Mills Mess variations
Aside from standard 3 ball Mills Mess, there are several interesting variations not yet mentioned. Mills Mess with five balls is quite insane, but it is also possible with 4! The strange thing about 4 ball Mills Mess is that it still only involves 3 throws per hand cycle and when closely scrutinized, still follows the standard 4 ball pattern where balls are not moved between hands. Some other cool patterns for Mills Mess are 2/3 Mills Mess, where in you switch after 2 throws, which is a form of Shadow Pattern and the ridiculous 1/3 Mills Mess, where, beginning with two in your top hand and one in bottom, like normal Mills Mess, you switch with each throw (always throwing from the bottom except for the first.) There is also Mills Columns, aka Boston Mills Mess, which is a 12 step pattern in which each ball stays in its own column (much like 2 ball columns, but with 3 and the Mills Mess hand pattern!)