Design a game
🎲 Scripts & Ladders is where creativity climbs the board and pharmacy meets games.
Your challenge is to create an educational game that helps a child living with a chronic condition learn how to manage their treatment - one move, card, or dice roll at a time.
The game must be fun, age-appropriate, and evidence-based. It should teach children how and why to take their medicine, how to use any equipment correctly, and the importance of adherence - all while empowering them to feel confident about their condition.
Your game should be a physical game (board/card/dice etc) - creativity is encouraged!
🩺 Your Game Must Include:
● A clearly defined target condition (e.g. asthma, type 1 diabetes, cystic fibrosis etc).
● Target age group (e.g. 5-7, 8-12, etc).
● A short instruction summary for how the game is played.
● A brief explanation on how the child is learning about their condition.
● Key learning objectives, such as:
○ Medication timing and dosing.
○ Device technique (e.g. inhaler, insulin pen etc).
○ Understanding symptoms vs emergencies.
○ What the medicine does / how it helps them to feel better.
○ Importance of adherence.
Submission guidelines:
● Include a PDF document with references for the relevant info - Vancouver referencing style.
● Please attach everything in ONE PDF file excluding the reference document which should be separate.
● If there is a team submission please CC in all entrants into the submission.
Prize: Bundle of card games
Open to all MPharm students and trainees across GB - entries can be individual or in teams of up to 3.
Deadline: Friday 12th December 2025 at 23:59 GMT
Submit all entries to: competitions@bpsa.co.uk
Good Luck!
Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions or concerns.
Krishna Gopal
Competitions Coordinator 25/26
