Exploding Snap: Info & FAQ
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Join us for a brand new game brought to you by the same people that have brought you Drarropoly and the Owlery Exchange!
📋 SIGNUPS 📋 ➡ May 21 - June 27 - NOW OPEN CLOSED!
🎲 GAMEPLAY 🎲 ➡ June 20 - August 31
❓ What is Exploding Snap ❓
Exploding Snap is a Drarry Game/Fest for both readers and creators, modeled after Crazy Eights, Uno, and other such variations of the same concept. Signups open May 21, and the game will begin June 20.
❓ How does it work ❓
As in these other card games, it is an incredibly fast-paced game where the goal is to get rid of as many cards as possible (until you reach zero, if you can). Some cards are meant for you to read and rec fics, whereas other cards intend for you to create new fanworks before those cards can be played.
Mods will deal 7 cards to each player for them to complete during the game, and players will have to coordinate with their team to decide what completed card they want to play during their team’s turn. To win, all players in a team must play all of their cards (or be the team with the fewest cards on September 1, 2021).
❗ Warning! This is Not Like Other Events ❗
Most Game of Drarry events are go-at-your-own-speed, play as much as you like. This is a new sort of game that is intended to be incredibly fast-paced with a lot of teamwork involved. Continue reading below for more information.
❓ What kind of prompts ❓
The regular cards, 0-9 for each suit, are simply reading cards. Read a fic with the listed trope, post a rec on your chosen blog/journal/etc. to complete the card, and that card will be eligible for play.
Some of the more special cards, like those some players may recognize as Reverse or Skip, for example, will be creation cards. In our case, these are the Knockback Jinx cards and the Boggart cards, respectively. You can write a short fic within the listed parameters. You can podfic. You can even create some art if that’s your chosen medium!
As the game progresses, your team may be dealt some cards that must be worked on collaboratively, meaning two or more players will have to combine their efforts for these special cards.
❓ What are the guidelines ❓
The one hard and fast rule is obvious: IT MUST BE DRARRY.
You can include other background pairings and characters, even OT3, but Draco + Harry must be the main focus.
All ratings are welcome. Please just make sure you tag your submission appropriately wherever you choose to post it.
In this game, teams will have roughly twenty-four hours between the time the last card was played and when they must play their card. Any cards played must have already been completed. For example: You cannot play the Gryffindor 4 with a requirement of reading a Time Travel fic if you have not submitted your rec for such a fic.
❓ What about the different parameters ❓
The spirit of Game of Drarry is to encourage creativity and also challenge and inspire. We set various random word counts for our writers like Minimum: 433 - Maximum: 753 to get writers to think critically and make calculated choices about their storytelling.
❓ That sounds nice but what if an idea gets away from me and I write 2000 words for one of the prompts ❓
Players will have one (1) chance to go past the prompt requirements, whether that’s going beyond the bounds of the word count, recording a slightly shorter podfic, or stretching the trope to something that we probably wouldn’t count otherwise. However, you only get that one chance, so use it wisely!
❗ A bit of friendly competition! ❗
Everyone knows games like crazy eights or Uno notoriously end when someone places down their final card, leaving their hand empty while two friends scream angrily with their hands of 20+ cards. This game has a set conclusion for August 31, 2021. If no team completely gets rid of all their cards by September 1, 2021, the winning team will be whichever team has the least amount of cards
When you sign up, the mods will assign you a team at random to keep the numbers even. There are four teams total.
Each player will receive 7 cards a week before the game starts. Each team can use a card from any of their players, so team cards are counted together. There’s no ‘I’ in team!
Additionally, you’ll have access to the Game of Drarry Discord server where you can chat with other players, lounge around your team’s private channel, sprint, find betas to scream at, ask authors for podfic or fanart permission, and have chat access to the mods.
❓ Where do I post my fanwork submissions ❓
You may post your filled prompt on your chosen public platform. You will be asked to submit the link when you request to complete a card and be able to play it later. You are encouraged to add your work to our AO3 collection, which is self-posting! The AO3 collection will open and be available for posting when the game begins.
❓ What are the prerequisites to participate ❓
The only prerequisite is that you must be 18 years or older to participate. You do not need to have work posted publicly before the game/fest begins. You only need your imagination and a love of Drarry!
TL;DR — This is a lot to keep track of…
It can be, but that’s what the Prefects and Mods will be here to help with. You can shoot us an ask here on the Tumblr, contact Mods and Prefects in the Discord server, or shoot us an email at gameofdrarrymod at gmail dot com.
You can find the link to the much more detailed Player’s Handbook here.
Once you sign up, your confirmation email will have all the information you need, including a link to the Discord Server where you can meet your new teammates.
And that’s it for now!
We hope you join us for this new game and have a lot of fun with it!
