KENYA · GUIDE 0640 · EDITION 4.2

Educational board game making in Kenya: Operations and Quality Checks

Deliver the agreed result consistently

Define the board game by learner age, player count, learning objective, session format, and the decisions players should practise through original rules and components.

The operating sequence for this offer is:

Define the educational skill, player count and intended age group before making a low-cost prototype with original rules and artwork.
Observe a supervised full playtest, recording confusing rules, unbalanced turns and any component that presents an age-related handling risk.
Revise the rules and components and test another complete round before committing to production quantities or making learning-outcome claims.

Put acceptance into the job record

Players can begin using the supplied rules and the pieces suit the intended age.

Observe supervised, unfamiliar players from the intended age group using the rulebook and prototype, recording setup, turns, scoring and disputes without designer explanation.

Inspect at the point where a correction is still possible, then again at handover. Record rejected or incomplete output separately from accepted output. A completed task is not automatically an accepted task, and an invoice does not establish that the customer received the right result.

Measure real capacity

Time preparation, the main operation, transport, cleaning, approvals and correction as applicable. The slowest stage determines how much you can promise. Where two orders need the same person, space or equipment at the same time, resolve the conflict before confirming both deadlines. An additional enquiry should not erase a commitment already made.

Operating checkpoint	Evidence for this business
Before starting	Define the board game by learner age, player count, learning objective, session format, and the decisions players should practise through original rules and components.
During delivery	Observe a supervised full playtest, recording confusing rules, unbalanced turns and any component that presents an age-related handling risk.
At acceptance	Observe supervised, unfamiliar players from the intended age group using the rulebook and prototype, recording setup, turns, scoring and disputes without designer explanation.
At the pilot review	Record setup questions, turn counts, instructions misunderstood, scoring disputes, disengagement, learning explanations, missing components, and rule changes tested again with a fresh group of players.

Keep a correction and escalation rule

When inputs, access, specifications or customer instructions change, pause the affected work and confirm the effect on time and cost. Do not quietly lower the acceptance standard to avoid a delayed delivery. Keep rework caused by your error distinct from a customer-requested change of scope and agree the remedy clearly.

The game fails when the designer must repeatedly explain rules or when winning depends on guessing instructions instead of practising the intended educational skill through play.

Retain the minimum records needed to investigate a complaint without disclosing unrelated personal information. Use measured delivery and actual acceptance as the basis for expanding capacity, rather than the maximum theoretical output of a tool or production line.

Operating control points for this exact offer

Sequence	Work method	Release checkpoint
1	Use canonical market-game.json, rules.md and three supplied PDFs. Check all M01–M48 IDs against key; keep answers separate from fronts.	Eight sheets times six cards equals 48, not an invented expansion deck.
2	Each own turn starts with fresh 400 allowance. Draw three; complete zero, one or two, combined cost at most 400. Payment slips are separate arithmetic, not extra spending funds.	Worked M02 costs 75/change 25/22 points; M22 costs 225/change 275/56 points. Together spend 300, leave 100 and score 78. M45 plus M02 costs 420 and is forbidden.
3	Print board A3 landscape, fronts A4 portrait and booklet pages 1–11 portrait; print page 12 landscape four times.	Count one A3 and 23 A4; inspect clipping, readable IDs and actual-size card layout before cutting.
4	Adult cuts or leaves sheets uncut for ID-pointing. Run a documented desk arithmetic check of reset/discard/scoring rules, without claiming a user playtest.	Four teams times four rounds times three offers consumes all 48 cards. Category bonus is 10 per distinct category once after round 4, maximum 40; tie uses lower total spending, then shared win.
5	Use supplied RFQ, proof approval, change-order, traveller and handover templates. Ask KEBS about applicable product standards before retail claims.	Proposed ages 8+ and 20–30 minutes remain untested; no curriculum, safety certification or learning-outcome claim.

Do not substitute a tick for an observation: record the count, measurement, approved sample or evidence reference used at each checkpoint. Mark unresolved work as held and identify who can approve the recheck.

Diagnose a failure before repeating it

Observed symptom to investigate	Check the cause	Proposed response
Too few score sheets	Count four teams against page 12 copies.	Print three additional copies beyond the single downloadable page.
Allowance inflated by change	Compare rule and score calculation.	Keep payment-slip change separate; own-turn allowance remains 400.
Cards/key disagree	Compare ID, quantity, price and answer in canonical JSON.	Hold release, correct source/version and reproof all affected components.
Laminated card edge opens	Check cutting removed sealed border.	Reject unsuitable process; obtain a suitable construction specification rather than claim durability.

These are diagnostic prompts, not proof of the cause in a real incident. Separate suspect output, record any correction and repeat the relevant acceptance check. Link rejected units, rework time, replacement materials, customer credits and collection delays to the actual job result.