Skift A Game of Strategic Shifts and Control Skift is an abstract strategy for two players, ages 8 and up. Average playing time is 10 to 15 minutes. Eliminate your opponent’s pieces by shifting your own pieces and the board itself. The first player to cause their opponent to lose all of their kings or all of their pawns wins the game. Starting the Game The game board consists of 9 square tiles, with each tile each divided into 4 quadrants. Game pieces include 2 kings and 6 pawns per player. Play begins with the 9 tiles arranged into a 3×3 grid to form the full board and the pieces arranged in a checkerboard pattern around the center (see illustration). Gameplay Assign a color to each player and randomly determine who goes first. Players then alternate turns. On your turn, you may make either one piece move or one tile move. Piece Moves A piece move involves moving one of your pieces (pawn or king) one quadrant in any direction (orthogonally or diagonally),...