Inside the print kit
- 1 compact rules page with score sheet
- 12 pressure cards with optional follow-ups
- 4 complete sets of 5 move cards
Tabletop game · free print kit
PRESSURE TEST
One line. One breath. Three tracks that have to hold.
Someone puts you under pressure with a real workplace line. You secretly choose your move and answer in one breath. The table is not judging wit. It checks whether clarity, connection and your goal stay intact together.
5 A4 pages · no app · no account
2–4players
15–25minutes
12pressure cards
5moves
The sharpest comeback does not win
Your final result is your weakest track. Set only hard boundaries and you may lose connection. Stay only agreeable and you may lose the goal. Strong answers hold all three.
Three concrete checks
After every answer, the majority gives each track a yes or no. No style scores, no expert knowledge and no points for being loud.
Cut along the dashed lines
Rules & scoring
PRESSURE TEST
Goal: Keep clarity, connection and your goal intact across three answers. Wit is not a scoring criterion.1Setup
- Cut out the 12 pressure cards and one set of 5 move cards for each player.
- Each player takes a move set. Shuffle the pressure cards and place them face down.
- Choose a reader. That role moves clockwise after every turn.
2A turn
- The active player draws a pressure card. The reader delivers the line with conviction.
- The active player secretly chooses one unused move card and answers within ten seconds, in one breath.
- Only then do they reveal the move. If the answer dodged the issue, the reader may use the follow-up and request one short addition.
- Everyone except the active player checks the three tracks at the same time. On a tie, the reader has the deciding vote.
Clarity
Could we repeat in one sentence what you will do, will not do or need?
Connection
Did you acknowledge the situation without belittling the other person or yourself?
Goal
Did you name a concrete next step, criterion or priority?
Scoring
Each passed check adds one mark to that track. After three turns, your result is the lowest of your three tracks.
Tie-break: first compare total marks, then goal marks. If that is still equal, you genuinely played equally well.Cooperative variant
You win together if, after three turns per player, nobody has fewer than 2 marks on any track. Can you do it without using the same move twice?
SCORE SHEET
| Name | Clarity | Connection | Goal | Weakest track | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLAYER 1 | |||||
| PLAYER 2 | |||||
| PLAYER 3 | |||||
| PLAYER 4 |
Pressure cards
PRESSURE TEST
“You can handle that easily.”
“It really will only take a moment.”
“Just go ahead and get started.”
“Everyone else is pitching in too.”
“I thought the team mattered to you.”
“Funny, no one else is complaining.”
Pressure cards
PRESSURE TEST
“We can discuss priorities later. Right now, it needs to get done.”
“I thought I could count on you.”
“This is actually a chance to prove yourself.”
“We do not have time to discuss this now.”
“The decision has basically been made.”
“Then I expect the result this evening.”
Move cards
PRESSURE TEST
STOP
Pause
Takes out the speed and opens a timing window.REFLECT
Reflect
Names the pressure without agreeing to it.WHY?
Question
Forces criteria and priorities into the open.NO
Boundary
Puts your own sentence clearly into the room.THEN
Bridge
Connects acknowledgement with your own goal.STOP
Pause
Takes out the speed and opens a timing window.REFLECT
Reflect
Names the pressure without agreeing to it.WHY?
Question
Forces criteria and priorities into the open.NO
Boundary
Puts your own sentence clearly into the room.THEN
Bridge
Connects acknowledgement with your own goal.Move cards
PRESSURE TEST
STOP
Pause
Takes out the speed and opens a timing window.REFLECT
Reflect
Names the pressure without agreeing to it.WHY?
Question
Forces criteria and priorities into the open.NO
Boundary
Puts your own sentence clearly into the room.THEN
Bridge
Connects acknowledgement with your own goal.STOP
Pause
Takes out the speed and opens a timing window.REFLECT
Reflect
Names the pressure without agreeing to it.WHY?
Question
Forces criteria and priorities into the open.NO
Boundary
Puts your own sentence clearly into the room.THEN
Bridge
Connects acknowledgement with your own goal.KIPP! · SOCIAL ARCADE