style, because I like the extra challenge.
-Chose Chikorita (obviously?). Got to like Level 9 before battling rival CHEDR, just from natural story progression.
-Got Bellsprout east of Violet.
-Reached Violet.
-Got Hoppip south of Violet.
-Went through Sprout Tower. I believe Hoppip learned Tackle here.
-Violet Gym: Falkner wasn't so bad, actually. Pidgey was not much of a problem. PoisonPowder/Synthesis was my main strategy against Pidgeotto. Roost was annoying, but it made it so that Razor Leaf was at normal effectiveness. No one fainted, and we got the Zephyr Badge!
-Went through Union Cave and made it to Azalea.
-Got Oddish from Ilex Forest.
-Did the Slowpoke Well stuff.
-Was thinking about maybe getting a Paras, so tried to go back to Ilex Forest. But...
-Rival ambush! Gastly Cursed itself to oblivion. His Quilava destroyed my team. >_< Darn Blaze...
-Decided to do him later, so beat all the trainers in Azalea Gym.
-Bugsy was a major problem. That Scyther is ridiculous! Sitrus Berry and Super Potion...
-But I got some level-ups in there, so maybe rival first? Beat rival. His Gastly trapped my Hoppip with Mean Look and Curse, while Tackle was my only attacking move. That's the thing I remember most from that battle.
-Did the Farfetch'd thing. Got Cut and a Paras.
-Back to Bugsy. Lost. Super Potion was used on Kakuna this time, though.
-Rematch with Bugsy once again. And in a very, very close battle, got the Hive Badge! :D PoisonPowder on Scyther, and stalled it out. The one extra turn of poison gained from having an additional party member was definitely needed!
-Went through Ilex Forest and reached Goldenrod.
-Got Sunkern from the National Park. A party of six already!?
-Did all the Goldenrod stuff and beat all trainers in the vicinity.
-Whitney! Actually not so bad, especially when compared to the Bugsy battles. ^-^ Sunkern's Leech Seed (which is like my most favorite move ever) was mega-useful on Miltank. With Reflect, that Miltank couldn't touch my Chikorita. Though, that Attract... And two Super Potions... Ah well, it went well enough. We won the Plain Badge, after all. And Chikorita evolved at the end of that battle (I was waiting for Magical Leaf). ^-^

The team so far:

Spoiler:

Chicory (Bayleef), Male, Lv. 20
Bold, Proud of its power
@Miracle Seed
Overgrow
-Magical Leaf
-Reflect
-PoisonPowder
-Synthesis

Ginger (Bellsprout), Female, Lv. 19
Docile, Likes to run
@nothing
Chlorophyll
-Vine Whip
-Sleep Powder
-Cut
-Stun Spore

Anise (Hoppip), Female, Lv. 19
Modest, Somewhat vain
@nothing
Chlorophyll
-Headbutt
-Synthesis
-Sleep Powder
-Tail Whip

Thyme (Oddish), Male, Lv. 19
Lonely, Loves to eat
@Poison Barb
Chlorophyll
-Acid
-Sleep Powder
-Absorb
-Sweet Scent

Clove (Paras), Female, Lv. 18
Jolly, Mischievous
@Soothe Bell
Dry Skin
-Rock Smash
-Leech Life
-Spore
-Scratch

Cilantro (Sunkern), male, Lv. 19
Hasty, Strong willed
@Quick Claw
Chlorophyll
-Mega Drain
-Growth
-Leech Seed
-GrassWhistle

 

[Gzomyndzor]

Fire Red Normal Monotype Challenge Update #7
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Progress:

Spoiler:

-Arrived at One Island (I love these islands!!)
-Obtained the Tri-Pass
-Explored One, Two and Three Island and defeated the trainers there
-Obtained Hm06 ROCK SMASH
-Taught Krabby ROCK SMASH
-Returned to Cinnabar Island
-Arrived at Viridian Gym
-Taught Wigglytuff REFLECT
-Defeated Giovanni. Difficulty: 1/5
-Taught Kangaskhan EARTHQUAKE
-Headed towards Victory Road
-Defeated Blue. Difficulty: 2/5
~~
Badges: 8/8

~~
The Team:

Spoiler:

*bulbagarden.net image removed*Pidgeot "Hayden" Lvl47
*bulbagarden.net image removed*Clefable "Emily" Lvl48
*bulbagarden.net image removed*Wigglytuff "Kaitlin" Lvl48
*bulbagarden.net image removed*Kangaskhan "Tara" Lvl48
*bulbagarden.net image removed*Snorlax "Isaac" Lvl47
*bulbagarden.net image removed*Krabby "Owen" Lvl5 (HM Slave)

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Pictures:

Spoiler:

 

[Puppeteer Mask]

Sorry, no silly snark or sarcasm this time... and still no pictures either. Ah well...

- Saved Mr. Briney
- Defeated Brendan
- Went to Dewford Town
- Immediately set off for Granite Cave
- Level grinded Nincadas, Jimbo evolved into Ninjask and Shedinja
- Put Jimbo the Ninjask into PC
- Caught a female Sableye, named it Bijou (French name meaning Jewel)
- Delivered package to Steven
- Defeated Brawly, didn't even need to use Shedinja, used Bijou for Makuhita alone.
- Went to Slateport

Current team:

Reggie the Male Nincada, Lv. 16
CompundEyes
Fury Swipes
Harden
Leech Life
Sand Attack

Margie the Female Nincada, Lv. 13
CompoundEyes
Scratch
Harden
Leech Life
Sand Attack

Bijou the Female Sableye, Lv. 18
Wonder Guard (Yeah I wish) Keen Eye
Astonish
Fury Swipes
Foresight
Night Shade

Jimbodini the Shedinja, Lv. 20
Wonder Guard
Cut
Double Team
Screech
Fury Cutter

Badges: 2/8

Next objective: Level Reggie and Margie up to 20 so I have an actual all ghost team, sort out Museum quest, head to Mauville. (Also fix signature update because I did it wrong.)

 

[Gzomyndzor]

Fire Red Normal Monotype Challenge Update #8

My final update! Read the spoiler for details and proof of my victory ^-^ !

~ ~
Progress:

Spoiler:

-Entered Victory Road
-Arrived at the Indigo Plateau
-Began grinding on trainers at Kindle Path in preparation for the Elite Four
-Team levels upon entering the Elite Four:
*bulbagarden.net image removed*Pidgeot "Hayden" Lvl56
*bulbagarden.net image removed*Clefable "Emily" Lvl56
*bulbagarden.net image removed*Wigglytuff "Kaitlin" Lvl56
*bulbagarden.net image removed*Kangaskhan "Tara" Lvl57
*bulbagarden.net image removed*Snorlax "Isaac" Lvl56

-Defeated Lorelei. Difficulty: 2/5
-Defeated Bruno. Difficulty: 3/5
-Defeated Agatha. Difficulty: 4/5
-Defeated Lance. Difficulty: 2/5
-Defeated Champion Blue. Difficulty: 3/5

That's it! I am now the Champion - my quest is over. I have also completed my very first monotype challenge!

The final images, proof of my achievement and also to immortalise my amazing team.

N.B I am not actually called Lauren/a female in real life ;) It's an inside joke with some friends.

 

[The Sceptile King]

Hey guys, i'm working on my psychic UMC but, every time i shut down VBA it looses the save, so im doing it all in one run!

I'll update every Gym


Update 1 :

-Chose Bulbasaur
-Named him Aaron
-Lost to my rival ):
-got the special poke ball
-delivered it
-got the pokedex
-got the town map contrary to what my rival said
-Grinded due to viridian forest's toughness
-Finished up at level 9 just from route 1 'Cause I'm a boss!
-Watched man catch a weedle
-Entered the forest
-Battled Bug Catcher Rick
-Leveled Up to lvl 10
-Battled another Bug Catcher
-Healed Aaron
-Battled Bug Catcher Sammie
-Exited the forest
-Went straight to the Gym
-Battled Camper Liam
-Aaron leveled up to LVL 13
-Challenged Brock
-OHKO'd both of his pokemon

TEAM:

Aaron Lvl 14
Bulbasaur

-Tackle
-Growl
-Leech Seed
-Vine Whip


Update 2:

-Got dem running Shoes
-Aaron learned sleep powder
-Aaron leveled up to 16, but whited out in the same batle
-Battled wild pokemon to evolve him
-realised it didnt work
-kept batteling
-went through a barrage of trainers
-Aaron evolved
-healed in the pokecenter
-went to mt. Moon
-whited out again
-leveled to 19
-whited out again
-leveled to 20
-leveled to 21
-obtained the helix fosssil
- exited mt moon
-entered cerulean city
-obtained rare candy
-entered the gym
-beat staryu and starmie easily
-beat misty

Team

Aaron (M)
Lvl 23
Bulbasaur

-Tackle
-sleep powder
-leech seed
-razor leaf

UPDATE 3:

-Beat my rival with ease (surprisingly, i guess sleep powder is awesome!)
-took on the nugget bridge
-after 120000000000 hours i found an abra i fought
-nicknamed her Lucy
-Took on the trainer maze
-used rare candy on Lucy
-Lucy Evolved
-Lucy learned confusion
-that was the last we heard of from aaron
-went to vermillion
-caught drowse
-named him chris
-grinded chris up
-lucy leveled to 21!
-Chris learned headbutt
-Battled my rival on the SS.Anne
-Lucy learned recover
-taught Aaron Cut
-went into the Gym (Lt. Surge)
-Challenged Lt. Surge
-Chris fainted in the battle
-Lucy tanked the battle for Chris
-I beat Lt. Surge

TEAM:

Chris (M)
Drowsee
lvl 22
Headbutt
Hypnosis
Poison Gas
Confusion

Lucy (F)
Kadabra
lvl 26
Recover
Confusion
Disable
Psybeam

Slave:
Aaron Ivysaur lvl 27

 

[Griffinbane]

OHMIGOSH. I did it. I finally finished that accursed bug monotype. Had to grind against the E4 in order to get decent exp but I still got pissed off at the rate of exp grind and death so I ended up slapping an exp. share onto Armaldo so it could hoard exp. Since it was my MVP and all. The others did well though. Except for maybe Beautifly. Darn Beautifly.

Drake gave me the most problems, so I had to hatch a plan to beat him. After a couple of tries, I finally managed to Baton Pass 2 Double Teams, 4 Speed Boosts, and 2 Swords Dance to Armaldo. Okay, I was playing chicken, but it worked. Armaldo was now fast and strong enough to OHKO everything except for Flygon. Meh, Flygon. Armaldo managed to get a boost from AncientPower too. Heh.

I did the same thing with Wallace too, except with less boosts. Wailord was getting dangerous. This time, the problem was that Armaldo didn't have any moves left but Metal Cla.... oh. Shoot. I forgot about Slash's existence. Meh, too late now. Powered through everything but Whiscash who managed to kill my Armaldo. I had to do a lot of swapping between attacking, throwing up Light Screen and reviving the dead before I could kill the stupid thing, because Wallace used FOUR full restores on the thing. Bleh.

Final team:

Spoiler:

Beautifly Lv. 58
Giga Drain|Morning Sun|Silver Wind|Shadow Ball

Ninjask Lv. 58
Slash|Baton Pass|Double Team|Swords Dance

Dustox Lv. 58
Psybeam|Light Screen|Silver Wind|Moonlight

Armaldo Lv. 67 (You read that right.)
Earthquake|Metal Claw|Slash|AncientPower

Oh. And I started a flying monotype on FireRed. I'LL GET THE NORMAL RUN DONE EVENTUALLY! >_> /flees

 

[WarriorCat]

I finished all of my games, I had a lot of fun with fire types, but I will never try to beat Crasher Wake with a fire type EVER AGAIN.

I'm too lazy to put much detail, also it would be a huge post, so I'm just going to post my final teams for each game. :P

Platinum:

Spoiler:

Infernape Lv.59
- Flamethrower
- Brick Break
- Rock Slide
- Poison Jab

Magmortar Lv.61
- Flamethrower
- Thunderbolt
- Psychic
- Focus Blast

Houndoom Lv.58
- Flamethrower
- Shadow Ball
- Sludge Bomb
- Dark Pulse

Flareon Lv.60
- Fire Fang
- Dig
- Return
- Iron Tail

Black(After beating Alder):

Spoiler:

Emboar Lv.75
- Flare Blitz
- Poison Jab
- Brick Break
- Rock Slide

Darmanitan Lv.75
- Fire Punch
- Brick Break
- Dig
- Rock Slide

Chandelure Lv.76
- Shadow Ball
- Fire Blast
- Hyper Beam
- Solarbeam

Crystal:

Spoiler:

Typhlosion Lv.68
- Flamethrower
- Thunderpunch
- Fury Cutter(this can be way more helpful than you would think)
- Iron Tail

Arcanine Lv.67
- Flamethrower
- Dragonbreath
- Dig
- Extremespeed

*SHINY* Magmar Lv. 68
- Fire Punch
- Thunderpunch
- Strength
- Dizzy Punch

Also, to NecrumWarrior, I am expecting a SuperCard DSTWO in a few days, and they can play GBA games, so can you add Emerald to my challenger list thingy when you update again, I'll do Emerald when my Supercard comes in the mail. Thanks in advance. :D

 

[Crackin355]

And so I defeated Chuck. Took a while to write this since I had to wait a few hours until my sister stopped using the laptop.

~27/1/13~
-Traveled West
-Talked with Baoba
-Arrived at Olivine City
-Climbed the Lighthouse
-Talked with Jasmine
-Saved near the Ocean Routes

~28/1/13~
-Pulled out Totodile & Used it for Surf
-VS Trainer Eusine
--VS Drowzee: Silver Wind(x2) w/ Row
--VS Electrode: Dig(x2) w/ Timelord
--VS Haunter: Psybeam w/ Row
-VS Leader Chuck
--VS Primeape: Aerial Ace(x2) w/ Ceefore
--VS Poliwhirl: Wing Attack(x4) w/ Erza
-Obtained the Storm Badge

Team:

Row [BUTTERFREE] Lv30 (F)
HP:78/ATK:39/DEF:49/Sp.A:61/Sp.D:56/SPD:50
Relaxed Nature @Charti Berry
CompoundEyes
-Gust
-Sleep Powder
-Silver Wind
-Psybeam

Timelord [ARIADOS] Lv30 (M)
HP:87/ATK:62/DEF:53/Sp.A:50/Sp.D:52/SPD:39
Calm Nature @Soothe Bell
Insomnia
-Dig
-Leech Life
-Night Shade
-Sucker Punch

Ceefore [HERACROSS] Lv29 (F)
HP:92/ATK:85/DEF:53/Sp.A:32/Sp.D:63/SPD:70
Jolly Nature @Charti Berry
Swarm
-Shadow Claw
-Rock Tomb
-Aerial Ace
-Brick Break

Erza [SCIZOR] Lv29 (F)
HP:92/ATK:89/DEF:71/Sp.A:42/Sp.D:67/SPD:42
Sassy Nature @Charti Berry
Technician
-Pursuit
-Wing Attack
-U-Turn
-Metal Claw

Suzy [YANMA] Lv29 (F)
HP:82/ATK:49/DEF:28/Sp.A:63/Sp.D:38/SPD:67
Mild Nature @Charti Berry
Speed Boost
-Detect
-Shadow Ball
-Uproar
-Roost

Next I play Sapphire and beat Watt

 

[Pekin]

I'm currently traveling and living the life of a backpacker/tourist in various countries, so the time I have to play Pokémon is a bit limited - anyway, here follows the second update of my Flying-type Ultimate Monotype Challenge!

After making it through Viridian Forest with ease, (Spearow, you go girl) I trained Charmander up till the point where he learns Metal Claw, thinking that would be enough to take down Brock. Boy, was I wrong. I challenged him twice and lost horribly, thanks to his Rock Tomb. I proceeded to evolve Charmander, but still no success. It wasn't until then I figured I'd have to adjust my strategy - so I tried again, and this time on, I focused on lowering Onix' attack, so his Rock Tombs would be weakened, and Charmeleon was actually able to survive several hits, before eventually taking him out with Metal Claw.
Lesson learned: I've never had this much trouble with Brock, and I took the victory for granted. I will (hopefully) never make the same mistake again. Okay, well, I probably will.

Team so far:

*pokemonelite2000 image removed*
Charmeleon // Male // Modest // Blaze
Lv. 17
- Ember
- Growl
- Scratch
- Metal Claw

"image removed"
Butterfree // Female // Modest // Compoundeyes
Lv. 11
- Tackle
- String Shot
- Harden
- Confusion

"image removed"
Spearow // Female // Adamant // Keen Eye
Lv. 10
- Peck
- Growl
- Leer

 

[masaru3]

Took a break from the current wifi tournament and progressed a bit on my water monotype challenge (firered)

Spoiler:

-Got my bike, finally :D
-Went through the cycling road and my Horsea evolved into Seadra.
-Arrived to Fuschia and going to the Safari zone, to catch some more water types
-Caught a Seaking (lol, one of my least favorite pogeymans)
-And a Goldeen too. Just because.
-Got a Psyduck. YAY!
-Got surf and put it on Seadra.
-Got strength and taught it to Gyarados. Byebye Tackle xD
-Got the good rod and went back to the safari zone to catch a Poliwag.
-Beat Koga and Seadra got a few levels.
-Flew to Pallet and surfed south to Cinnabar. Caught a Tentacool on my way there.
-That awkward moment when you realize you should have picked LeafGreen instead of FireRed because of... Staryu and Slowpoke.
-Got to Cinnabar and got Kabuto.
-Trained the kabuto a bit in the seas east of Cinnabar
-Went to the mansion to train it a bit more. Damn those pursuit raticates.
-Almost at Kabutops, I got the Secret Key and got to the Gym. Should be easy.
-Got the Volcano Badge
-Went to the three islands and decided to surf. Got to mount ember and there my kabuto evolved into kabutops.
-Finished the miniquest and now I'll be heading to Saffron City... Once I figure out how to get there, that is...

New badges (6/8)

Buddies:

(that sad moment when you realize that you don't get waterfall until after the elite 4)

 

[Moza]

Username: Moza
Type: Grass
Challenge: Single
Game(s): Diamond

Part 1:

Walked into the tall grass; got attacked by a Starly. Picked up my Turtwig.

Got to Sandgem town, Rowan allowed me to keep my precious Turtwig.
Got the Pokedex
Found Mark (my rival) and gave him the parcel.

Current team:

*pokemonelite2000 image removed*

Tackle
Withdrawl

 

[Crystar500]

Hi everyone! Right now I'm working on patches for FireRed which when finished, will make Monotype runs simpler, a little more difficult and more interesting. Anyway...

Username: Crystar500
Type: Fire
Challenge: Single
Game: Black