battleshipex | Freeform Tags, 2024

Community tag suggestions

Each round of Battleship has a set list of freeform tags that must be used to win the game. To help build this list, we're taking suggestions from the community! These tags are not guaranteed to get into the final tagset, and we may add tags that aren't in this list, but we're likely to take a lot of tags from this list as we build the boards.

Tags won last round

Tag choices were won in one of four ways last round:

Winning the game as part of Team Tower
Being a Treasure Hunter who posted 2+ works during the game
Posting 2+ treats during the anon period
Completing Battleship 2023 underused tags bingo before the start of 2024 nominations

Tags that were won are guaranteed to appear in the game, as long as they follow the guidelines below.

If you aren't sure whether you won a tag, please ask Soulstoned on Discord.

Tag requirements

Requirements for a freeform tag:

It is either a canonical OR 3 words or less.
It is a freeform tag (not a category or an archive warning).
It is not fandom-specific.

Try to avoid tags that would require longer fic to fill (e.g. casefic).

"Canonical" means that AO3 has marked the tag as commonly used. To check whether a tag is canonical, go to https://archiveofourown.org/tags/search, enter the tag in Tag Name, and select "Freeform" under Type and "Canonical" under Wrangling Status. If this search doesn't bring up that exact tag, it's not canonical. Please check all tags of 4 words or more before putting them in the spreadsheet.

All freeform tags must meet these requirements, whether they're won tags or community-suggested tags.

How to suggest a tag

Please put community-suggested tags in the 2024 tag suggestion spreadsheet. You can add as many tags as you like.

Please claim won tags on the won tag choices spreadsheet. Enter your AO3 name, tag choice, and tag claim reason. If you have multiple claims, put in one tag per line. Tags without a corresponding name will not count, so make sure to enter your name on the same line as the tag. If your AO3 name has changed since last year, please let us know!