• Moderators, please verify that signed-up players aren't on either the 6 month past due list or the general naughty list!!
• All players are expected to check in at least every 12 hours, though most do so much more often than that.
• At the start of the swap, it's generally good form, even required by some swap admins, to check in. This simply acknowledges that you're aware the swap is starting and you're ready to play. Otherwise, you may have signed up
  weeks ago and forgotten completely about it by the time the swap is ready to start.
• PMing or otherwise messaging other players to let them know it's their turn is more a courtesy as opposed to a requirement. The players are expected to keep track of the game and know where things stand.
• Before the start of the game, please send your reveal information (see this post) to at least two other players, preferably in different time zones are at least here at different hours, so you've got coverage around the clock.
  
  When you receive someone else's reveal information, it's considered bad form to look at the reveal before it's needed. Once you see that you have the email or PM, don't open it until you need to reveal the person in the swap.
• If you plan to be away from the computer for more than a few hours at a time, please post a message in the PLAY thread letting the other players know and when you expect to return. Also, please leave moves with other players or in your signature (see this post) and let us know at what point you'd like us to wait for you and at what point it's okay to use your moves.
  
  Remember, we won't wait more than the time indicated in the swap (usually 12 hours). (Ex. Please wait for me if I'll be back within x hours, otherwise go ahead and use my moves. or Please wait for me if it's after (time), otherwise use my moves.)
  
  If someone leaves moves in their signature, you shouldn't look at them unless they're needed to move the game forward. While it's always tempting to peek, it makes the swap less fun for everyone.

• To make it easier to review the books revealed thus far, without having to page through the numerous pages in the PLAY thread, we keep a separate REVEALED BOOKS THREAD (except for Almost Live Swaps) which should also be accessible from a link in the Update.
• When there is only one reveal left in the game, the player to request that reveal effectively ends the game.
• Someone asked me to clarify what is and isn't okay to discuss outside of the swap with relation to the swap itself and reveals not yet shown. Though I believe most members can simply use common sense, I'll attempt to lay this down anyway to satisfy some of the more confused members.
  
  1. It is perfectly acceptable to discuss books and other swap-related stuff, even the swap itself, outside of the forum.
  2. It is not kosher to tell someone else who's playing in the same swap what your reveal is.
  3. In the same vein, it is not cool to look at someone else's reveal that they've PM'ed you before it's actually requested in the swap.
  4. It is okay to give hints about your reveal, particularly if they're not too specific, don't give it away completely, and will get others excited about your reveal.
  
  Here's a real life example: I've been doing Secret Santa Yankee Swaps with my RL friends for 20+ years now so those who've done these in the past can apply the same discretion here. After I walk in with my gift and hide it under the tree, one of the gals might turn to me and say, "So what'd ya bring for the swap?" Of course, I don't want to tell them directly so I might say something like, "Well... I didn't see one in your kitchen last time I was over." That kind of answer gives them just enough to chew on and get excited over, without really telling them anything at all! Since perhaps they already have one and don't keep it out on the counter.

AlterEgoZoe wrote: What about duplicates? As in like, say Shaunie revealed It by Stephen King, then say my reveal was the same book. Do I change my book to something else?