MASH (game)

Children's fortune-telling game MASH is a multiplayer paper-and-pencil game commonly played by children intended to predict one's future. The name is an acronym of "Mansion, Apartment, Shack/Street/Shed/Sewers/Swamp, and House". Additional variations include adding a potential car, future spouse, and ultimate career choice, among the numerous other possible categories. Game play for MASH The game starts by either player writing out the title MASH at the top of a piece of paper. Both players contribute to writing a list of categories like where they live, how many kids they have, who they marry, and what their job would be. Each player thinks of 3 answers for each category: 2 they want and 1 they don't, and writes them in a column under the category title. Player 2 then begins to draw a swirl on a separate piece of paper. Player 1 says "Stop" at a time they choose after waiting at least 3 seconds, and player 2 stops and draws a line through the swirl from the endpoint to the starting point. They then count how many times the swirl intercepts the line drawn. Alternatively, player 2 will make tally marks instead of drawing a swirl. When player 1 says 'Stop', player 2 stops drawing mar