These rules affect all case competitions in this forum.

• You must not create a new Case Competition unless: you have won the previous one or the the winner has allowed you to host it instead. There must be only one competition active at any time.

Rules for entrants

• Entrants must PM the host with a link to their entry on the day of the deadline.
• Entrants must declare to the host any playtesters that will playtest their case.
  
  • Entrants must not add playtesters as collaborators.
  • Entrants must not playtest other entrants' cases.
• Entrants must not submit more than one entry.
• Entrants must not show their entry to anyone other than the host or playtesters until the end of the deadline.
• Entrants must not edit their entry after the deadline.
  
  • Entrants may edit their entry, again, after the competition has ended.
• Entrants must not create an entry that is an episode in a series of other cases. However, this does not include independent sequels of previous cases.
• Entrants must not use large amounts of written content from their previous cases in their entry.
• Entrants may create a showcase for their entry once the competition's deadline has been reached.
• Entrants may collaborate with other members to create their entry.

Rules for winners

• Winners should host a competition if you are the winner of the previous competition.
  
  • If winners do not want to host it, they must choose another contestant in the competition to host it.
  • If winners would like to, they may choose the theme of the competition for the chosen new host to use.

Rules for hosts

• Hosts must make the deadline be between one and three months after the competition starts.
• Hosts must judge the entries to the competition after the deadline has passed.
• Hosts must give a short review when judging each entry. Each entry must be judged on up to five categories; for example, "presentation", "plot" and "relation to the theme".
• Hosts must not enter their own competition.
• Hosts should judge each competition in a reasonable amount of time.

Creating a Case Competition
Follow these instructions if you are creating a Case Competition:-

1. Create a new topic.
2. Think of a fun name for the Case Competition that relates its theme.
3. Write an introduction to the competition.
4. Write the following headings:
   
   • Task
   • Conditions
   • Deadline
   • Entrants
5. Under the "task" heading, write about what sort of case the entrants must make, and how they win.
   
   • Explain the characteristics that a winning entry should have.
   • Give a list of the categories you will use when judging each category. Explain them in detail.
6. Under the "conditions" heading, list the rules and conditions that each entrant must abide by.
   
   • One of the rules must be, "The entry must have been created between [insert date 1 here] and [insert date 2 here]". Date 1 should be the day that the competition starts, but may be an earlier date. Date 2 must be the deadline.
   • One of the rules must be, "The entry must not be showcased until [insert date 3 here]." Date 3 must be the day after the deadline.
   • One of the rules must state which type of case can be submitted (trials, investigations, comedies or miscellaneous).
   • One of the rules should explain whether or not you are OK with entries containing spoilers for an AA game.
   • One or more of the rules should be a condition and/or limitation to make the competition fun, which would relate to the theme. An example of this would be a rule where the entry must be a comedy. Another -- less simpler -- example would be a pirate theme, where the defendant must be a pirate and the victim must have been killed with a cutlass.
7. Under the "deadline" heading, write the date for the last day that entrants can send their submissions.
8. Under the "entrants" heading, list the entrants and their playtesters (if any).
9. After the deadline, ask entrants to send you their entries and judge the entries to see which one meets the winning condition and announce the winner.
10. PM me or Tap to tell us that the competition is over.