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MASH 2.0 for Mac is available now!
Download MASH 2.0 on the Mac App Store. The free update is a native Mac rewrite: resizable window, gel-pen eliminations, Saved Stories passcode, and keyboard shortcuts.
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The MASH+ blog
Release notes for the MASH app and the other games we make. Sometimes a post about how people actually play it, like the ESL teachers who use a round to drill the future tense.
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Earlier posts
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release notes
MASH 2.0 for Mac: rewrite of the original game is coming soon
MASH 2.0 for Mac is on its way: a native rewrite with a resizable window, sharp hand-drawn art at every size, and a passcode for Saved Stories. It arrives as a free update to the app already on the Mac App Store.
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new games
Stare Master: the staring contest for those who can't look away
Stare Master is a staring contest against a 3D opponent, and your front camera is the referee. Blink and you lose. That's the whole game. Two modes, three opponents who do everything they can to break you, and Game Center leaderboards for the times you survive.
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MASH for Apple Watch: version 3.6.0 gets a fresh new design
Version 3.6.0 redraws the Apple Watch app. Scott McMahon's question art fills the whole screen now, and the text is easier to read at a glance. Your story ends in confetti.
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new games
Five free browser games on MASH+
On December 31st, 2025 we put five playground games in the browser, from Tic Tac Toe to MASH coloring pages. No account required.
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how people play
Best MASH categories to use: 50+ ideas for every player
Fifty-plus lists to swap in when spouse, kids, and car get old. Superpowers, pet names, the ghost that haunts your house, your midlife crisis purchase. Sorted by age.
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new games
Four in a Row - Time Attack: Connect a line of four, FAST!
Four in a Row with a timer on every move. Run out of time and the game drops your disc in a random column. Lightning mode gives you one second a move.
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new games
SketchParty TV 5: perfect for family parties and classrooms
A drawing and guessing game for the TV. You draw on an iPhone or iPad while the room watches the Apple TV and yells guesses. Here's how it works at a family party and in a classroom.
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new games
Truth Truth Lie: the hilarious ice-breaker game is back!
How well do your friends know you? Record two true clips and one lie. Truth Truth Lie stitches them into one video for a friend to guess. There is a text-only mode too.
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new games
Tic Tac Toe - Time Attack: classic game meets intense time pressure
Tic Tac Toe with a shot clock. Take too long and your X lands in a random square. Lightning mode gives you one second a move, which is less time than you'd think.
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how people play
MASH in an ESL classroom
How to run a MASH round with language learners on paper or in a browser. Future-tense frames and a 15-minute plan.
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release notes
MASH 3.5.0: the Apple Watch app ships
Version 3.5.0 put a full MASH round on Apple Watch. Companion app for Series 5 or later. Install from the iPhone Watch app.
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how people play
MASH game variations: house rules that change how you count
A variation is a rule change. Putting celebrity names in the spouse list is still regular MASH. House rules change how you get the magic number, or what happens when you land on an option.
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history
The history of MASH: from paper fortune-telling to iPhone app
MASH spread kid to kid with no rulebook. Old accounts count tally sticks instead of drawing a spiral, and one adds an outhouse as a fifth home. Then, in 2008, an iPhone app.
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