Games and Activities

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This page is currently under construction. Check back soon for access to instructions and materials for games and playful activities to use in your own impact evaluation! These will be rolled out gradually as the research progresses. In the meanwhile, feel free to enjoy some images taken during playtests, to give you an idea of what to expect!
Two playtesters stand in a room. One holds a piece of paper and reads off of it, holding out her free hand in a dramatic gesture. The other watches her, hands clasped together in front of her mouth as she beatboxes. Both participants' faces have been blurred.
Two playtest participants stand either side of a large cardboard box on a table. One participant is holding a fishing pole, which they have stuck into the side of the box. The other participant crouches down to peer into a hole on their side of the box, and sticks their hand out to the left, to direct the first participant on where to angle the fishing pole. Both participants faces are blurred.
A photo of a plasticine sculpture created by a participant during a playtest. The sculpture is of five small, round people gathered close together, as if in a huddle or group hug. The sculpture is placed on top of a sheet of paper labelled with a large number "two" written on it. This is on top of a wooden table.
A close-up of five hands gathered around a table, picking lettered beads out of a plastic pack of beads in the centre of the table and sorting them into groups. One group is a pile of small white circular beads showing the letters "I" and "T". The other is a group of gold and silver cubed beads; from the angle of the photograph it is not clear what letters are written on these beads.
A side-on view of a playtest participant's plasticine sculpture. Three small blue plasticine blocks sit on a purple plasticine square; next to them, two blue blocks sit on a similar pink square. Six more blue blocks are spread out across the table at random. In the foreground is a sheet of paper, on which has been written an explanation of the sculpture, although the writing is not legible from this angle.
Four playtest participants sit around a long table, speaking animatedly. Spread out on the table is a large collection of stickers, each of a different "emoji". Also on the table are notepads and sheets of paper.
A photo of brightly coloured building blocks stacked on a table.
A photograph of a collection of paper hexagon tiles arranged on a table. The tiles have a mixture of symbols on them: two stick figures talking; a cycle path; a garden; a book closed in by walls; and one stick figure helping another stand up. Next to the tableau is a pile of more tiles, and a pencil.
Close-up on a playtest participant's hand reaching out to pick up a meeple. The meeple is on a yellow and white prototype paper game board. Also on the game board are two other meeples. The participant's face has been cropped out of the photo, but they are wearing an orange hoodie.