Shift.

Shift is a game played between two people, wherein the robot is merely a mechanism that dictates the flow of play. What?

It works like this. There is a game board, consisting of a square grid. On any of these squares can be placed a card, which might have various instructions printed on it: turn left, turn right, reverse, erase, go in a random direction, whatever. Each player will take turns placing these cards on the grid. If at any point a “run” card is played, the robot (which starts at the same place, every turn) will being to run. It will go in a straight line until a card is reached, in which case it will follow the instructions printed.

The goal of the game is to lead the robot to your own “goal” square, of which each player has one. Strategy and tactical thinking are the keys to victory, so best of luck!

~ by feep on April 11, 2008.