🧠 MindFight: Brain or Bust
The Blackjack-Inspired Game of Mental Balance and Focus
 
🎮 What It Is
MindFight: Brain or Bust is a blackjack-style card game about keeping your mind in balance — not overloaded, not under-stimulated.
Players build their “mental load” with cards representing thoughts, habits, and emotional factors, aiming to stay in the healthy zone before their brain “busts”!
Designed for ages 8 and up, it’s fast, replayable, and fun — a perfect gateway to conversations about stress, self-care, and mental wellbeing.
 
🧠 What It’s Designed to Do
Turn mental health awareness into gameplay.
Shows that mental load management is a balance — rest, stimulation, and emotion all matter.
Teach wellbeing through metaphor.
Encourage open conversation.
Helps families, schools, and groups discuss mental health in a light, engaging way.
Support self-reflection.
Each game encourages players to think about balance, boundaries, and self-kindness.