I’m very excited to announce that I have been accepted as a Fellow of BCS – The Chartered Institute for IT! I came fairly late in my career to the concept of professional registration (at least in my field), and it was only really JBA’s encouragement and support that hooked me into it. However very […]

Equipment Enough chairs for every player, arranged in a wide horseshoe (more like a circle with a gap). Good for around 10 (but fewer or more are also ok) Aim The first chair to the right of the gap is the “first” chair. The last chair going round clockwise is the “last” chair. The aim […]

Really simple game this. Equipment Blindfolds (or sleep masks). Reasonably large room. How to play Split the players up into groups of 2 or 3 Assign each group an animal which makes a distinctive noise (cow, dog, cat, sheep, lion, etc) The players put on the blindfolds, and the leaders then turn them around and […]

Equipment Pen and paper or whiteboards, a plastic cow (or some other token) How it works Split the group up into at least 3 groups, ideally an odd number. It can be done as individuals, it’s just not as much fun. The leader calls out a question that has a simple one word answer (see […]