Trip Guide is a thoughtfully designed experience deck created by The Harm Reduction Project to support intentional, safer altered states.

This isn't a game—it's a tool for navigation, grounding, and gentle guidance during psychedelic experiences or other altered states of consciousness.

Instead of rules, it offers invitations. Instead of outcomes, it creates space for exploration, reflection, and connection.

To begin, one person becomes the Guide. The Guide holds the deck, draws the cards, and reads them out loud. Everyone else participates however they want—by listening, responding, moving, staying quiet, or passing entirely. Talking is optional. Movement is optional. Silence is welcome.

Each card belongs to one of four categories:

• Mode – shifts how the moment is approached

• Interaction – invites connection, reflection, or play

• Perspective – gently reframes what's being noticed

• Mischief – light, optional disruptions that stay kind

How to use:

1. The Guide draws a card

2. The Guide reads it out loud

3. Everyone notices what happens

4. Stop anytime

The Guide sets the pace, but does not explain or interpret the cards. There is no winning. There is no correct way. Pauses count. Laughter counts. Doing nothing counts.

Solo use is welcome.

Trip Guide is designed to support altered states with care and intention, but it does not require them. It works just as well around a table, at a gathering, alone, or in quiet moments where curiosity feels safer than structure.

When the cards stop being useful, put them away.

This is a harm reduction tool—designed to help create safer, more intentional experiences.