Lately, I feel like time during the week is moving at a snail’s pace. I don’t know if it’s because it’s still cold, still snowing, DST, etc., but I’ve been bored, bored bored. Then, I started thinking about games I used to play way back pre-internet to pass the time, and remembered M.A.S.H. It was a huge favorite for me and my friends back in middle school, and then I got to thinking, how fun would it be to play fandom M.A.S.H. to make the day go by faster. Not familiar with the game? Well, here’s a quick run down before you play:
M.A.S.H. is a silly and fun fortune telling game which stands for Mansion, Apartment, Shack, House. Basically, you pick categories like spouse, job, number of kids and so on, and assign each category 4-5 options. Typically, those options consist of three things you really want (aka I really want to marry Harry Styles) and two that are less appealing. Once you’ve come up with your categories, and the options, you draw tick marks, or a spiral on your sheet of paper until someone says stop, (or you deem enough time has passed) and you count how many marks you have, and that becomes the number you use to count. You start at the top with M.A.S.H. and make your way through the categories, crossing out whichever option you land on with the designated number, and then starting over from 1 on the very next option. You keep doing this until you only have one option left in each category. (Gif’d instructions can be found here).
As an example, here is what I created for One Direction along with my end result (click to enlarge):
As you can see, I am going to live a thrilling life where, I marry Niall, and we will honeymoon in the South of France. We will live in a mansion in Russia, with our 5 kids where he runs a farmer’s market stand, I am a housewife and our mode of transportation is a Segway.
I’ve created sheets for four fandoms: One Direction (above), Teen Wolf, Harry Potter, and Twilight so feel free to use mine, to predict your future with Hermione, Stiles, Edward, or Zayn, or make your own. But do share your own fandom M.A.S.H. templates end results in the comments for a laugh and a much needed distraction for hump day. Happy fortune telling!
-Brie