And Then We Held Hands

...and then we held hands. is a co-operative game about finding balance. To win, the two players must complete objectives using their emotions and reach the center of the board at the same time.

Changing perspectives is key to providing more options for navigating the board, and each player's move has an impact on what the other player can do next.

The players take turns trying to fulfill the current common emotional objective by discarding emotion cards to move from node to node. They must do this without verbal communication, empathizing and always considering each other's situation when making a move.

A player can use their own cards or their partner's, but if their move causes their partner to be unable to move, the players lose and the game ends. While moving from node to node, their balance shifts, and they are not able to refill their hand.

The game features a card-splaying mechanism in which players change their "perspective" to reveal a new set of colors (emotions). Depending on their location on the board, they splay cards left or right to reveal more movement options.

The players win by meeting in the center while in a balanced state and within one turn of each other.