Games teach skills.
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Just tell us the curriculum, and we'll give you the shortlist and the lesson plan.
Find activities for your classroomWhy games work.
Active decisions, not passive absorption.
A student playing a strategy game makes 50-100 consequential decisions per hour. A student listening to a lecture makes zero. The learning sticks because it was earned, not delivered.
Skills that transfer.
Risk assessment, systems thinking, resource management, negotiation, planning under uncertainty - these aren't “game skills.” They're life skills practised in a safe environment.
Engagement you don't have to manufacture.
You've never had to convince a student to pay attention to a game. The motivation is built in. Your job shifts from creating engagement to channelling it.
Defensible with data.
Every Shortlist recommendation is mapped to specific thinking skills with transparent methodology. When someone asks “why are they playing board games in maths class?” you have an answer that isn't “because it's fun.”
Not just “educational games.”
There are 31,000+ games in our database. Most of them aren't marketed as “educational” - and that's the point. The best games for teaching systems thinking aren't the ones with “STEM” on the box. They're the ones where the mechanics themselves force the thinking.
We've done the mapping so you don't have to.
Skills you can target
Built for how teachers actually work.
Lesson planning integration
Save activities to plans. Export to PDF. Share with colleagues.
Facilitation notes
Not just “play this game” but “here's how to introduce it, what to watch for, and how to debrief.”
Justification-ready
Every recommendation comes with the skills data you need to explain why this belongs in your classroom.
Find activities for your classroom
Match curriculum skills to board games and generate lesson plans tailored to your year level and classroom setup.
What skills do you want to develop?
Click a subject area to expand it, then select the specific skills you want to focus on.