The Event Troubleshooter: LSA + Oxford Brookes University Funded
news / October 10, 2025
The Event Troubleshooter
We are excited to share that all the materials of The Event Troubleshooter (an interactive educational board game designed to support learning in events, tourism and hospitality courses) are now available at: https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/units/obbs/projects/the-event-troubleshooter
The game challenges students to tackle real-world industry scenarios, think critically and develop transferable employability skills in a fun and engaging way. It has been designed and tested in multiple Undergraduate and Postgraduate events, tourism and hospitality courses. But it can also be adapted and used in other business courses.
You can get free access to The Event Troubleshooter game materials on the website including:
The game materials:
– Board Game
– Client Briefs
– Dice
– Game Guide
– Notebooks
– Scenario Cards
– Tokens
The teaching materials:
– How to use the game as a teaching and learning activity
– The Event Troubleshooter session plans
– Top tips for educators
– Assessments and feedback
– Evaluation
– How to improve your teaching and learning practice with The Event Troubleshooter
– The Event Troubleshooter teaching slides
Two videos that explain the creation, value and rules of the game
All materials are freely downloadable worldwide.
Whether you are an educator looking for entertaining learning tools or a student keen to explore industry challenges in a new format, this game offers a hands-on, collaborative way to bring theory to life.
The project is funded by the Leisure Studies Association and Oxford Brookes University.
Game Production and Design: The prototype was designed by Jayne Stuart from Oxford Brookes and the final graphic production is by Cassandra Harrison.
Terms and Conditions (Disclaimer) are explained on the website.
Copyright © 2025 Oxford Brookes University and Cassandra Harrison. All rights reserved. No part of the Event Troubleshooter game may be reproduced, adapted or used for commercial purposes, including all designs, game content, instructions, and other intellectual property, without prior written permission of Oxford Brookes University.
