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🎄 December Bingo Swap Challenge



Sign-ups close on November 25th.
The challenge is open-ended.

The Challenge

1. Sign up: Comment here to join. I will create a challenge thread for you.

2. Task Draw: I will randomly draw 25 tasks from the master list of 100 prompts for each player and send it via DM.

3. The Swap: From your 25 tasks, choose 5 to keep for yourself. Divide the remaining 20 into 4 blocks of 5 tasks each. These blocks will be “gifted” to other players. In return, you will receive 4 blocks of 5 tasks chosen for you by other players.
The deadline for sending me your choices is November 30th. If you haven't sent anything until then, I will decide for you.

4. Your Bingo Card: Your final Bingo card will be 25 tasks total: 5 you kept and 20 you received from other participants. The tasks are arranged into a 5x5 Bingo board.

5. Scoring:
Completing a task: 2 points
Bingo (5 in a row, column, or diagonal): 5 points each (up to 12 possible: 5 horizontal, 5 vertical, 2 diagonal)
Blackout (all 25 tasks completed): 20 points

You may complete tasks in any order.
Each book can only be used for one task.
No skips, but creativity in interpretation is allowed (if in doubt, check with me in the Q&A thread).

6. Completion Posts:
Please make a completion post in your thread using this template:

Task:
Book/Author:
Date completed:
Task:
How it fits:

7. Tracking Points:
If you don't have a personal point account thread yet, request one here.

Your bingo board:

1 [] 6 [] 11 [] 16 [] 21 []
2 [] 7 [] 12 [] 17 [] 22 []
3 [] 8 [] 13 [] 18 [] 23 []
4 [] 9 [] 14 [] 19 [] 24 []
5 [] 10 [] 15 [] 20 [] 25 []

Tasks:

Chosen by you:
1 A book between 150–300 pages
2 A book set in a big city
3 A book with a person or silhouette on the cover
4 A book published in the last 5 years
5 A book published in the 20th century (1900–1999)

Gift from KayLynn:
6 A book with a multi-colored cover
7 A book published in the year you were born
8 A book set during a holiday (any holiday)
9 A book with a place name in the title
10 A book you think you can read in one sitting

Gift from Melanie:
11 A book with a non-human main character
12 A poetry collection
13 A classic (published before 1970)
14 A book set in a small town
15 A book published in the same month as your birthday

Gift from Fiona:
16 A book published in the decade you were a teenager
17 A book by an author with the same first initial as you
18 A book that features a letter, diary, or journal
19 A book with siblings as main characters
20 A book by an author with a three-word name

Gift from Nistha:
21 A book with weapons on the cover
22 A book with a white cover
23 A book with a one-word title
24 A book set in a foreign country (outside your own)
25 A book that includes a map