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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.

🎄 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.

🎄 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.

🎄 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.

🎄 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.

🎄 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.

The Royal Oath 📯

The voices of kings rise together, commanding you toward the Heart.

Task: Read a book set in a castle or palace.

The Tomorrow Page ⏳

The Codex flashes, showing a tower that exists in every possible tomorrow.

Task: Read a dystopian or futuristic book.

The Bloom of Poison 🥀

The poisonous flower wilts, but new buds open.

The Serpent Vine 🐍

Prompt: Read a book featuring snakes, dragons, or serpents.
Outcome: A vine coils around your wrist like a living serpent.

The Healer’s Root 🌱

Prompt: Read a book where healing or medicine is important.
Outcome: The poisonous bloom transforms into a glowing herb.

The Forbidden Tome 📕

The forbidden book thrums — it repeats one word endlessly: Tower.

Task: Read a book that has been banned, challenged, or controversial.

The Garden of Echoes 🌿

Roots coil up the walls, flowers bloom in strange patterns, and vines shift as if alive. Every leaf seems to murmur words you almost understand.

The Bloom of Poison 🥀

Prompt: Read a book with a poisonous flower, herb, or dangerous plant in the story.
Outcome: A flower drips venom onto the soil, its petals opening toward you like teeth.

The Singing Tree 🌳

Prompt: Read a book with a tree or forest as an important element.
Outcome: A massive tree hums a mournful song, its branches forming a path deeper inside.

📸The Victim


The body has been identified: Javier Rivas, 34, newlywed.
Last seen at the pool bar the night before—laughing, drinking, charming everyone as usual.
Now, he’s gone, and his wife Camila can barely speak.
Some say he slipped.
Others are certain it wasn’t an accident.

🕵️‍♀️Tasks:
1. Read a book where a man dies
2. Read a book with an unreliable narrator or shifting perspectives
3. Read a book with tension between lovers or spouses

📸 Investigation: Juliette St. Clair


Juliette’s account went dark the morning after the murder.
No stories. No posts. No selfies.
When asked why, she just scoffed and said, “Even I have limits.”
But it’s what she didn’t say that raised suspicions.

🗣️ Interrogation Snippet:
“Javier was an ass,” Juliette snaps. “Everyone knows that. He hit on me three times before dinner and told me Camila was ‘fragile’—like she wasn’t even real.”

She sighs, rubbing her temples. “Yeah, I was near the pool. We argued. He said he saw one of my livestreams and it ‘made him look bad.’ Whatever that means. I left before things got worse.”

Then she looks up, dead serious. “You should check his phone. He had secrets. Trust me.”

📚Tasks:
1. Read a book featuring drama or rivalry
2. Read a book with a morally grey character
3. Read a book where technology or social media plays a role in the plot

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Catch the Killer!
Now is your time to reveal the culprit.
If you have a good feeling about who did it, please send me a DM with the name. Please do not post your answer in this thread.
If you'd like an extra clue, please let me know which of the following you'd like to buy. Please make sure you have enough points in your point account to buy the clue. I will send the clue via DM.

Extra Clues
- Diary Entry (encoded): 10 points
- Logic Grid Puzzle: 15 points
- Sudoku: 20 points
- Security Camera Footage: 30 points

So far I couldn't get a hold of the book, but I'm trying!

The Blank Chapter 📝

The empty pages whisper: “Write the future.”

The Author’s Pen ✒️

Prompt: Read a book by a debut author.
Outcome: The page fills with fresh ink — a story no one has read before.

The Tomorrow Page ⏳

Prompt: Read a book set in the future.
Outcome: The book flickers with visions of what is yet to come.