Potluck Bingo

SWG Potluck Bingo challenge banner - photo of a slate cutting board with the chalk text "Potluck Bingo SWG Challenge Nov 15 2024- Jan 15 2025"

As the year draws to a close, we gather with friends and share memories and gifts and, of course, a good meal. And there’s nothing like a potluck to make sure there’s something for everyone! 

For our last challenge of 2024, we’re offering Potluck Bingo. We hope to have a smorgasbord of bingo cards made by you prompting a delectable spread of fanworks, with something to suit all tastes. (The mods will contribute a few boards to get things started. But as with any potluck, the more, the merrier!)

Board Making & Submission (Begins November 1)

Templates are available to make it as simple as possible to create a board:

Canva

PSD

Text-only prompt list

You may submit as many boards as you choose, and there is no deadline aside from the challenge deadline of January 15. There is no restriction on board themes.

If you don’t have time to make a board, we also have a form open from November 1 - 8 to submit prompts that someone else can turn into a board. Form submissions are limited to 1 per person. (You are also free to team up and collaborate with other SWG members directly.) The window to submit prompts through the form isn’t very long, but that’s to give the boardmakers sufficient time to work their magic.

Prompt sets submitted through the form will be available for potential boardmakers to view and pick from. If you are interested, let the mods know and we will share the link where you can view the form submissions and claim a prompt set to make a board for.

Boardmakers, we ask that you do the following:

  • If you choose to make a board from scratch rather than use the templates, please keep the dimensions roughly 575 x 865 pixels, with a portrait orientation.
  • Submit a plain text list of the prompts along with your board—we provide a text-only version for every board for accessibility. (There is a text-only prompt list template also. Note that links, hexadecimal color codes, etc can be given as part of the text!)
  • If submitting a NSFW board,  let the mods know so we can mark it appropriately.
  • Finished boards should be submitted to moderator@silmarillionwritersguild.org

Bingo

Play begins November 15, when all boards received up to that date will be available on the challenge page. After November 15, we will continue to add boards as they are submitted. You are free to play any board—you are not required to play your own. You may also play as many boards as you want. And of course, you’re free to combine prompts from different boards.

We will not be pulling numbers—there is no daily prompt. Pick your board, and see what prompt(s) on the board spark something.

Commenters, you’re not left out of the bingo fun. There will be a few comment challenge boards to play. (Possibly more than a few if our boardmakers decide to run with it …)

As there will be many different boards in play, both creators and commenters will need to notify the mods when stamps are needed for bingo (horizontal, vertical, diagonal, or card blackout). You can reach us on Tumblr, DW, Discord, or using the contact form. We will have a special stamp for anyone who plays multiple boards. There will NOT be a stamp for playing all boards, as past experience suggests there could be quite a few.

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Prompts

Choose your prompt from the collection below.

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ColorfulColorful Bingo card. Text prompts given below the image

Board by Grundy   
Colorful prompts:

B1 - scarlet #FD0E35      
B2 - vermilion #E34234      
B3 - crimson #DC143C      
B4 - madder #CC3336      
B5 - ruby #9B111E

I1 - Goldenrod #DAA520      
I2 - Canary #FFFF99      
I3 - Lemon #FFF700      
I4 - Amber #FFBF00      
I5 - Mustard #FFDB58

N1 - Emerald #50C878      
N2 - Celadon #ACE1AF      
N3 - FREE SPACE      
N4 - Olive #808000      
N5 - Pistachio #93C572

G1 - Teal #008080      
G2 - Aquamarine #7FFFD4      
G3 - Cerulean #007BA7      
G4 - Cornflower #6495ED      
G5 - Midnight #191970

O1 - Violet #8F00FF      
O2 - Wisteria #C9A0DC      
O3 - Lavender #B57EDC      
O4 - Mulberry #C54B8C      
O5 - Fuchsia #FF00FF

Comment Bingo (for commenters who want to play bingo too!)Comment Bingo card. Text prompts given below the image

Board by Grundy   
Comment Bingo Prompts:

Be they...      
B1 - Men      
B2 - Dwarves      
B3 - Elves      
B4 - Ainur      
B5 - Orcs

It's a      
I1 - Rec List      
I2 - Podfic      
I3 - Playlist or Music      
I4 - Poem      
I5 - Fixed-length Fic

New to you      
N1 - Creator      
N2 - Genre      
N3 - FREE SPACE      
N4 - Art      
N5 - Age or Location

Genre      
G1 - Fluff      
G2 - Crack      
G3 - AU      
G4 - Meta/Non-fiction      
G5 - Crossover

Older works      
O1 - a challenge response before 2023      
O2 - posted before 2017      
O3 - complete before 2024      
O4 - posted for the Jubilee      
O5 - creator hasn't posted in the past year

Eat, Drink, & Be MerryEat, Drink, & Be Merry Bingo card. Text prompts given below the image

Board by Grundy Eat, Drink, & Be Merry prompts:

(All prompts are mentioned in the legendarium.)

B1 - bread      
B2 - butter      
B3 - cheese      
B4 - eggs      
B5 - bacon

I1 - water      
I2 - milk      
I3 - tea      
I4 - coffee      
I5 - cream

N1 - salad      
N2 - potatoes      
N3 - FREE SPACE (photo of Merry Brandybuck)      
N4 - mushrooms      
N5 - green herbs

G1 - beer      
G2 - ale      
G3 - wine      
G4 - porter      
G5 - mead

O1 - seed-cake      
O2 - scones      
O3 - apple tart      
O4 - biscuits      
O5 - honey

Femslash & LyricsFemslash & Lyrics Bingo card. Text prompts given below the image

Board by Elleth      
Femslash & Lyrics prompts:

B1 - Say that the wind won't change on us      
B2 - If I was Atlantis and you were the sea      
B3 - I've left signs but you take no notice      
B4 - When we die we will die with our arms unbound      
B5 - Now three of us here lie

I1 - Towards your eyes, so full of paradise      
I2 - And should I stray in the dark night alone      
I3 - Hiding in the rose petals      
I4 - Grace and whisky on your breath      
I5 - On this harbor shore we hear the ocean call

N1 - We did not give up on love today      
N2 - I've done this many times before      
N3 - FREE SPACE      
N4 - Look to the sky with care, my love      
N5 - And she unfastens all the fear

G1 - The cracks in the stained glass almost disappear      
G2 - We were always forget-me-nots      
G3 - I was filled with such a longing to be with you in the dark      
G4 - Your fingers tender find my secrets      
G5 - Be my asleep-at-last

O1 - Just don't waste it - this was not a mistake      
O2 - Feathers in their hair, dust on their tongue      
O3 - Lights hum in the grey like her breath will someday      
O4 - An old world made new on the same holy ground      
O5 - She's been played just like a song

Four Words (Drabble Bingo)Four Words Bingo card. Text prompts given below the image

Board by Elleth      
Four Words prompts:

B1 - Riverbank, bone, silver, breath      
B2 - Defeated, jagged, icicle, close      
B3 - tree, origin, atmosphere, threaten      
B4 - reaction, excess, fossil, linger      
B5 - sweep, curtain, shadow, corruption

I1 - Crevice, enemy, pledge, restrain      
I2 - Vines, helmet, date, surprise      
I3 - Dominant, immune, awake, nebulous      
I4 - Lead, collar, chaos, grateful      
I5 - Earthquake, cultivate, disappear, firefly

N1 - Exchange, walk, end, bloom      
N2 - Timeless, vigil, flecked, heron      
N3 - FREE SPACE      
N4 - Diligent, steep, volatile, alive      
N5 - Guidance, language, temperate, stranger

G1 - Ahead, inn, lamplight, prince      
G2 - Roll, sculpture, flower, release      
G3 - Landscape, eavesdrop, copper, gravity      
G4 - Seafloor, stunning, runaway, surround      
G5 - Imminent, shady, deserving, lyrical

O1 - Ribbon, mirror, fortune, instinct      
O2 - Whole, tune, alive, losing      
O3 - Contrast, minimum, twilight, mother      
O4 - Bless, braid, raise, absence      
O5 - Unknown, colour, own, hold

From Tolkien's Verse (text only)

Board by Himring      
From Tolkien's Verse prompts:

B1 - gloomy hush of night      
B2 - a messenger, a mariner      
B3 - the Ship of the Moon      
B4 - of bellying sails      
B5 - tossing draperies

I1 - the hills are old      
I2 - a song for the ease of pain      
I3 - where the shadow flows      
I4 - swinging constellations bright      
I5 - the blue-spun twilit hours

N1 - kneeling without light      
N2 - porridge for his provender      
N3 - FREE SPACE      
N4 - daffodils among the ordered trees      
N5 - in a steam of gold

G1 - wealth of down and dales      
G2 - by weir and murmuring fall      
G3 - it whistled bitter-cold      
G4 - beyond the great sea-shadows      
G5 - white, hot and soundless

O1 - the winds have waned      
O2 - full of wandering beams of light      
O3 - my white and windy tower      
O4 - night is quiet and sleep is rest      
O5 - a tardy tribute

FluffyFluffy Bingo card. Text prompts given below the image

Board by DaughterofShadows      
Fluffy prompts:

B1 - Cuddles      
B2 - Pets      
B3 - On a Walk      
B4 - Being kind      
B5 - Shared Memories

I1 - Hot Chocolate      
I2 - Family Dinner      
I3 - Breakfast in bed      
I4 - Chaos      
I5 - Forehead Kiss

N1 - Reunion      
N2 - Hanging out      
N3 - FREE SPACE      
N4 - Laughter      
N5 - Blanket Fort

G1 - Games Night      
G2 - Best Friends Forever      
G3 - I love you      
G4 - Falling Asleep      
G5 - Holding Hands

O1 - Sleeping in      
O2 - Bonding Time      
O3 - Celebrations      
O4 - Arts & Crafts      
O5 - Comfort

Items and ObjectsItems and Objects Bingo card. Text prompts given below the image

Board by Elleth      
Items and Objects prompts:

B1 - the Tale-Fire (BoLT)      
B2 - Lembas/Coimas      
B3 - the Tapestries of Vairë      
B4 - the Púkel-Men statues in Brethil      
B5 - Belthronding

I1 - the Stone of the Hapless      
I2 - Illuin and Ormal      
I3 - Bough of Oiolairë      
I4 - Thrones of the Valar      
I5 - The Elessar

N1 - Lúthien's cloak of shadows      
N2 - the Book of Mazarbul      
N3 - FREE SPACE      
N4 - Dramborleg      
N5 - Alcarondas

G1 - the Horn of the Mark      
G2 - Nerdanel's statues      
G3 - Morgoth's iron crown      
G4 - the Palantíri      
G5 - Aeglos

O1 - fruit of Nimloth      
O2 - Fingon's banner      
O3 - The Blue Brooch from the Barrow Downs      
O4 - Aranrúth      
O5 - Telerin Swanships

Hanukkah (1)Hanukkah Bingo card. Text prompts given below the image

Board by Independence1776 and janeways   
Hanukkah (1) prompts:

B1 - Unexpected Victory     
B2 - Miracles     
B3 - From Generation to Generation     
B4 - Days of Old     
B5 - Legendary Heroes

I1 - Fried Foods     
I2 - Oil     
I3 - Candles or Lamps     
I4 - Jelly Donuts     
I5 - Flame

N1 - Resilience     
N2 - Strength     
N3 - Freedom     
N4 - Light     
N5 - Holiness

G1 - Gambling Games     
G2 - Gold Coins     
G3 - The Number 8     
G4 - Spinning Tops     
G5 - Hidden Messages

O1 - Minority Cultures     
O2 - Different Peoples, One Nation     
O3 - Faith     
O4 - Cultural Pride     
O5 - Rebuilding

Hanukkah (2)Hanukkah (2) Bingo card. Text prompts given below the image

Board by Independence1776 and janeways   
Hanukkah (2) prompts:

B1 - Miracles    
B2 - Unexpected Victory    
B3 - Flame    
B4 - Days of Old    
B5 - Learning in Secret

I1 - Fried Foods    
I2 - Strength    
I3 - Gold Coins    
I4 - Legendary Heroes    
I5 - Candles or Lamps

N1 - Gambling Games    
N2 - Resilience    
N3 - Freedom    
N4 - Cultural Pride    
N5 - Praise

G1 - Oil    
G2 - Different Peoples, One Nation    
G3 - The Number 8    
G4 - Rededication    
G5 - Spinning Tops

O1 - Jelly Donuts    
O2 - Minority Cultures    
O3 - From Generation to Generation    
O4 - Light    
O5 - In those days & at this time

Havens of SirionHavens of Sirion Bingo card. Text prompts given below the image

Board by Polutropos      
Havens of Sirion prompts:

B1 - Idril      
B2 - Exchange      
B3 - Ship-building      
B4 - [Image of a person casting a net from a small boat at sunset]      
B5 - Earendil

I1 - Flight      
I2 - [Image of a white crane (bird) standing in tall grasses]      
I3 - Ulmo      
I4 - Heroism      
I5 - Sea-longing

N1 - [Image of the sea-floor with sunlight breaking through the surface of the water]      
N2 - Refugee      
N3 - FREE SPACE      
N4 - Songs      
N5 - Protection

G1 - Histories      
G2 - Silmaril      
G3 - Secrecy      
G4 - Peredhil      
G5 - [Image of a forest of white beeches in autumn]

O1 - Elwing      
O2 - Exploration      
O3 - Despair      
O4 - Threat      
O5 - Tuor

HopefulHopeful Bingo card. Text prompts given below the image

Board by Elleth      
Hopeful prompts:

B1 - No theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me      
B2 - Amdir      
B3 - I will not say the day is done, nor bid the stars farewell      
B4 - Let's build the day we wanna have      
B5 - A multitude of slaves came forth beyond all hope into the light of day

I1 - The hearts of the Noldor were high and full of hope      
I2 - Dum spiro spero      
I3 - Her heart cheated her with hope unadmitted      
I4 - Beyond his hope she returned to him where he sat in darkness      
I5 - But a part of the whole and tributary to its glory

N1 - Eucatastrophe      
N2 - The prison opening, the chain that snaps      
N3 - FREE SPACE      
N4 - Estel      
N5 - The longed-for that cometh beyond hope

G1 - Hope is an action verb      
G2 - Pity, and endurance in hope      
G3 - Spring came hopefully and men sang at their work      
G4 - In the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing      
G5 - Lord, we are all cinders from a fire burning long ago

O1 - [They] cheated the hope of Morgoth and were faithful      
O2 - Harthad      
O3 - Gil-Estel, the Star of High Hope      
O4 - In you lives the last hope of the Eldar      
O5 - When the king learns the truth you may hope for his pardon

Horror and DarkficHorror and Darkfic Bingo card. Text prompts given below the image

Board by Independence1776      
Horror and Darkfic prompts:

B1 - dark lord wins      
B2 - ghosts, wraiths, houseless elves      
B3 - monsters      
B4 - dragons      
B5 - giant spiders

I1 - captivity      
I2 - torture      
I3 - rape      
I4 - nonconsensual body modification      
I5 - experimentation

N1 - forced to work for enemy      
N2 - betrayal      
N3 - FREE SPACE      
N4 - corruption      
N5 - “It’s for your own good.”

G1 - punishments      
G2 - death      
G3 - ruins      
G4 - mazes      
G5 - Mewlips

O1 - horror crossover      
O2 - lights in swamps      
O3 - things that go bump in the night      
O4 - things that are not what they appear      
O5 - your favorite horror element

Keep It CleanKeep It Clean Bingo card. Text prompts given below the image

Board by Grundy Keep It Clean prompts:

B1 - Hot tub      
B2 - Cold shower      
B3 - Sauna      
B4 - Sponge Bath      
B5 - Wash basin

I1 - Soap      
I2 - Bubble bath      
I3 - Gel      
I4 - Salts      
I5 - Oil

N1 - Shampoo      
N2 - Conditioner      
N3 - FREE SPACE      
N4 - Toothpaste      
N5 - Powder

G1 - Washcloth      
G2 - Loofah      
G3 - Vihta      
G4 - Strigil      
G5 - Brush

O1 - Towel      
O2 - Robe      
O3 - Slippers      
O4 - Lotion      
O5 - Drink

The Material WorldThe Material World Bingo card. Text prompts given below the image

Board by Grundy The Material World prompts:

B1 - straw      
B2 - reed      
B3 - bark      
B4 - wood      
B5 - sod

I1 - wax      
I2 - brick      
I3 - stone      
I4 - metal      
I5 - glass

N1 - earth      
N2 - air      
N3 - FREE SPACE      
N4 - fire      
N5 - water

G1 - papyrus      
G2 - paper      
G3 - bamboo      
G4 - leather      
G5 - fur

O1 - hemp      
O2 - flax      
O3 - jute      
O4 - cotton      
O5 - wool

MidwinterMidwinter Bingo card. Text prompts given below the image.

Board by AdmirableMonster      
Midwinter prompts

B1 - Huddling for warmth      
B2 - the Helcaraxë      
B3 - Father Christmas      
B4 - Holly & mistletoe      
B5 - Sledding

I1 - Snowflakes      
I2 - King Cake      
I3 - Hot chocolate      
I4 - Candles      
I5 - Darkness

N1 - The longest night      
N2 - Snowball fights      
N3 - FREE SPACE      
N4 - Hibernation      
N5 - Gift-giving

G1 - Bonfires      
G2 - Carols & singing      
G3 - Death and rebirth      
G4 - Snow angels      
G5 - Bright stars

O1 - Family      
O2 - Frostbite      
O3 - the Oak king & the Holly king      
O4 - Tree decorating      
O5 - Blankets

Maglor Can't Catch A BreakMaglor Can't Catch A Break Bingo card. Text prompts given below the image

Board by Elleth      
Maglor Can't Catch A Break prompts:

B1 - First kill in Alqualondë      
B2 - Silmaril Burns      
B3 - AU: Maglor instead of Maedhros is captured      
B4 - Easterlings' betrayal in the Nirnaeth      
B5 - Trauma

I1 - Songs of sorrow      
I2 - Everlasting darkness      
I3 - The Darkening      
I4 - Attacking Eonwë's camp      
I5 - Playing the harp until his fingers bleed

N1 - The Dispossessed shall they be forever      
N2 - Maglor in Modern Day: Medical Experiments      
N3 - FREE SPACE      
N4 - Singing in pain and regret beside the waves      
N5 - Fostering Elrond and Elros

G1 - Ruler of the Fëanorians during Maedhros' captivity      
G2 - Losing his brothers      
G3 - Doriath      
G4 - Maglor in History: Witnessing historical atrocities      
G5 - Less evil shall we do in the breaking

O1 - Dagor Bragollach      
O2 - The Havens of Sirion      
O3 - Treason of kin unto kin      
O4 - Survivor's guilt      
O5 - Exile to Formenos

Music of the AinurMusic of the Ainur Bingo card. Text prompts given below the image.

Board by Grundy Music of the Ainur prompts:

Links go to videos of the song. Where possible, versions with lyrics or closed captions have been chosen.

B1 Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea      
B2 What's Up Danger?      
B3 Odds Are      
B4 All Along The Watchtower      
B5 Don't Stop Me Now

I1 On the Nature of Daylight      
I2 A Midsummer Night's Dream      
I3 Summertime      
I4 Jupiter      
I5 ‘Organ’ Symphony No.3

N1 Shut Up And Dance      
N2 Love Me Now      
N3 FREE SPACE      
N4 Whenever, Wherever      
N5 Can't Get You Out Of My Head

G1 Duel of the Fates      
G2 The Bridge of Khazad-Dum      
G3 Dies Irae      
G4 O Fortuna      
G5 Ode an die Freude

O1 A Sky Full of Stars      
O2 All I Know So Far      
O3 Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of      
O4 Hold Each Other      
O5 Love Don't Die

Non-Generic GenresNon-Generic Genres Bingo card. Text prompts are given below the image

Board by Dawn Felagund      
Non-Generic Genres prompts:

B1 bildungsroman      
B2 bizarro      
B3 Gothic      
B4 grimdark      
B5 fable

I1 category romance      
I2 urban fantasy      
I3 superhero      
I4 Western      
I5 hardboiled

N1 steampunk      
N2 prose poem      
N3 (free space) caper      
N4 splatter      
N5 spy fiction

G1 tall tale      
G2 picaresque      
G3 fabulation      
G4 utopian      
G5 nautical

O1 pastoral      
O2 found fiction      
O3 space opera      
O4 burlesque      
O5 weird fiction

Original Female Character (Create an OFC)Original Female Character Bingo card. Text prompts given below the image

Board by EllethOriginal Female Character prompts:      
Create an OFC who is...

B1 - important to the plot      
B2 - queer      
B3 - a Dwarf      
B4 - a canon character's love interest      
B5 - an antagonist

I1 - a queen or ruler      
I2 - unimportant to canon characters      
I3 - old      
I4 - a Textual Ghost      
I5 - a side or background character

N1 - a Mary Sue      
N2 - a mother      
N3 - FREE SPACE      
N4 - unlikeable/flawed/imperfect      
N5 - a non-humanoid creature

G1 - a canon character's friend      
G2 - from a marginalized group      
G3 - childless and/or unmarried      
G4 - a Maia      
G5 - a servant

O1 - an Orc      
O2 - not defined by gender norms      
O3 - a canon character's relative      
O4 - a child      
O5 - a trans woman

Plants That Grow in Ithilien and ElsewherePlants That Grow in Ithlien and Elsewhere Bingo card. Text prompts given below the image

Prompts by Himring, Board by Polutropos      
Plants That Grow in Ithilien and Elsewhere prompts:

B1 terebinth      
B2 lebethron      
B3 rose      
B4 oak      
B5 saxifrage

I1 eglantine      
I2 anemone      
I3 water-lily      
I4 culumalda      
I5 cypress

N1 marjoram      
N2 lily      
N3 (free space) beyond Sam's garden-lore      
N4 tamarisk      
N5 juniper

G1 parsley      
G2 asphodel      
G3 ash-tree      
G4 stonecrop      
G5 iris

O1 celandine      
O2 cedar      
O3 ilex      
O4 thyme      
O5 myrtle

Putting the HURT in Hurt/ComfortPutting the HURT in Hurt/Comfort Bingo card. Text prompts given below the image

Board by Independence1776      
Putting the HURT in Hurt/Comfort prompts:

B1 - broken bone(s)      
B2 - torture      
B3 - brands      
B4 - fire      
B5 - lost in [location of your choice]

I1 - needles      
I2 - hypothermia      
I3 - heat illness      
I4 - drugged against your will      
I5 - forced to rely on enemy for survival

N1 - nightmares      
N2 - arrow or stab wounds      
N3 - FREE SPACE      
N4 - survivor’s guilt      
N5 - exile      
 

G1 - flashbacks      
G2 - captivity      
G3 - chains      
G4 - poison      
G5 - infection

O1 - secrets      
O2 - concussion      
O3 - dangerously ill      
O4 - solitary confinement      
O5 - beatings

Silm Smut (NSFW)Silm Smut Bingo card (NSFW). Text prompts given below the image

Board by Polutropos      
Silm Smut prompts:

B1 - Jewellery B2 - Osanwe B3 - Pining B4 - Mind control B5 - Healing Sex

I1 - Bondage      
I2 - Polyamory      
I3 - Shapeshifting      
I4 - Incest      
I5 - Toys

N1 - Monsterfucking      
*N2 - “disastrous expense” (From The Nature of Middle-earth: “[The act of procreation] was one of the acts of chief delight, in process and in memory, in an Elvish life, but its intensity alone provided its importance, not its time or length: it could not have been endured for a great length of time, without disastrous “expense.”)      
N3 - FREE SPACE      
N4 - Soul Bond      
N5 - Hair

G1 - Bloodplay      
G2 - Laws and Customs among the Eldar      
G3 - Experimentation      
G4 - Music      
G5 - Teacher/Pupil

O1 - Liege/Vassal      
O2 - Oaths      
*O3 - “Philoprogenitive” (From The Nature of Middle-earth: “The Quendi at first (to 3 gens.?) were very philoprogenitive. They mated almost at once with their predestined mates. It was not for some time, when their young, inexperienced fëar began to take command, that their other faculties demanded fulfilment…”)      
O4 - Throne Sex      
O5 - Knifeplay

Storied PlacesStoried Places Bingo card. Text prompts given below the image

Board by Elleth 
Storied Places prompts:

B1 - Lammoth  
B2 - Taur-nu-Fuin (Dorthonion)  
B3 - Ivrin  
B4 - Belegost and Nogrod  
B5 - Nan Elmoth

I1 - Brithombar  
I2 - River Ascar (Rathlóriel)  
I3 - Fens of Sirion (Aelin-Uial)  
I4 - Ered Gorgoroth and Nan Dungortheb  
I5 - Tumhalad

N1 - Estolad  
N2 - Amon Rûdh  
N3 - FREE SPACE  
N4 - Lake Mithrim  
N5 - Isle of Balar

G1 - Himring  
G2 - Tol Sirion  
G3 - Avernien and Birchwoods of Nimbrethil  
G4 - Gondolin  
G5 - Tol Galen

O1 - Anfauglith  
O2 - Lake Helevorn  
O3 - Aeluin  
O4 - Forest of Brethil  
O5 - Mount Taras and Vinyamar

Tell Her StoryTell Her Story Bingo card. Text prompts given below the image

Board by Flora-lass      
Tell Her Story prompts:

B1 - Firiel of Gondor     
B2 - Adamanta Chubb     
B3 - Finduilas of Dol Amroth     
B4 - Nimloth     
B5 - Dis

I1 - Morwen of Lossarnach     
I2 - Estella Bolger     
I3 - Vidumavi     
I4 - Fimbrethil     
I5 - Hild

N1 - Silmariën     
N2 - Goldilocks Gardner     
N3 - Free Space     
N4 - Gil-galad's mother     
N5 - Gimli's mother/Gloin's wife

G1 - Elros’ wife     
G2 - The Took fairy wife     
G3 - Isildur's wife     
G4 - Oropher's wife/Thranduil's mother     
G5 - the wife of Durin I (the Deathless)

O1 - Tar-Telperiën     
O2 - Firiel Fairbairn     
O3 - Arwen and Aragorn's daughters     
O4 - Findis     
O5 - Ilmarë

Tolkien MetaTolkien Meta Bingo card. Text prompts given below the image

Board by Dawn Felagund   
Tolkien Meta prompts:

B1 - defend an AU      
B2 - meta fiction      
B3 - race, gender, sexuality (oh my)      
B4 - science & tech      
B5 - fix it

I1 - character study      
I2 - What even IS canon?      
I3 - geography maps places      
I4 - multimedia      
I5 - Tolkien's sources

N1 - bibliography or reading list      
N2 - worldbuilding      
N3 - FREE SPACE      
N4 - annotate a chapter      
N5 - music & art

G1 - unpopular opinion      
G2 - Tolkien as history      
G3 - infographic      
G4 - ship manifesto      
G5 - contradictions

O1 - everything about fanon      
O2 - films & shows      
O3 - headcanon away!      
O4 - fans fandom fanworks      
O5 - literary analysis

Villains...or are they?Villains...or are they? Bingo card. Text prompts given below the image

Board by Grundy Villains...or are they? prompts:

B1 - Gothmog      
B2 - Durin's Bane      
B3 - Lungorthin      
B4 - Draugluin      
B5 - Carcharoth

I1 - Ulfang      
I2 - Brodda      
I3 - Lorgan      
I4 - Ar-Pharazôn      
I5 - Khamûl

N1 - Morgoth      
N2 - Sauron      
N3 - FREE SPACE      
N4 - Ungoliant      
N5 - Thuringwethil

G1 - Ancalagon      
G2 - Glaurung      
G3 - Scatha      
G4 - Gostir      
G5 - Smaug

O1 - the Great Goblin      
O2 - Bolg      
O3 - Azog      
O4 - Grishnakh      
O5 - Gorgol

Written Hugs (Comment Bingo)Written Hugs Bingo card. Text prompts given below the image

Written Hugs prompts:

B1 - a fanwork with multiple creators
B2 - a fic you've wanted to read but haven't yet
B3 - a multi-chapter fanwork
B4 - a fanwork that inspired you
B5 - engage with another commenter's comment

I1 - a WIP that hasn't been updated in a while
I2 - a fanwork from a past SWG challenge
I3 - a fanwork under 5k
I4 - a fanwork inspired by fanart
I5 - a comment highlighting your fave quotes

N1 - an older fanwork with no comments
N2 - a fanwork from a non-SWG event
N3 - FREE SPACE
N4 - a fanwork inspired by fanfic
N5 - comment, then rec a fanwork you love

G1 - a creator you've never commented on
G2 - a fanwork not created for an event
G3 - a fanwork over 5K
G4 - a fanwork with allll the feels!
G5 - make a fanwork rec list

O1 - a creator's oldest fanwork
O2 - a fanwork that's part of a series
O3 - a non-fic fanwork
O4 - a fanwork that made you laugh
O5 - favourite a fanwork and say why you love it

Fanworks Tagged with Potluck Bingo

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Flower Song by StarSpray

As Lúcellë entered the courtyard, which was missing the fountain that had been there previously, instead sporting a much less attractive hole in the ground—clearly awaiting a new creation, whenever Fëanáro or Nerdanel managed to finish it—a young voice called out to her from above. “Aunt Lúcellë!” She looked up to find Macalaurë hanging out of a window, waving, with his dark hair falling over his shoulders and into his eyes. 
 

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Resilience by Independence1776

A Jewish Maglor escapes with twins.

Two double drabbles, set several decades apart.

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The Door of Night by wroniec

Art for Potluck Bingo. B1 -' gloomy hush of night' from the board by Himring

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Stream of Clashing Ice by Himring

Maglor and his companion almost drown in the River Lune.

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Amroth's Lament by Flora-lass

Amroth is in the sea. A 100-word poem.

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Material Things by Anérea

A drawble collection of Ardan objects 

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Merry Midwinter by Aprilertuile

Snippets of life of a midwinter in Fëanáro and Nerdanel's household in Valinor, during the Age of the Trees. 

Prompts will be as follow, taken from the Midwinter Bingo card (board by AdmirableMonster) : 

Family ; Carols and Singing ; Death and rebirth ; Candles ; Sledding 

Promps taken from the Fluffy Bingo Card (board by DaughterofShadows): 

Falling Asleep ; Hot Chocolate

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Suddenly and Unexpectedly by StarSpray

After a few minutes, though, he heard an answering voice. He looked up, falling silent. That had sounded like—but no, it couldn’t be. Eärendil saw movement on the path again, just the top of someone’s dark head coming up the last slope toward the tower. As whoever it was drew farther up the hill, more became visible, and Eärendil abandoned his flower weaving and scrambled upright, bare feet slipping over the stones as the grass and daisies tumbled over the cliff side down into the water below. 

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Places and Spaces - Potluck Bingo Art by BalrogBalls

Artwork for Elleth’s Potluck Bingo board: starting off appropriately with Piecemeal Palace in Himring — Maedhros’ potlucky manor house, aka where Elrond & Elros grew up ✨

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A True Lord of Gifts by Flora-lass

A remorseful Annatar wishes to live up to his name. 

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The Road to Ruin by StarSpray

In his own wanderings, Daeron comes to the shore--and finds Maglor. 

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Havens by AdmirableMonster

The Exiles of Gondolin come to Sirion.  The residents of Sirion welcome them, and friendship blossoms between the last remaining loremaster of Gondolin and a young poet of Sirion.

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Hurting Tyelpë by elennalore

Sauron has taken Celebrimbor as a prisoner in Ost-in-Edhil. Whump happens.

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On a Night of Snow by Elleth

Fingon returns to Barad Eithel after a late-autumn hunt, finding someone unexpected with his wife. The night takes an even more unexpected turn for all three of them.

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Getting Dirty by Elleth

A collection of NSFW ficlets for the "Keep It Clean" bingo card of the 2024 Potluck Bingo. 

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Collection of Potluck Drabbles by Artano

This is a collection of true drabbles completed for the 'Four Words' drabble bingo card.

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2024 Potluck Doodles by silmalope

Assorted prompt fills for the 2024 Potluck bingo boards, to varying degrees of completion! :)

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A Collection of Maps Exhibiting the Changing Political Landscape in Beleriand by Artano

Created for the 'Geography/Maps/Places' prompt on the "Tolkien meta" bingo board, this is a collection of maps marked with the various people groups showing how they arrived and moved about Beleriand.  This collection focuses specifically on the time from the arrival of the Teleri, Vanyar, and Noldor before they went to Aman up to the distribution of the various kingdoms after the Flight of the Noldor, when they arrived in Middle-earth and settled there.

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On the Nature of the Sindar’s Hunting the Petty-dwarves by Artano

This is an analysis on whether the Sindar ate the Petty-dwarves during the years they hunted them, completed for the 'Literary Analysis' prompt on the "Tolkien Meta" bingo card.

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Valier & colours by daughterofshadows

Semi-abstract arts representing the queens of the Valar.

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