It's a New Year! Time for an Apocalypse!

[aldersprig]

Hi! I'm Lyn, and I'll be hosting your apocalypse this month!

I am a big fan of the end of the world and everything that comes afterwards. This may not be great for every fandom, but for those, may I suggest... AU? Stuck in a bunker AU? Back to back against the monsters AU!

A fill may be anything: words! Pictures! A song. Art! Meta about how this would happen! Have fun, go all out! Allbingo is for All The Things!

I am working on banners and icons, and those will be ready for the end of the month!

(This is my first time hosting, be gentle)

There are two public cards at the bottom of this post. In addition, may I suggest the End of the World list here and these two lists to generate your own cards?

(Much thanks to my friends on Mastodon and to TVTropes, which one can also mine for more ideas, for help with this list. If you have suggestions for either list, please let me know! I'd love to make the lists more robust).

Post-Apocalypse Tropes
(Those with * are straight from TVTropes - visit at your own risk)
Warlord, Farming Utopia, Oasis of electricity, Mutants, Magic, Contagion, Zombies, Natural disaster, Supernatural threats, Apocalypse In Space!, Rigged up car, Horses 🏇, No water, Too much water, Cargo cult, Cult of personality, Ghost Town, AI, Lotus eaters, Cannibals, Decaying high-rises/empty , Decaying high-rises/inhabited, Radiation, Magical solution, Class war, Restricted access space colonies, Starvation, Genetic engineering, Drugs, The Apocalypse Brings Out the Best in People*, Slept through the apocalypse*, Heroic sacrifice*, Back to Back, Xenophobic stupidity, Return to The Bad old Days, Archaeological Arms Race*, Nobility in Poverty, Rich People are Evil, Rich People Save the World, Divided States of America*, The United Empire of Earth, Days of Future Past*, Repopulate the species, Post-apocalyptic Dog*, Shortages and losses, Surprise cache of goods, Empty fall-out shelter, FULL fall-out shelter, Ray Guns, Genetic drift/split, citadel with secret knowledge of the past, What Really Happened? , Surprise Punk, hoarding supplies, Arenas! THUNDERDOME!, Underground sanctuary for the rich, snipers, real? legendary? off world colonies, Scavengers, Scavenged goods, It's Not Safe to Go Out ... Or Is It?, immortals, caste systems, Captured!, pollution, ancient doomsday device, Prophecy, mechanical things destroyed as soon as invented (by magic/by nanotechnology/by angry crowds), gray goo, bounty hunters, The POWERS Made it Happen

Challenges!
These are something I'm just trying out: these apocalypse-themed challenges get in the way of your normal bingo, turning it into something wandering across the board, looking for a way home - just like in a real apocalypse!
==Monster!!== Write twice as much, ==Chase scene== change direction, ==Road out== go around, ==Hero== write a backstory based on an adjacent square, ==Relics of the past== write a story backwards, ==Ghost Town== Write what you want!, ==Villain!== write their reasons based on an adjacent square, ==Captured!== have someone pick a random square and write it,==Green space== take a break

Group Card with Challenges

Back to Back	Rigged up car	Genetic engineering	AI	==Relics of the past== write a story backwards
Apocalypse In Space!	Magic	==Captured!== have someone pick a random square and write it	Rich People are Evil	Warlord
Zombies	Slept through the apocalypse*	==Green space== take a break	Scavenged goods	Mutants
Farming Utopia	Days of Future Past*	Starvation	==Monster!!== Write twice as much	immortals
It’s Not Safe to Go Out … Or Is It?	==Road out== go around	Cannibals	Natural disaster	Post-apocalyptic Dog*

code
<table style="width:auto; display:inline;"> <tr> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Back to Back</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Rigged up car</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Genetic engineering</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">AI</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">==Relics of the past== write a story backwards</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Apocalypse In Space!</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Magic</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">==Captured!== have someone pick a random square and write it</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Rich People are Evil</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Warlord</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Zombies</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Slept through the apocalypse*</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">==Green space== take a break</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Scavenged goods</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Mutants</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Farming Utopia</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Days of Future Past*</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Starvation</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">==Monster!!== Write twice as much</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">immortals</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">It’s Not Safe to Go Out … Or Is It?</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">==Road out== go around</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Cannibals</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Natural disaster</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Post-apocalyptic Dog*</td> </tr> </table>

Smaller Group Card, no Challenges

Ghost Town	What Really Happened?	Restricted access space colonies	Drugs
Rich People are Evil	Scavengers	Too much water	Magic
Empty fall-out shelter	Repopulate the species	Surprise cache of goods	Class war
Decaying high-rises/inhabited	Lotus eaters	Starvation	Rich People Save the World

Code
<table style="width:auto; display:inline;"> <tr> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Ghost Town</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">What Really Happened?</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Restricted access space colonies</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Drugs</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Rich People are Evil</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Scavengers</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Too much water</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Magic</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Empty fall-out shelter</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Repopulate the species</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Surprise cache of goods</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Class war</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Decaying high-rises/inhabited</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Lotus eaters</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Starvation</td> <td style="border:1px solid #000000; height:10em; width:10em; text-align:center; background-color:#FFFFFF; color:#000000;">Rich People Save the World</td> </tr> </table>

Okay, before this post gets too long, I'm going to stop. Have fun! If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to send them my way.

I look forward to seeing all of your apocalypses!

Go forth and END THE WORLDS!

Comments

[craterdweller]

The challenges are a cool idea - so for example in the sample card, if you had 4 vertical fills (rigged up car, magic, slept through the apocalypse, days of future past), what would you do with the ==road out == go around? Would you pick Cannibals or It's not safe to out squares Or is road out just another prompt? - love the idea, by the way :)

[aldersprig]

I was thinking you’d either pick Cannibals/it’s not safe or one those AND the one above - thus making a longer bingo as you “detour” around the broken road.

[craterdweller]

ooh - nice :) I like it :D

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>These are something I'm just trying out: these apocalypse-themed challenges get in the way of your normal bingo, turning it into something wandering across the board, looking for a way home - just like in a real apocalypse!<<

These are so brilliant! :D I may borrow the idea for some of my fests.

My card is here.

Re: Thoughts

[aldersprig]

I’m glad you like it! I hope they work out well in practice :-)

[clare_dragonfly]

Ooh! Apocalypses! :D

I made a card!

[aldersprig]

I know, who’d’a thunk it of me, right? Things go Boom?

[rix_scaedu]

Is there a target word count?

(I may be going blind for looking.)

[aldersprig]

Nope! Pick your own! I’m-a-gonna do 500.

[rix_scaedu]

My card has one challenge. In a corner.

Well ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

That's going to be harder, unless you play the board like warp chess, so that the last square on the right "is adjacent to" the first square on the left, and so forth.

Re: Well ...

[aldersprig]

Warp chess! That’s also a good idea.

[vexed_wench]

Oh, this looks fun.

[aldersprig]

Yay! :-D

[cornerofmadness]

How fun. I think the challenges are fun but sadly don't mesh with what I have to work on this month so my card will be more boring.

[aldersprig]

I get that! I’m hoping to modify the challenges to fit a couple different bingo themes, so they may pop up another time!

[cornerofmadness]

Very cool. Yeah I'm on a publisher deadline so no time to play but I'll be looking forward to seeing something like this in the future.