Mind Garden

A game of Resilience

Team up to face life’s challenges

Goal

Imagine your brain as a network of neuronal pathways.

In Mind Garden, you'll strengthen those pathways by mastering cool mental & emotional skills like courage and humor. Gather resources, build your brainpower, and navigate a year of exciting life events!

But watch out – if you haven't built up your resilience, unexpected challenges might set you back. It's all about learning how to handle whatever life throws your way with emotional smarts and a super-resilient mind!

Components

  • Game board

  • Resource tokens in bag (60)

  • Skill tiles (12, built onto board)

  • Life event cards (24, split into A, B C, and D decks)

  • Special Abilities Cards (5)

  • Neurons & Axons (4 starter neurons, 36 neurons with axons, 42 axons, 6 bridge axons)

  • Skills counters (61)

  • Action Counters (8)

Brief overview of the Game Play

Collect brainpower tokens to learn awesome emotional skills and build a strong neural network in your brain. Think of it like leveling up your character in a video game!

As you learn new skills, you'll activate neurons and grow connections in your brain, making you more resilient.

But life doesn't stop for anyone! At the beginning of each round, draw a life event card and see what surprises await. If your brainpower isn't strong enough, these events might set you back. So keep learning, keep growing, and get ready to handle anything!

Victory conditions

  • All four brain quadrants must be connected to the adjacent quadrants by at least one axon by the end of 12 rounds of play.

  • All 12 rounds must be played, and all four quadrants remain connected by the conclusion of the 12th round.

  • For a more challenging game, all four quadrants must be connected by at least two axons.