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We have all had a great time with this playing together, and I would normally say it’d be a brilliant game to pull out after Christmas dinner if you’ve had the whole family over. Obviously with the year being such a strange one, many of us won’t be doing that this year, but the great thing with this game is we think it would work fantastically well over Zoom or the like. If you’re really organised, you could even post the answer boards out, but even if you don’t do that, you could manage perfectly well with pen and paper, and it’d be a great way of families getting together from a distance this Christmas. For launch weekend only (September 10-12), Ceri will be hosting a pop-up shop at John Lewis in Cardiff – an opportunity to meet the inventor and play the game. He gives the example of The Mindfulness Coloring Book: Anti-Stress Art Therapy for Busy People by Emma Farrarons which aims to make the embarrassing act of adult colouring socially acceptable when associated with the "alibi" of it being therapy for successful people. We’ve received amazing support from the Welsh public since we launched CONFIDENT?, and I was constantly getting asked whether we’d make a Welsh version,” he said. CONFIDENT? ADULT & FAMILY PARTY GAME - An award-winning trivia board game loved by all ages for 2-30 players.
René Proyer, professor of psychology at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, says that playful adults are those able to frame everyday situations in such a way that they become entertaining and intellectually stimulating. Whether it's an obsession with Candy Crush on the morning commute, playing video games with friends or even sharing a private joke with your partner or colleague, most people are playful, and yet the benefits might go unnoticed or nurtured. We caught up with first-time inventors Natalie Podd and Ceri Price to hear how their idea went from not quite to just right in under a year. HYDERUS? – CONFIDENT? Wales Edition is available at book and toy shops across Wales – the creators are encouraging customers to support their local shops when they can.
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The game is sustainably made and is one of the first in the world to be certified as carbon neutral. On top of this, a tree is planted for every game sold with 100,000 planted to date. The bilingual HYDERUS? board game Pallavicini puts the mental health benefits of playing video games down to achieving a state of "flow". She says flow is the " the optimal experience when nothing else matters", and is also experienced by athletes and sports people when they are in the zone. Playing to find the flow state can provide an enjoyable challenge and distraction from mental health issues, she says, meaning the player can work on their wellbeing without feeling pressured to improve. Multi-Generational Fun Games for the Whole Family - Suitable for all ages means friends, family and kids can enjoy hours of laughter and entertainment! Games for Families - Perfect for all types of get-togethers and occasions, from dinner parties and birthdays to weekend family fun and game nights. Never have a dull day again! There are quiz games, and then there are QUIZ GAMES. CONFIDENT? is making trivia fun again with its unique gameplay that gives everyone a chance. Families and friends across the nation have fallen in love with its quirky questions, dramatic reveals and cheeky answer swaps. From teenagers to grandparents, its multi-generational appeal makes it a must-have for parties, game nights and get-togethers. It only takes two minutes to learn, you can play as individuals or teams, and everyone plays every question, so no one gets bored. Pallavicini has a personal connection with gaming. As a psychologist who studies the applications of virtual reality and video games for mental health and psychological wellbeing at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy, she noticed the improvement on her own mental health and lower stress levels after she played Call of Duty (CoD). The first-person shooting game put players into a simulated war, and so is more commonly associated with violence and stress than as a way of improving mental health. Pallavicini, however, says playing became a form of therapy that was highly beneficial in her day-to-day life, and later inspired her career in research. With this in mind, she wondered if play could help her father, too.
The Welsh language is the fastest growing language on Duolingo in the UK and board games have never been so popular, so hopefully the Wales Edition combines these two really cool things in a fun way,” he said.
The game is great fun, and provided far more laughs than we ever thought it would! Game play takes longer if you have teams rather than individual players as there is a lot more discussion and negotiation (make that arguing and eye-rolling) than when you play as individuals. With the two adults, we found a round lasted about 10 minutes, playing with the kids took about twenty and I can well imagine playing with more teams, you could easily be playing for around half an hour. That being said, it’s so much fun that it flies, and we lost count of the number of times we said, ‘just one more round?’! Your enjoyment of play can depend on both your personality and your willingness to be open to new forms of conversation and experiences. Proyer suggests that if you're most playful at home with your partner or family, for example, try using similar conversational techniques with colleagues or more distant friends and observe the results. With the evidence so strongly pointing towards a wide array of social benefits, it can't hurt to look a little harder for those small moments that make a much bigger difference than you might think to both yourself and the people you interact with.
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