The Present Moment Game is an online social experiment that invites you to frame yourself squarely in the here and now.

Unlike most social encounters, where we regale one another with ideas we've accumulated, places we’ve been, and things we’ve done, when we play The Present Moment Game, all of that falls away. What’s left in its wake is just empty space, ready for another, more rich, kind of social experience to occur.

While the game was originally meant to be played in ‘real life’ (whatever that is anymore), during the COVID-19 crisis, this site was created to enable people to come together and play, digitally.

The rules of the game are simple, but strict: We neither speak about the past, nor refer to the future. That’s it! The only other ‘rule’ is that we commit to hold each other accountable to stay 100% present for the full game. To do this, we imagine the past and the future like the two gutters of a bowling lane, both filled with kiddie bumpers. And just as the bowling ball will knock against a bumper to come back into the center of the lane, so, too, do we gently correct those we play with when someone strays away into the past or future. When they do, we invite them back to the present by offering just one little word: ‘Bump.’ Saying ‘Bump’ notifies them that they’ve bumped up against what-has-been or what’s-to-come, stops them from continuing on, and invites them back into the here and now.