| G | O | U | R | D | C | H | A | T |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Spirit Halloween Store | The Farmer's Market | A Box of Booberry Cereal | An Apple Pie | A Ghost | A Spider on its Web | An Abandoned Building | Your Favourite Fall Fit | A Bat | Yourself Boo-ing your Neighbour |
| The Ugliest Gourd you can Find | A Cornfield | A Pumpkin Patch | Christmas Decorations | Leaves Falling from a Tree | An Autumnal Sunrise | A Costume Mask | A Box of Fruity Yummy Mummy Cereal | A Pile of Leaves | Your Favourite Candy |
| A Box of Frankenberry Cereal | A Variety Bag of Halloween Candy | A Creepy, Gnarly Tree | A Tree with Yellow Foliage | A Flannel Shirt | Some Acorns | An Apple Orchard | A Bonfire | The Oldest Birthdate you can find on a Headstone | A Sunflower |
| An Inflatable Yard Halloween Decoration | Yourself with the Full Moon | A Vampire | A Wind Chime | A Squirrel Eating Something | A Doll that is Definitely Haunted | A Loaf of Pumpkin Bread | A Fall-Scented Candle | An Apple Cider Donut | Yourself Watching a Halloween Movie |
| Some Mushrooms | The Wall of Halloween Costumes at a Halloween Store | The Exterior of a House Decorated for Halloween | Yourself Mailling a Letter to a Friend | Yourself Using GourdChat | A Pumpkin Spice Latte | An Owl | A Bag of Candy Corn | A Rotting Pumpkin | A Soup or Stew |
| A Cemetery | A Crow or Raven | Some Pumpkin, Apple, or Maple Pastries | The Halloween Aisle at the Store | The Largest Pumpkin you can Find | Your Halloween Costume | A Bottle of Maple Syrup | A Scarecrow | A Box of Carmella Creeper Cereal | A House that went All Out Decorating for Halloween |
| A Foggy Morning | Yourself at a Football Game or on a Football Field | A Fall Festival or Parade | Yourself Carving a Pumpkin | An Autumnal Sunset | Yourself in the Middle of a Harvested Farm Field | An Autumnal Wreath | A Tree with Orange Foliage | Your Least Favourite Candy | A Flock of Geese |
| Yourself Donating Cold Weather Clothing | The Smallest Pumpkin you can Find | A Cup of Hot Chocolate | A Weather Forecast with a High of 70F or Below | Your Favourite Place to Take a Stroll | A Tractor | Yourself at a Halloween Party | A Cauldron | Your Own House Festively Decorated | The Sweater Section of a Thrift Store |
| A Black Cat | A Tree with Red Foliage | An Ear of Rainbow Corn | Frankenstein's Monster | An Animatronic Halloween Decoration | A Box of Frute Brute Cereal | A Cup of Apple Cider | A Haybale | Tacky or Garish Halloween Decorations | A Gourd with Three or More Colours |
| Posting your own GourdChat Weekly Magazine Cover | Some Pumpkin Seeds | A Cornmaze | A Box of Count Chocula Cereal | The Pillsbury Halloween Sugar Cookies | A Zombie | A River, Creek, Lake, or Pond | A Pumpkin Pie | Yourself Experiencing Bad Luck on Friday the 13th | A Building you Presume to be Haunted |
GourdChat Bingo
As a backup to the original 2023 GourdChat GourdLord Competition of a Pepo Stock Market Exchange, we are instead going to do a GourdChat Bingo!
TO WIN, you must achieve 7 lines of Bingo (10 boxes in a straight or diagonal line) with photographic proof for each item. The competition ends either when one person has obtained 7 counts of Bingo or November 23, 2023 - Thanksgiving Day. If the latter, the prize goes to whomever has completed the most lines of Bingo. In the event of a tie for lines of Bingo, the prize goes to whomever has obtained more items on the card. Photographic proof may either be a photo of yourself, your driver's license, or a unique identifier to you with the Bingo item in the background.
I hope for an earnest effort for each of your entries, though I'll say that no purchase is necessary for any item on the list – it's okay to take photos of items in the store. Get creative! You aren't allowed to use imagery you create (such as drawing a vampire) or images you find online. These are meant to be found while out and about, so go out and experience the autumn spirit!
You MAY NOT use the same photograph for multiple Bingo items, and each photograph must have an identifier in it. Keep track of the items you've obtained using the Bingo card above, and save each photograph to a document (to be submitted when you submit your bingo card).
All photographs MUST be taken AFTER the initial posting of these rules, 6:03 PM EST on the 5th of October, 2023.
If you'd like to print a Bingo card for physical tracking, here is a .pdf of the Bingo scorecard. There are no bonus points, but if you use a rubber stamp or stickers to mark your Bingo card it'll make Mac happy. Good hunting!