Training Review Games Pack

Twelve review game formats that help people recall and use what they learned, with a guide to writing good questions, planning templates, printables and editable slide templates.

Who it is for

• Trainers who want end-of-session reviews that do more than repeat the slides

• Instructional designers building review activities into courses

• Small-business owners and managers who teach their own staff and want a simple way to check what stuck

• Shift leads and supervisors reviewing procedures in pre-shift briefings

• New facilitators who need clear rules, words to say and ready-made materials

The problem it solves

Most review games test trivia or recognition, and most of the effort goes into the game instead of the questions. This pack gives you twelve formats, from a category points board and a ladder climb to a code breaker, a confidence wager and a scenario showdown, and shows you how to write questions that are about the job: one idea per question, plausible wrong options of similar length, and a reason for every answer. A two-page guide with before-and-after examples shows how to fix weak questions. Every game ends with a short debrief so gaps are fixed before people leave.

What is inside

• Copyright, how to use the pack and terms explained (3 pages)

• Guide (4 pages): what review games are for, writing good questions, improving weak questions with examples, running a game fairly and adjusting for your setting

• Game chooser (1 page): all 12 formats by purpose, group size, time, materials and questions needed

• 12 game formats (12 pages): build steps, rules, the facilitator's words, debrief questions, example questions from three workplaces, a virtual version and what to watch for

• Question bank and game plan (4 pages): each blank and filled in

• Printable game materials (4 pages): points board, A to D answer cards, three-in-a-row grid, ladder, wager slips, code breaker sheet, review trail board and question cards

• Editable PowerPoint (19 slides): a slide template for every game, filled in with an example, with instructions and answers in the speaker notes

• Editable Word file (13 pages): the templates and printables

How to use it

1. Write 20 to 30 questions in the question bank, using the eight rules in the guide.

2. Choose a game from the chooser that fits your group size and time.

3. Print the materials or copy the matching slides into your deck.

4. Play, give the answer and reason every time, and finish with the debrief.

Formats and file types

• PDF guide, game formats and printables, 28 pages, US Letter, print or screen

• PowerPoint (.pptx), 19 editable slide templates with speaker notes

• Word (.docx), editable question bank, game plan and printables, 13 pages

• Licensed for internal use by the purchasing organization

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