In my first year of teaching, I played games as a review activity several times, usually for math.  I did table vs. table, boys vs. girls, white shirts vs. blue shirts, etc.  A few things happened that made me avoid games as a review activity for a while. I found that everyone would depend on the fastest problem solver for the answer.  They either disregarded their own answer or didn’t try altogether.  I thought “maybe I should have everyone come to a consensus and they all have to write down the work in their journal.”  That turned into slower paced students…