ZENtiles Basic

ZEN consists of meditation, philosophically thinking and so on. ZEN is also actually a way of vigilance, self-discovery, spiritual awakening, and they come through a practical experience. This game might help you to be ZEN state.

ZENtiles Basic is a board game which can help you look at your emotions objectively.
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There are two game types:

Multiplayer: In multiplayer mode, you engage in guessing each other’s emotions.

Solo-play: In solo-play mode, you can understand and organize your own emotions quietly.

Through playing, you might be surprised to discover your hidden emotions or sympathise with how the other players' feel.
‘Knowing yourself’ is one of the most important practices to make our lives calmer and improve our well-being. Through this, we might allow ourselves to become relaxed, peaceful, and therefore more ZEN.

RECOMMENDATION
For first time players, it is encouraged to try playing solo-play mode first, so you can get used to the rules. It’s also recommended to add the Additional Rule: Story (see page 8 on The Game manual - downoload(pdf)) when you play with people you have just met or don’t know well.

The purpose of the game is to organize your emotions by placing Emotion stones along the Time boards.

The purpose of multiplayer mode is to consider feelings of other players and to guess how they were really feeling yesterday or a specific day. The player who guesses correctly receives one of the white Reward stones. The person who has the most stones wins and is recognised as the most empathetic player.

It could be played with Friends, all by yourself, between partners, parents or children.

The rulers comes with it could be used as a timeline and could be placed flexibly e.g. staring from 8am or 0am, however by default it is starting from 0 o’clock for the day.

We are receiving quite a few of reviews and would like to share some of them here:

I had a tendency to have a hard time going through everyday life because I get easily swayed emotionally or offended by small things very often. Then I came up with the idea to organize my emotions over time to gradually ease my mind. So I created this game because I would love to share with everyone to feel the same relief I felt. Also every aspect of this game is designed to give a "ZEN" feel. Please enjoy presents from Japan. - The game designer Yoichiro Kawaguchi.



Desgin
Traditional Japanese architectures are filled with vertical and horizontal straight lines that could be seen in every part of old temples. And those structures create such beautiful harmony and contrast with the organic shapes of stones, moon, moss, trees and paddles in ZEN gardens. Imagine Buddhism temples and yourself sitting still for a while at a temple corridor looking at these scenes, I believe it could mesmerize and calm you peacefully. As a graphic designer of ZENtiles, I put my best efforts to bring this visually serene moment of ZEN over this product. - The graphic designer Ai Miki.

■ I can hardly find someone to play with me.
-- You could play by yourself, too.


■ I don't have time to play this kind of game.
-- You could play in 5 minutes.


■ How many times could I play?
-- You can play once in a day because you can remember the events that happened on a day.


■ Is it hard to play or to understand how it works?
-- Just display Emotion Stones along with Time Boards(made of bamboo). Emotion Stones describes your feeling of the events of a day. Once you play it, you get the rules. Also you could change how you like.(Please see the instrucion that comes with the game or download the manual.)


■ Once you are done with playing, what should I do?
-- You could take a photo of your displayed Emotion Stones and share it on social media. You could tell Your friends what kind of a day it was. It might becomes a diary.


■ Who should play this game?
-- A person who gets overwhelmed by various emotions every day and ends the day would be able to see his/her feelings objectively through this game.


■ What kind of material is it made of?
-- We carefully chose materials to create this game. Emotion Stones are made of glass, Time Boards are of bamboo. Its design would allow you to feel the traditional beauty of Japan.


■ Can I send as a gift?
-- Yes! Friends who would receive can could see their feelings objectively, and the quality of life improves. And the rules are simple, so he/she could play immediately.