{"id":4238,"date":"2026-02-19T16:59:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/urbangreenspacegovernance\/?page_id=4238"},"modified":"2026-02-19T17:05:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:05:34","slug":"toolkit-board-games","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/urbangreenspacegovernance\/?page_id=4238","title":{"rendered":"Toolkit &#8211; Board Games"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4238\" class=\"elementor elementor-4238\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d02cdc elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d02cdc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3db4628\" data-id=\"3db4628\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c0d7fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c0d7fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"background: #466122; color: white;\">Board Games<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae9c5c9 elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"ae9c5c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1831\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1831\" aria-expanded=\"false\">About<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1832\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1832\" aria-expanded=\"false\">How<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1833\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1833\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Why<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1831\" aria-expanded=\"false\">About<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1831\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1831\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><div style=\"display: flex; gap: 1em;\"><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4242\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/urbangreenspacegovernance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Game1-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/urbangreenspacegovernance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Game1-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/urbangreenspacegovernance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Game1.avif 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"color: black; font-size: 18pt;\">This tool involves the use of bespoke board games to engage communities and stakeholders in park decision-making.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1832\" aria-expanded=\"false\">How<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1832\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1832\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><div style=\"display: flex; gap: 1em;\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\">Games need to be designed and\/or can be adapted from existing games. Once made, they can be played in workshop settings with participants, whose feedback is later analysed and used to help shape park decisions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1833\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Why<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1833\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1833\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><div style=\"display: flex; gap: 1em;\"><p>Games can be a fun and engaging way of facilitating engagement. They offer an opportunity to educate players on park related matters, as well as invite players to share ideas.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62279ae elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62279ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Overview of the Engagement Tool\/Innovation:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;\">This method involves using a game to encourage engagement in decision-making and learning about the work of an organisation. A number of resources are linked below that show how games have been developed to facilitate community engagement in a fun and interactive way. Games can be designed to spark discussion on important issues and enable participants to gain a deeper understanding of them. In the case studies, bespoke board games were designed and made. They were then played by participants in workshop settings. One example asked \u2018communities to come together and dream, design, and create resilient solutions that address the impacts of climate change in a specific region. Another game was designed and used in the \u2018Lets Talk Parks\u2019 consultation in Newcastle upon Tyne where participants were asked to respond and discuss different scenario cards.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Role in decision-making:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Feedback and discussions during game playing can be incorporated into park\/organisational decisions. \u00a0It\u2019s possible to ask players to write summary responses and\/or record discussions for later analysis where permission is given. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e679b1b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e679b1b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d22214\" data-id=\"7d22214\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6d9704 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6d9704\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b style=\"font-style: inherit; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Engaging:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: justify; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> Game playing and be fun and interactive<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3714a09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3714a09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d6e5bea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d6e5bea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ba260f\" data-id=\"1ba260f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75237b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75237b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong style=\"font-style: inherit;\">Hard to reach:<\/strong><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0Games can be designed to be accessible for hard to reach groups or those with disabilities.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-133b357 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"133b357\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-88e3475 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"88e3475\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-91dd352\" data-id=\"91dd352\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45f212b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45f212b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"comp-l7gg6e1q1\" class=\"KaEeLN comp-l7gg6e1q1\"><div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-l7gg6e1q1inlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\"><div data-mesh-id=\"comp-l7gg6e1q1inlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\"><div id=\"comp-l7gg6e1s1\" class=\"Z_l5lU ku3DBC zQ9jDz qvSjx3 Vq6kJx comp-l7gg6e1s1 wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><p class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"><strong style=\"font-style: inherit;\">Adaptable:<\/strong><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0Games can be re-used and\/or adapted to different scenarios.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fbb2d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1fbb2d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7702319 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7702319\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-118a4b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"118a4b3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b57bf5\" data-id=\"7b57bf5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ed3736 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ed3736\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Suitable for: \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\">A variety of participants and engagement projects. It works particularly well for those who like interactive engagement methods.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-edcc36a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"edcc36a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-28e2117\" data-id=\"28e2117\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b9eec20 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b9eec20\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-dce625e\" data-id=\"dce625e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-419546d\" data-id=\"419546d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3d046f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3d046f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Resources needed:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The design phase would require time and creativity. It is possible to design your own board game, possibly adapting existing ones, or to work with a company that can assist with designing a game (this was the case in the Lets Talk Parks bespoke board game where Newcastle City Council worked with Open Lab to design a game, run workshops in which the game was played and provide an analysis of the feedback). If designing your own game, it is possible to appoint a company to have it made professionally or make it yourself. Cards could, for example, be laminated. Once made, games can be played in workshops. Staff would be needed to organised and run these, as well as analyse the data and feedback from them.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9aa82fb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9aa82fb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-83a8b5c\" data-id=\"83a8b5c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-777bfda elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"777bfda\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a7b507\" data-id=\"8a7b507\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb76352 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb76352\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Advantages:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">You might\u00a0be able to make use of or adapt existing games.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Games can\u00a0be fun and engaging.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">T<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">his\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">method could reach groups that are \u2018hard to reach\u2019, or whom have disabilities\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">if their needs are catered for in the game design.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a5749d4\" data-id=\"a5749d4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d248c59 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d248c59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Challenges:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li style=\"line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">The process of designing and creating a game can be time consuming.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Games need to be run in workshops, which require organising.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c4f48f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2c4f48f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-91df587\" data-id=\"91df587\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f3832c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f3832c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;\">Sources, good practice and case studies:<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"><br><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">For an\noverview of the Lets Talk Parks bespoke board game see Crivellaro, C et al (2019)\nInfrastructuring Public Service Transformation: Creating Collaborative Spaces\nbetween Communities and Institutions through HCI Research, ACM Transactions on\nComputer-Human Interaction 26(3): 1-29. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/332958570_Infrastructuring_Public_Service_Transformation_Creating_Collaborative_Spaces_between_Communities_and_Institutions_through_HCI_Research\">https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/332958570_Infrastructuring_Public_Service_Transformation_Creating_Collaborative_Spaces_between_Communities_and_Institutions_through_HCI_Research<\/a>\n<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">See\nalso: <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.ncl.ac.uk\/research\/lets-talk-parks-creating-collaborative-spaces-to-envision-and-transform-public-parks-services\/\">https:\/\/openlab.ncl.ac.uk\/research\/lets-talk-parks-creating-collaborative-spaces-to-envision-and-transform-public-parks-services\/<\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><u><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:\nEN-GB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebuildbydesign.org\/resources\/engagement-toolkit\/\">https:\/\/www.rebuildbydesign.org\/resources\/engagement-toolkit\/<\/a>\n<\/span><\/u><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB\">This\ngives an overview of the Resilient By Design project, with a discussion of how\nthe game was used.&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.resilientbayarea.org\/resilient-city-board-game\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:\nEN-GB\">http:\/\/www.resilientbayarea.org\/resilient-city-board-game<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:\n&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB\"> This is an account of a\ndifferent, simpler game, but instructions have not yet been uploaded at time of\nwriting.&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black;mso-fareast-language:\nEN-GB\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanworks.cca.edu\/in-it-together\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:\nEN-GB\">https:\/\/www.urbanworks.cca.edu\/in-it-together<\/span><\/a><\/span><u><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:\n&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB\"> <\/span><\/u><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:\n&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB\">This discusses the game in more\ndetail.&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB\">You can\ndownload the \u2018In It Together\u2019 game here <u><span style=\"color:#0563C1\">http:\/\/www.resilientbayarea.org\/in-it-together<\/span><\/u><span style=\"color:#0563C1\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:\nEN-GB\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;\nmso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB\">There is\nalso a game about the Greenham Common occupation here <u><span style=\"color:#0563C1\">https:\/\/greenhamwomeneverywhere.co.uk\/introducing-our-brand-new-embrace-the-base-board-game\/<\/span><\/u><span style=\"color:#0563C1\">&nbsp;<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; 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