There are thousands of cosplayers attending anime conventions every year. To make it even more entertaining for people checking out the hall costumes and masquerade entries, Anime-Cons.com has made "Cosplay Bingo!" It's perfect for passing the time while sitting in those long lines...or when you decide to take a break and do some people-watching.

How to play:

1. Visit our bingo card generator.

2. Print the card.

3. Reload the web page and print a different randomly generated card for every other person you will be hanging out with at the anime convention.

4. Bring the cards with you to any anime convention.

5. Have everyone check off a series when someone can find characters from it.

6. The winner is the first person in your group who gets five spaces checked vertically, horizontally, or diagonally.

7. When you win, shout "BINGO!"...or come up with a Japanese exclaimation of your own such as "OTAKU!"

Fans of Cosplay Bingo at Otakon 2001

Ideas and Suggestions:

• This game is best played while the group is together so you'll know who had bingo first and everyone can see the characters as they get spotted.

• If the group isn't together all the time, take pictures of the cosplayers with a digital camera. After the convention, you and your friends can take turns showing each photo you snapped and check off your bingo cards as the photos come up in order.

• Check off each space with a pencil so you can erase the marks, shuffle the bingo cards, and play again in the next line.

• Print extra copies to have in case you end up with a really tough card. (Some cards may be impossible to win with at small conventions.)

• Make sure you also have extra copies to pass out to other people and so you can have several games over the entire weekend. It's a great way to meet new people!

• Use the extra space on the bingo cards to write down names and e-mail addresses of people you meet in line.

• After the convention, make a random slide show of cosplayer photos on your computer and play Cosplay Bingo with your friends.