Design a Board Game (1987)

In Design a Board Game, groups carefully design and produce their own board games. These games are then played and evaluated by other class members. This involves developing ideas from 2-dimensional shape-and-space, together with basic concepts of probability.

• Students play a number of games which have been devised by someone else, discover faults and shortcomings and suggest improvements.
• Students share their ideas within groups, then decide on a rough plan for their own game.
• Each group of students produces a detailed design, makes it, and checks the finished version.
• The groups exchange games and test them. When they are returned, each group re-assesses its own game in the light of another group's comments.

The materials comprise a teacher’s guide, a student booklet, a set of photocopy masters and a set of game boards and cards for the example games.