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Open Spaces, LLC
Questions included in Level Minded® are ©Open Spaces, LLC
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Questions
For 2-8 players,
and up
FOR
PLAYERS, Ages
AGES 88-12
OBJECT
The first player or team to earn 50 points wins.
OBJECT
The first
first player
player or
or team
team to
to earn
earn 100
100 points
points wins.
wins.
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COMPONENTS
Level Minded Labyrinth, Two Steel Balls, Question Cards, One Minute Timer, Response Paper, Pencils
COMPONENTS
Level Minded
Minded Labyrinth,
Labyrinth, Two
Two Steel
Steel Balls,
Balls, Question
Question Cards,
Cards, One
One Minute
Minute Timer,
Timer, Response
Response Paper,
Paper, Pencils
Pencils
Level
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the
scorekeeper
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game.
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HOW TO PLAY
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current player.
Level Minded is a balancing contest of principles, values, and beliefs. Players earn points in two
6) After listening to all responses, the player states which response seems most Level Minded.
different ways. First, players score on each turn by navigating the steel ball on the labyrinth.
The author of this response is awarded the Level Minded Points, which is equal to the points
Second, players score by being the person to write the most “Level Minded” response to
earned in step #2.
questions about personal principles, values, and beliefs.
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR 2-8 PLAYERS, AGES 8-12
HOW TO WIN
The first player or team to reach or surpass 50 points wins the game.
OBJECT
If two players or teams surpass
50 on the same turn, the player or team with the most points at the end of the turn wins the game.
The first player or team to earn 100 points wins.
If two players or teams surpass 50 and tie at the end of the turn, play goes to overtime. In overtime,
each player or team gets one try of the labyrinth to determine the winner!
COMPONENTS
Level
Minded Labyrinth,
Two Individual
Players:Two Steel Balls, Question Cards, One Minute Timer, Response Paper, Pencils
Playing Level Minded with two players encourages sharing, understanding, and empathy between
players. In two-person play, there will be no Level Minded Points awarded. Instead, both players write
responses to questions and then take turns reading their answers. The winner is still the first player to
Each player takes a pencil and writes their name at the top of a piece of paper. Decide which
reach 50 points.
player will go first and that player will be the scorekeeper for the game. Play moves clockwise.
SET UP
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Players must follow the designated path on the labyrinth. If a player’s ball does not follow the
path, the player earns 0 points for that try. If the ball does not follow the path, the player may
attempt to backtrack to the place where the ball left the path and continue their try.
Declaring a response most Level Minded means the player agrees with and likes how the response is written. Two or more responses may be similar but the player must choose one.
Players should provide some type of written response to every question since any response has
some chance of being declared most Level Minded. Even a one-word response is better than
nothing.
Use clear handwriting so the reader of the responses does not have trouble reading your response.
In team play, even the current players’ teammates get to write a response, so a team can earn
both the labyrinth points and the Level Minded points on their turn!
If you are using Self-Esteem or Life Skills cards with Level Minded, the play of the game is exactly
the same with one exception. When a card indicates, “Make up a question” the player whose
turn it is gets to make up any question as the Level Minded question.
LEVEL MINDED QUESTION CATEGORIES
The questions in Level Minded generally fall into the following categories:
Orange Personal Principles
Blue Values and Ethics
Purple Hypothetical
Green A mish-mash of all three categories
©2006
Questions included in Level Minded are
®
Open Spaces, LLC
©Open
Spaces, LLC