A while back, I had this idea for a fandom bingo game inspired by hipster bingo, and with the help of my brilliant brainstorming livejournal friendslist designed one. Below is a thumbnail of the game board; click for full size.



The game's played in chat or on livejournal, anywhere you hang out with fellow fen online, and it's perfectly simple. You just print out a card, choose an archive, and pull up fics at random. As you read, every time you see a fandom convention/cliche listed on your card, mark off the square, and the first one to get five in a row wins a mutually-agreed-upon forfeit from her fellow players. Be sure to keep track of the fics you read so you can prove your victory, and do try to keep to fics you haven't already read. Nobody likes a cheater, you know.

Also, please note that just because you've written a fic that contains these elements, it does not mean I don't think it's good--and I've written some of them myself, okay? No, really, fandom cliches in the right hands are a delight to read, man.

More cards to come, maybe, and, you know, possibly the flamewar version and the badfic version. Oh, you know you want them.