Mismo! is Filipino made (OFW) Board Game.
The object of the game is to win three rounds, each one marked by a Mis, Mo and !chip. Each player receives 10 answer cards, each of which contains a word from Filipino popular culture. Two roulettes, loaded with adjectives, are spun. The adjectives are formed into a question - Ano ang kadiri-to-death na mayabang? – and players attempt to respond with their cards. Hilarity ensues over the incongruous, often absurd answers.
Fellow players vote on their favorite answers with Boto Ko! chips, enticing one to be as creative as possible. Our version of the game encouraged players to justify their answers, where the most interesting rationalizations take place. Who knew that the adjective makulay can be interpreted in so many different ways?
As the game's Facebook fan page says: Mismo! is "Malalim na Mababaw. Malabo na Malinaw."
What they say about Mismo!
"Mismo!: The ultimate masaya at makulit na Pinoy board game." - OnePhilippines.phWatch the video demonstration of Mismo courtesy of Saksi uploaded by a fan.
Mismo!...may just be the closest anyone has ever gotten to cramming 7,107 islands, 90 million Filipinos, nearly 500 years of history, and an infinite number of Filipino jokes into a two-kilogram pack." - Philippine Star
"It is very hard to describe what this is all about... except that it is fun, very social (pambarkada, pampamilya!), and like most of our jokes, you probably have to be Filipino to get it." - LookingforJuan.blogspot.com
The developers of the game, all working overseas, had the right idea. As a game “for Filipinos by Filipinos," they not only created a game that we can all finally relate to, but they have also showcased aspects about ourselves that we have grown to devalue. Philippine popular culture is no longer baduy or insignificant, but the opposite -- worth knowing, if only to earn bragging rights for winning at this game.
To learn more visit Mismo website.