Customer Recommendation of Gamethingy Training Games

Below is a review we found of the Gamethingy.com training games website. We were so impressed we posted it here.

"Just found a great site for diversity training materials – gamethingy.com they not only sell training games but you can download free training stuff.

There is a great boardgame on their site for diversity training. I have never thought about using boardgames in this way for sensitive subjects like diversity and I was amazed at how the trainee’s loved playing it. It took real pressure off me as I could facilitate and they played for an hour and a half without checking the clock once.

It is great for inductions and for mop up training. There are questions on a number of diverse subjects like faith and belief, race, disability, age and sexual orientation. There were a number of scenarios for discussion that really made the groups think about their own behaviours and how their actions could cause offence to certain individuals within the organisation.

When one trainee read out the scenario: A colleague is always telling ‘rude’ jokes, you have asked them to stop as you find them offensive but they just ignore you, what should you do? Another in the group explained that had happened to them in another job. The team had a great discussion about what people find offensive and what other people see as quite acceptable.

I found the session quite challenging for all the trainees including myself. It really helped bond the teams and helped me raise subjects and real life scenarios in our organisation in a comfortable environment.

I was quite sceptical at first how the trainees would find playing a boardgame at a training session but from the reaction and feedback I will certainly now consider using some of the other training games available for dry subjects such as Health and Safety and Food Hygiene, it really has changed my view.

I also used some of the free downloads for ice breakers and energisers and found them to be fun and lively. We used the barriers to listening before playing the Diversity Training Game, which was helpful as we broke down barriers straight away.

I would certainly recommend training games."

Brandon Egley - Customer Service Operative