2025Mat Hanson
- Videos
- 19
- Creators
- 18
Mostly reviews and how-to-play
2 - 4 players45 - 60 minMedium weight
Reality Shift
2022Mat Hanson
- Videos
- 5
- Creators
- 5
Mainly reviews. Reality Shift is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 3 reviews and 2 recorded sessions.
2 - 4 players
15 - 40 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
From BoardGameGeek
Race. Hack. Win. In Reality Shift, race across large magnetic Reality Cubes while hacking into them to change their positions. Move your light bike across any side of the cubes to find the best path to the finish. Shift reality by hacking the track to slide, rotate, flip and tilt the Reality Cubes. Block your opponents' paths, make your path to the finish shorter, or crush your opponents! Reality Shift is a fast-paced 3D racing game for 2 to 4 players set in a retro virtual reality world. The racetrack is made of cubes whose magnetic facings have different paths on them. Your light bike is not constrained by gravity. Your magnetic figure can use any accessible path on the tops and the sides of the cubes. Being fast is not enough though. You will be able to play a card each turn that will move a Reality Cube, creating a track that is always shifting. Don't have a path to the finish? Transform the board to make one. Is an opponent in the lead? Change the track to block their way or just crush them with a Reality Cube, forcing them to respawn at the start. Be faster, smarter, and more ruthless than the other racers to win. -description from the designer
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Which Reality Shift video should I watch?
Reality Shift has 5 videos from 5 creators: 3 reviews and 2 playthroughs. They date from 2022 to August 2025.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Reality Shift Review - with Tom Vasel" by The Dice Tower. 3 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Reality Shift board game play through" by Out of the Box [Board Games], one of 2 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Ice and Idols and Reality Shift: Deluxe, also by Mat Hanson, or Santorini and Magical Athlete, which share several of its mechanics.
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About Reality Shift
From BoardGameGeek:
Race. Hack. Win. In Reality Shift, race across large magnetic Reality Cubes while hacking into them to change their positions. Move your light bike across any side of the cubes to find the best path to the finish. Shift reality by hacking the track to slide, rotate, flip and tilt the Reality Cubes. Block your opponents' paths, make your path to the finish shorter, or crush your opponents! Reality Shift is a fast-paced 3D racing game for 2 to 4 players set in a retro virtual reality world. The racetrack is made of cubes whose magnetic facings have different paths on them. Your light bike is not constrained by gravity. Your magnetic figure can use any accessible path on the tops and the sides of the cubes. Being fast is not enough though. You will be able to play a card each turn that will move a Reality Cube, creating a track that is always shifting. Don't have a path to the finish? Transform the board to make one. Is an opponent in the lead? Change the track to block their way or just crush them with a Reality Cube, forcing them to respawn at the start. Be faster, smarter, and more ruthless than the other racers to win. -description from the designer
Designer
Mat Hanson
Artist
Aldo Domínguez
Publisher
Academy Games, Inc.
Categories
Mechanics