THE CONFLICT MANAGEMENT GAME

CUT
CONFLICT

IN DEVELOPMENT · ALL ART IS PLACEHOLDER

If you can solve conflicts constructively, everything else in life gets easier. We think it’s success skill #1, so we’re turning it into a game.

Join the playtest Peek at the deck ↓
Cool Down card back Breathe! Close your eyes and take three deep breaths Restart! Can we restart this conversation?

WHY A GAME ABOUT CONFLICT?

Conflict isn’t the problem.
How we handle it is.

Handled with curiosity, a conflict is just information about what two people need. Handled badly, it poisons families, teams and whole societies. We claim that curiosity, play and responsibility can solve most of our big problems, and constructive conflict is where all three meet.

STEP 1

Notice the heat

The game trains you to spot the temperature rising, in yourself first.

STEP 2

Play a card

Cool Down cards work anytime: breathe, restart the conversation, switch location.

STEP 3

Invest & repair

Spend energy ⚡ to level a card up: together, in sync, on the road to repair.

A PEEK AT THE DECK
Cool Down category card
The Cool Down suit: play anytime
Breathe! card, invest energy to do it together in sync
Breathe! Three deep breaths, invest ⚡ to sync up
Restart! card, restart the conversation
Restart! “Can we restart this conversation?”

The final art style is still being explored. Everything you see is placeholder. Shaping it is part of the fun of playtesting.

Help us shape CutConflict

Families, classrooms, teams: we’re looking for players. Playtesters get early print-and-play decks and a real say in how the game (and its art) turns out.

Sign up to playtest

Questions? chris@makerofgames.com