Points and Scoring
Ways to score points:
Bingos:
Straight line (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) (5 prompts) - 1 prompt per submission, 5 submissions
for example:
combat scenarios
forced soulbonding
homelessness
fear of heights
de-age (mental)
toothache
ritual sacrifice
telepathy (always there, but sudden trauma)
mpreg - difficult pregnancy
dungeons
agoraphobia
hallucinations
WILD CARD
alcoholism
slaves (sexual)
forced marriage
eating disorders
seizures
loss of limbs / limb function
multiple personalities: sudden onset
possession / mind control
sexual extortion: to protect someone else
heat stroke
insomnia
chronic illness
(five stories answering the prompts: agoraphobia, hallucinations, torture for the wild card, alcoholism, slaves)
or
hostages
alcoholism
combat scenarios
burns
slaves (regular)
septicemia / infected wounds
multiple personalities: always there
electrocution
pneumonia
pining: confession in desperate situation
spinal injury
panic attacks
WILD CARD
loss of vision
unwanted superpower (sudden onset)
muscle strains and spasms
brain damage
counseling / therapy
sexual extortion: to pay for something
orphans and runaways
caught in a robbery
claustrophobia
rape / recovery
ritual sacrifice
homesickness
(five stories answering the prompts: hostages, multiple personalities, drowning for the wild card, sexual extortion, homesickness)
note that the line doesn't have to go through the central square unless it's diagonal.
Crosses: X or + (2 diagonals or crossing straight lines through the center) (9 prompts) - 1 prompt per submission, 9 submissions
for example:
alcoholism
hostages
unexpected consequences of planned soulbonding
undercover: having to participate in illegal / hurtful activity
vampires: fresh bite / first transformation
sexual extortion: to keep a secret (adult)
insomnia
cursed
pining: confession in desperate situation
kidnapping
torture
cages
WILD CARD
self-harm
motion sickness
major illness
driven to insanity
combat scenarios
wings (sudden onset)
loss of job / income
earth blowing up, escaping to space
experiments by evil scientists
brain damage
severe / life-threatening illness
spinal injury
(nine stories answering the prompts: unexpected consequences of planning soulbonding, cursed, torture, cages, claustrophobia for the wild card square, self-harm, motion sickness, combat scenarios, brain damage)
or:
blood loss
surprise sexswap
bullying
pneumonia
slaves (sexual)
lacerations / knife wounds
earth blowing up, escaping to space
fallen angels
strippers
forced soulbonding
major illness
poltergeist
WILD CARD
sore muscles
counseling / therapy
loss of vision
broken bone
nightmares
brain damage
loss of job / income
domestic abuse (emotional)
brainwashing / deprogramming
mpreg - difficult pregnancy
alcoholism
homesickness
(nine stories answering the prompts: blood loss, slaves, earth blowing up, strippers, loss of vision for the wild card, broken bone, brain damage, domestic abuse, homesickness)
Border (all outside squares) (16 prompts) - 1 prompt per submission, 16 submissions
for example:
nightmares
nausea
werewolves: accidental mating for life w/ inappropriate person
mpreg - difficult pregnancy
wings (sudden onset)
drowning
unexpected consequences of planned soulbonding
amnesia
insomnia
broken bone
fear of flying
fear of clowns
WILD CARD
werewolves: separated from the pack
lacerations / knife wounds
ghosts and hauntings
domestic abuse (physical)
social phobia
headaches
domestic abuse (emotional)
abandonment issues
dungeons
multiple personalities: always there
loss of voice
coma
(sixteen stories answering the prompts: nightmares, nausea, werevolves: accidental mating for life, mpreg - difficult pregnancy, winsh (sudden onset), drowning, broken bone, fear of flying, lacerations/knife wounds, ghosts and hauntings, domestic abuse (emotional), abandonment issues, dungeons, multiple personalities, loss of voice, coma)
Envelope (all outside squares and X through the center) (21 prompts) - 1 prompt per submission, 21 submissions
for example:
child abuse (emotional)
fever / delirium
depression
werewolves: fresh bite / first transformation
loss of hearing
loss of vision
alcoholism
lacerations / knife wounds
tentacles
monophobia (fear of being alone)
hostages
sexual extortion: to keep a secret (high school)
WILD CARD
counseling / therapy
burns
grief
rape / recovery
accidents
disappearing
bodyguards
post-traumatic stress disorder
werewolves: separated from the pack
sexual extortion: to keep a secret (adult)
headaches
earth blowing up, escaping to space
(twenty one stories answering the prompts: child abuse (emotional), fever/delirium, depression, werewolves: fresh bite, loss of hearing, loss of vision, alcoholism, tentacles, monophobia, hostages, asphyxiation for the wild card, burns, grief, rape/recovery, disappearing, bodyguards, post-traumatic stress disorder, werewolves: separated from the pack, sexual extortion, headaches, earth blowing up)
Blackout (all squares) (25 prompts) - 1 prompt per submission, 25 submissions
for example:
severe / life-threatening illness
undercover: forced to hurt your partner
surprise sexswap
abandonment issues
claustrophobia
loss of vision
muscle strains and spasms
slaves (regular)
monophobia (fear of being alone)
nausea
body hatred
broken bone
WILD CARD
stigmata
cuddling for warmth / snowed in
zombie apocalypse
eating disorders
body dysmorphic disorder
fear of heights
panic attacks
post-apocalypse
lacerations / knife wounds
forced marriage
werewolves: silver poisoning
cages
(twenty-five stories answering all prompts on the card).
After you've finished with your bings, you can do
Extras
Doubles (2 straight lines) (10 prompts) - 2 prompts per submission, 5 submissions
Double means writing five stories, each of them covers two adjoining prompts from parallel lines. for example:
falling
poisoning
caught in a robbery
exhaustion
severe / life-threatening illness
fear of clowns
violence
vampires: sun burn or poisoning
disappearing
burns
motion sickness
broken bones
WILD CARD
captivity
mpreg - difficult pregnancy
sensory deprivation
blood loss
homelessness
isolation / accidentally locked in
depression
rape / recovery
plane crash
build-up of job-related trauma
hunger / starvation
de-age (mental)
(five stories: the one where severely exhausted character by mistake poisons themselves with something, the one where after a violent attack a character disappears and is presumed dead, the one where a character is locked up somewhere without any contact and has to deal with blood loss, the one where the character is captured because they broke their leg and couldn't escape, and then one where character whose plane crashed is starving on the uninhabited island. and so on)
Postage stamp (2x2 square) (4 prompts) - 4 prompts per submission, 1 submission
The postage stamp is a story that combines four adjoing prompts in the square. For example:
tentacles
arachnaphobia
vampires: fresh bite / first transformation
ghosts and hauntings
eating disorders
kidnapping
septicemia / infected wounds
cages
hookers
fear of clowns
abandonment issues
possession / mind control
WILD CARD
undercover: discovered and hurt
homelessness
headaches
bodyguards
werewolves: separated from the pack
detached retina
agoraphobia
sex pollen
unwanted superpower (sudden onset)
accidents
insanity (always there)
burns
(a story where character a is a bodyguard for character b, whose newly-acquired telepathy is giving them terrible headaches. character b is pining for character a, and at some point their power spirals out of control, forcing character a to experience strong desire for them, and afterwards they deal with the fallout together. or something like this).
Points per combination
Bingo: straight line: 250 points
Bingo: x or +: 450 points
Bingo: border: 800 points
Bingo: envelope: 1050 points
Bingo: blackout: 1250 points
Extra: postage stamp: 350 points
Extra: doubles: 550 points
Bingos:
Straight line (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) (5 prompts) - 1 prompt per submission, 5 submissions
for example:
combat scenarios
forced soulbonding
homelessness
fear of heights
de-age (mental)
toothache
ritual sacrifice
telepathy (always there, but sudden trauma)
mpreg - difficult pregnancy
dungeons
agoraphobia
hallucinations
WILD CARD
alcoholism
slaves (sexual)
forced marriage
eating disorders
seizures
loss of limbs / limb function
multiple personalities: sudden onset
possession / mind control
sexual extortion: to protect someone else
heat stroke
insomnia
chronic illness
(five stories answering the prompts: agoraphobia, hallucinations, torture for the wild card, alcoholism, slaves)
or
hostages
alcoholism
combat scenarios
burns
slaves (regular)
septicemia / infected wounds
multiple personalities: always there
electrocution
pneumonia
pining: confession in desperate situation
spinal injury
panic attacks
WILD CARD
loss of vision
unwanted superpower (sudden onset)
muscle strains and spasms
brain damage
counseling / therapy
sexual extortion: to pay for something
orphans and runaways
caught in a robbery
claustrophobia
rape / recovery
ritual sacrifice
homesickness
(five stories answering the prompts: hostages, multiple personalities, drowning for the wild card, sexual extortion, homesickness)
note that the line doesn't have to go through the central square unless it's diagonal.
Crosses: X or + (2 diagonals or crossing straight lines through the center) (9 prompts) - 1 prompt per submission, 9 submissions
for example:
alcoholism
hostages
unexpected consequences of planned soulbonding
undercover: having to participate in illegal / hurtful activity
vampires: fresh bite / first transformation
sexual extortion: to keep a secret (adult)
insomnia
cursed
pining: confession in desperate situation
kidnapping
torture
cages
WILD CARD
self-harm
motion sickness
major illness
driven to insanity
combat scenarios
wings (sudden onset)
loss of job / income
earth blowing up, escaping to space
experiments by evil scientists
brain damage
severe / life-threatening illness
spinal injury
(nine stories answering the prompts: unexpected consequences of planning soulbonding, cursed, torture, cages, claustrophobia for the wild card square, self-harm, motion sickness, combat scenarios, brain damage)
or:
blood loss
surprise sexswap
bullying
pneumonia
slaves (sexual)
lacerations / knife wounds
earth blowing up, escaping to space
fallen angels
strippers
forced soulbonding
major illness
poltergeist
WILD CARD
sore muscles
counseling / therapy
loss of vision
broken bone
nightmares
brain damage
loss of job / income
domestic abuse (emotional)
brainwashing / deprogramming
mpreg - difficult pregnancy
alcoholism
homesickness
(nine stories answering the prompts: blood loss, slaves, earth blowing up, strippers, loss of vision for the wild card, broken bone, brain damage, domestic abuse, homesickness)
Border (all outside squares) (16 prompts) - 1 prompt per submission, 16 submissions
for example:
nightmares
nausea
werewolves: accidental mating for life w/ inappropriate person
mpreg - difficult pregnancy
wings (sudden onset)
drowning
unexpected consequences of planned soulbonding
amnesia
insomnia
broken bone
fear of flying
fear of clowns
WILD CARD
werewolves: separated from the pack
lacerations / knife wounds
ghosts and hauntings
domestic abuse (physical)
social phobia
headaches
domestic abuse (emotional)
abandonment issues
dungeons
multiple personalities: always there
loss of voice
coma
(sixteen stories answering the prompts: nightmares, nausea, werevolves: accidental mating for life, mpreg - difficult pregnancy, winsh (sudden onset), drowning, broken bone, fear of flying, lacerations/knife wounds, ghosts and hauntings, domestic abuse (emotional), abandonment issues, dungeons, multiple personalities, loss of voice, coma)
Envelope (all outside squares and X through the center) (21 prompts) - 1 prompt per submission, 21 submissions
for example:
child abuse (emotional)
fever / delirium
depression
werewolves: fresh bite / first transformation
loss of hearing
loss of vision
alcoholism
lacerations / knife wounds
tentacles
monophobia (fear of being alone)
hostages
sexual extortion: to keep a secret (high school)
WILD CARD
counseling / therapy
burns
grief
rape / recovery
accidents
disappearing
bodyguards
post-traumatic stress disorder
werewolves: separated from the pack
sexual extortion: to keep a secret (adult)
headaches
earth blowing up, escaping to space
(twenty one stories answering the prompts: child abuse (emotional), fever/delirium, depression, werewolves: fresh bite, loss of hearing, loss of vision, alcoholism, tentacles, monophobia, hostages, asphyxiation for the wild card, burns, grief, rape/recovery, disappearing, bodyguards, post-traumatic stress disorder, werewolves: separated from the pack, sexual extortion, headaches, earth blowing up)
Blackout (all squares) (25 prompts) - 1 prompt per submission, 25 submissions
for example:
severe / life-threatening illness
undercover: forced to hurt your partner
surprise sexswap
abandonment issues
claustrophobia
loss of vision
muscle strains and spasms
slaves (regular)
monophobia (fear of being alone)
nausea
body hatred
broken bone
WILD CARD
stigmata
cuddling for warmth / snowed in
zombie apocalypse
eating disorders
body dysmorphic disorder
fear of heights
panic attacks
post-apocalypse
lacerations / knife wounds
forced marriage
werewolves: silver poisoning
cages
(twenty-five stories answering all prompts on the card).
After you've finished with your bings, you can do
Extras
Doubles (2 straight lines) (10 prompts) - 2 prompts per submission, 5 submissions
Double means writing five stories, each of them covers two adjoining prompts from parallel lines. for example:
falling
poisoning
caught in a robbery
exhaustion
severe / life-threatening illness
fear of clowns
violence
vampires: sun burn or poisoning
disappearing
burns
motion sickness
broken bones
WILD CARD
captivity
mpreg - difficult pregnancy
sensory deprivation
blood loss
homelessness
isolation / accidentally locked in
depression
rape / recovery
plane crash
build-up of job-related trauma
hunger / starvation
de-age (mental)
(five stories: the one where severely exhausted character by mistake poisons themselves with something, the one where after a violent attack a character disappears and is presumed dead, the one where a character is locked up somewhere without any contact and has to deal with blood loss, the one where the character is captured because they broke their leg and couldn't escape, and then one where character whose plane crashed is starving on the uninhabited island. and so on)
Postage stamp (2x2 square) (4 prompts) - 4 prompts per submission, 1 submission
The postage stamp is a story that combines four adjoing prompts in the square. For example:
tentacles
arachnaphobia
vampires: fresh bite / first transformation
ghosts and hauntings
eating disorders
kidnapping
septicemia / infected wounds
cages
hookers
fear of clowns
abandonment issues
possession / mind control
WILD CARD
undercover: discovered and hurt
homelessness
headaches
bodyguards
werewolves: separated from the pack
detached retina
agoraphobia
sex pollen
unwanted superpower (sudden onset)
accidents
insanity (always there)
burns
(a story where character a is a bodyguard for character b, whose newly-acquired telepathy is giving them terrible headaches. character b is pining for character a, and at some point their power spirals out of control, forcing character a to experience strong desire for them, and afterwards they deal with the fallout together. or something like this).
Points per combination
Bingo: straight line: 250 points
Bingo: x or +: 450 points
Bingo: border: 800 points
Bingo: envelope: 1050 points
Bingo: blackout: 1250 points
Extra: postage stamp: 350 points
Extra: doubles: 550 points