Bingo cards

[hhimring]

Are you making any?
Have you submitted prompts for any?
Are you thinking about which cards you will claim when the time comes?

Comments

[dawn_felagund]

Here's how I'd strategize that:

First, I'd make sure the ten cards I choose have as many of the 75 possible numbers as I could.

Next, I'd choose cards that cover a range of categories, i.e., where multiple prompts could be written into a single fanwork with relative ease. For example, if I claim both the Family Affairs and Rare Women Characters cards and B2 is called, that number appears on both cards. However, on Family Affairs, the prompt is "Rosie/Elanor" and on Rare Women, the prompt is "Meleth of Gondolin." It's going to be really hard to write those two into a single fanwork! :D (This may bother some people less because they have time to create multiple fanworks a day or are using a format, like a ficlet or sketch, that is more conducive to multiple fanworks, but if you're doing a longer story or a format like artwork, or you just don't have the time to commit to multiple fanworks each day [or to create each day at all <--me], how well your cards work together is something you might keep in mind.)

On the other hand, if I chose, say, the Rare Women card and the Emotions 2 card, my prompts for B2 would be "Meleth of Gondolin" and "desire." It'd be much easier to create a single fanwork that uses both of those! :D

Also, brief appearance of the mod hat to offer the friendly reminder that only 10 cards are claimed for gameplay. If a prompt is called on a card that you didn't claim, but you want to write for the prompt, you're more than welcome to do so, including posting it on the B2MeM community, AO3 collection, SWG challenge, etc! You just can't win bingo on that card, since you haven't claimed it. So another thing to keep in mind is whether you want to write for all or most of the prompts on a card. If it's just a handful catching your fancy, that might be a card to let go and tackle those prompts outside of gameplay if they happen to come up. *mod hat off*

[narya_flame]

Thank you :D

I am going to choose ten or fewer for gameplay (somehow!) but I'm not too fussed about winning, so I'll keep an eye on a few others and if inspiration strikes, go for it.