International Mish Mash Month (IMMM 2023)

[Ariel]

Welcome to International Mish Mash Month! The site's birthday was on March 28th and in the past we celebrated the whole month of March as International Mafia Month (IMM). We would like to dedicate the following month of April to celebrating Mish Mash. Here is our calendar of events:

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1 Rabble Day
2 Board Game Appreciation Day	3 Clipboard Clairvoyance Day	4 Unmistaken Identity Day	5 The Vienna Game Day	6 Movie Marathon Day	7 Tables Have Turned Day	8 High Score Day
9 Win, Lose, Banana Day	10 Love of Learning Day	11 Wishful Thinking Day	12 Hive Mind Day	13 Back in My Day...	14 Tasking for Forgiveness Day	15 Thrill of the Hunt Day
16 Grand Jury Day	17 Haiku a Deux Day	18 Character Development Day	19 Manifest Mashies Day	20 Robbed Goddess Day	21 #1 Ban Day	22 Assassination Attempt Day
23 I Jigsaw, I Jigconquered Day	24 Pukebox Hero Day	25 Riddle Me This Day	26 Predict the Future Day	27 Walrus Awareness Day	28 Bracket Breaker Day	29 Everyone Please Yield Challenge (EPYC) Day
30 Endless Possibilities Day

[Ariel]

April 1

: Rabble Day

The Netherlands

First of all, we are very excited to kick off Inaugural International Mish Mash Month today. Whether you are new to this nebulous neighborhood of the site, or whether this celebration might spark fond memories or inspiration to finish a Mish Mash-related project, we hope you feel welcome!

Let's kick it off with the time-honored tradition - rabbling before something really gets started. Feel free to check in, rabble and/or speculate on what's to come here ITT.

[xofelf]

Rabble

[StrangerCoug]

*rabble, rabble*

[T-Bone]

rabble

[mallowgeno]

rabble

[Farren]

Checking in, just to keep things different.

[racefan12]

Still skeptical of anything posted on April 1st

[Ariel]

April 2

: Board Game Appreciation Day

Bhutan

Mish Mash games (including LSGs) continually give opportunities to play board games with other scummers. We've competed in games like Clue and Rolling Realms. We've cooperated against a common enemy in Pandemic, Betrayal at House on the Hill and Codenames. Care to join the fun?

Let's discuss! What board games are fun to play online? What board games do you enjoy that you haven't had the opportunity to play recently? What is your Board Games Motivation profile? Who is your character of choice in Betrayal at House on the Hill?

[Ariel]

As for me,

I tried Paint the Roses on Board Game Arena recently and I like the tool for charting what possibilities are available, so it might be hard to get used to a different interface. I would like to play Spyfall and Tragedy Looper again at some point. In Betrayal, I have been known to pick Heather > Zoe > Flash.

[Farren]

Board games are definitely my jam, and I've tried to do what I can to help them succeed here.

One game I've pretty much despaired of ever playing again is Genoa. It's a negotiation game, and one that pretty much has to be played in real-time to keep the game flowing and the deals moving, so it's not something I could try to implement here. But I always like the balance between trying to figure out how to get people to trade with you without giving away the farm - and the fact that there's incentive to trade with everyone instead of just forming tight-knit alliances.

I've had an ongoing game of The Crew: Mission Deep Sea on BGA for over a year now, and still no signs of stopping. Awesome cooperative trick-taking game.

[mallowgeno]

That's a pretty sweet tool. Mine ended up being more towards the strategy side. Board games are definitely my jam, I have a decent collection of them and I try to meet weekly with a friend group from college to play. We've been playing through Frosthaven but we do love to play other things from time to time (we played Twilight Imperium last night).

If anyone wants to add me or play something on BGA I'm down

[Ariel]

I've had an ongoing game of The Crew: Mission Deep Sea on BGA for over a year now, and still no signs of stopping. Awesome cooperative trick-taking game.

I love the Crew! I am trying to save the sequel til I get through the original though.

That's a pretty sweet tool. Mine ended up being more towards the strategy side. Board games are definitely my jam, I have a decent collection of them and I try to meet weekly with a friend group from college to play. We've been playing through Frosthaven but we do love to play other things from time to time (we played Twilight Imperium last night).

If anyone wants to add me or play something on BGA I'm down

How are you liking Frosthaven?

About BGA, I just found N's "MafiascumDotNet" group. Looks like you were already there, but I actually had no idea BGA had functionality for groups. I think it could be fun to try to do a once-a-month BGA thing. Gives time to learn new games beforehand too.

[mallowgeno]

I would definitely be down! My name on there mallowgeno1, feel free to add me

[McMenno]

[Ariel]

April 3

: Clipboard Clairvoyance Day

Malawi

What better place is there than here to clean out your clipboards? Feel free to do a little ctrl+v there today and you may just find yourself a moral victor 20 years from now. But in this thread, I have a little activity for you. Pick out a post from Xalxe's "What is on your clipboard?" thread, quote it here, and wildly speculate on why that was on their keyboard.

[mallowgeno]

Looking at my first ISO I see it was

Dégustatif- olfactif- Kinesthésie

Not sure what that is for, I think it's French. My second one though is from Race to 1500 which I may have to bring back

Cheery: 750
♣Mallow: 0
Agent Sparkles: 130
JerryArr: 165
^BigYoshiFan: 0
Allomancer: 168

Jackpot: 500

[Ariel]

rotolotto

Allomancer is saving a nickname suggestion for someone's Nuzlocke

Invisibility was preparing to propose a study be conducted of toddlers' understanding of emojis

★

Tatsuya was preparing to give a scathing review of a clothing purchase

[racefan12]

My first three posts in that thread were all about my internet connection not playing nice with Discord.

I don't miss those days at all.

[Ariel]

April 4

: Unmistaken Identity Day

Suriname

Being involved in Mish Mash can give you unique opportunities to connect with people on the site. Sometimes people stay in touch with their allies after a LSG, or find out that their out of game friend was temporarily their enemy. Sometimes entire Mish Mash games are themed around getting to know each other better. In games like Loaded Questions & Loaded Pictures, we've had to sus out who said what. In Xalxe's What Were You Thinking? series, we've learned more about ourselves as a collective. Another time, we all compared ourselves to a certain Miltank.

For today's Identity-based prompt, please share a fact about yourself that is oddly specific enough that is unlikely to be true of other posters. Bonus points if it's a little-known fact!

I'll start: I have viennese waltzed with someone who was dressed as Link.

[Thestatusquo]

I have never lost a game of Egyptian rat screw.

[Pink Ball]

I have trichotillomania

[Searl]

I have played a luge-themed dating simulator with a Survivor contestant

[mallowgeno]

I am the uncle of two fur baby corgis named Nami (black coat) and Jax (brown coat) named after the League champions. Jax is very shy and cautious of people whereas Nami is very happy and in your face

[McMenno]

I think im the only person on the site who lives in the town I do