Mittens

Mittens is the annual real-life meeting for adventure game creators mostly from the AGS community. The first Mittens was held in 2002, and it took place in Laleham, England, and was organised by m0ds. There has been a Mittens gathering every year since then, in various places in Europe and once in the United States. The next Mittens is planned to be in Canada.

The original Mittens campsite has now been revisted as Brittens in 2004 and 2005. Other local AGS community meet-ups have also been arranged or suggested, often with names related to Mittens, such as Lapaset.

The name "Mittens" comes from a suggestion by Captain Mostly. The idea formed during the production of "The Vestibule", the team (which included Abstauber, Yahtzee, Captain Mostly & m0ds) decided it could be fun to bundle around to Yahtzee's and have a BBQ. This never happened - but the idea was taken further and with it, m0ds launched "Mittens". Mittens are actually fingerless winter gloves. It is also a common name for a cat. It has no association or related meaning with the annual AGS meeting, but the name was made up because it was funny.

Timeline

• 2002: Laleham, England, organised by m0ds.
• 2003: Near Gothenburg, Sweden, organised by Andail.
• 2004: "Electric Boogaloo" in Upstate New York, United States, organised by MrColossal.
• 2005: Agia Anna, North Evia, Greece, organised by Helm.
• 2006: Benidorm, Spain, organised by Farlander and La Lore.

Attendees

The following people have attended Mittens so far:

Attendee	2002 (England)	2003 (Sweden)	2004 (USA)	2005 (Greece)	2006 (Spain)	Overall
2ma2	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	3
Adamski (Dark Stalkey)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	5
AGA	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	5
Andail	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	4
Becky	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
Chrille	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	4
Dave Gilbert	No	No	Yes	No	No	1
Disco	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	2
Dominika	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	2
Edmundo (netmonkey)	No	No	Yes	No	No	1
Farlander	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	3
FruitTree	Yes	No	No	No	No	1
Goldmund	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	3
Grundislav	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	3
Helm	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	3
jet (JetXL)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	4
KANDYMAN-IAC (das kandyman)	Yes	No	No	No	No	1
La Lore	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	2
Layabout	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
MachineElf (Vargtass)	No	Yes	No	No	No	1
magintz	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	3
mattgoble	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	2
MillsJROSS	No	No	Yes	No	No	1
m0ds	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	5
MrColossal	No	No	Yes	No	No	1
Petteri	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	2
Privateer Puddin' (custard)	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	2
Pumaman (CJ)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	5
Quintaros	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
Radiant	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
Scotch	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	3
Scummbuddy	No	No	Yes	No	No	1
Sinitrena	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
Viporizer	Yes	No	No	No	No	1
zainastar (Jess)	No	No	Yes	No	No	1
Total	13	15	13	18	21	80

Traditions

The most (in)famous Mittens tradition is the group singing of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. This tradition may or may not include being yelled at by angry people in the vicinity being disturbed by the group's singing.

Another Mittens tradition is the attempt to photograph Chris Jones eating onion rings and/or ice cream cones.

At each Mittens there is also a "super quiz" of questions relating to AGS and adventure games. Everyone participates and those lucky enough get to choose from an array of prizes! 1st prize 2006 went to AGA, who won a special boxed edition of Ben Jordan 1 and a signed Mittens poster by La Lore!

See also

• Brittens
• Lapaset
• Onion Rings

External links

• Official Mittens Homepage
• Laleham Camping Club
• Adventure Club Agia Anna