How about a campfire game? Word Jumble: this can be played at anytime and can be stopped on and off as other topics are discussed. Players will decode the scrambled letters and leave a new scrambled word. A thread within a thread, sort of, but gives us a game at anytime. I'll start... reeybxcs *decode and post a new one
It's like getting a handjob you're not really into and then permanently turning around slightly. It's weird.