How to Play Shift - The Rules
The Rules
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OBJECT: Make it from fear to love and drop all of your defenses. What You Need to Know Before You Play: Words can have many definitions. Have someone read below before you begin. Shift defines love, fear, and defenses as the following: LOVE Some examples of love are peace, honesty, trust, gratitude, forgiveness, and open-mindedness.
When you are coming from love
- you are able to accept what is and trust the process
- you have a willingness to see the situation differently
- you are choosing what supports you
FEAR Some examples of fear are hurt, upset, loss, anger, doubt, and confusion.
When you are coming from fear
- you can only see the negative
- you are judging the present based on either the past or the future
- you operate from an idea of lack, loss, or not good enough
DEFENSES Defenses are what you do rather than what you are. They are just your behavior and although we may think our defenses protect us, they really keep us from experiencing our full potential.
Defenses are what you drop to move from fear to love. SHIFT INCLUDES 6 playing pieces, 18 rings, 300 cards, 1 board, 1 number die, and 1 trust/doubt die
There are no wrong or right answers. However, the deeper you are willing to go, the more you will get. If your perspective differs from what we have written on a card, simply move on or challenge yourself to find an example of when this is true.
Feeling competitive? Name someone to be the timekeeper to keep the game rolling along. Or, if you’re looking to open up conversation, let answers go as long as you like and just ignore the clock.
Set Up
- Set out all game components and place each stack of cards face down along the side of the board. Don’t forget to shuffle so your wildcards are mixed in!
- Every player starts in fear with three defenses. Defenses are the colored rings that surround the playing piece.
- The person that rolls the highest number starts.
You must drop all of your defenses on three separate drop a defense spots before making it to love. How to move: Roll the trust/doubt die first. If you roll trust:
- Only trust moves you ahead.
- Roll the number die and move ahead that amount.
If you roll doubt:
- Doubt always keeps you stuck.
- If you are in the part of the board designated fear, stay in fear. However, we want you to play, so the second time you roll doubt in fear, just go.
- If you are out of fear and moving along the path, stay where you are and play that spot.
You can travel in any direction as long as you head towards LOVE. However, if you need to move sideways or backward in order to drop a defense, go for it, you are working your way toward love. If you land on a …
- Step into their shoes spot, the person on your left picks the top step into their shoes card, and reads it to you.
- Choose spot, the person on your left picks the top choose card, and reads it to you.
- Shift spot, the person on your left picks the top shift card, and reads it to you.
- Drop a defense spot, the person on your left picks the top drop a defense card, and reads it to you.
If you pick up a wild card, that are hidden within each stack of cards, ignore the front of the card and play as follows:
- Community: Everybody answers the question. Everybody moves up three spaces. Your turn is complete after everyone responds.
- Stuck: Stay where you are! Your turn is done.
On a drop a defense spot, you must drop all of your defenses on three separate drop a defense spots (out of a total of five) before making it to love to win the game. You can choose your own way along the path, but must stop on a drop a defense spot if you roll the exact number or even if your roll has you pass the spot. This time, you pick up the top defense card and you read it aloud. After you have completed the challenge, remove one of your defense rings and place it on the spot. Your turn now ends. You can only drop one defense per spot, but must drop all three defenses before making it to love. If you roll doubt on a drop spot, your turn is over. On a leap of faith spot, roll the trust/doubt die twice. If you can roll trust two times in a row, jump ahead to the next drop a defense spot. If you have already dropped all three defenses, jump to love. If you are unable to roll trust twice, stay where you are. To win: Now that you are standing in love, and have dropped your defenses, tell us what situation in your life, during the past month or even year, could a shift in thought change the most?
When you are ready for it - play the advanced shift. Before playing, each player should pick the three defenses from the drop a defense cards that apply to them the most and play the game at the next level.
