Game of Stones

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This interactive quest guides you via clues and riddles on your mobile phone - you'll go through graveyards, market squares and alleys in a magical journey across historic Richmond. An AWESOME day or night out with a difference, ideal for adults and families. Ideal for walking exercise, single play, romantic dates, mates, family fun and corporate team building. People with obesity are at greater risk of type two diabetes, some cancers, heart disease, stroke, infections like COVID-19 and mobility problems. However, men rarely take part in weight loss services. Together with men who have tried to lose weight, we designed a new weight loss service. THE FINDINGS will be shared with the public, men’s health groups and health service staff through social media, blogs, reports, presentations and research papers. No negative views were expressed about the incentives in qualitative interviews. Only one man reported being motivated by the financial incentive, and many expressed indifference. Participants reported the weight loss and health benefits as sufficiently rewarding. Dombrowski, S.U., McDonald M, van der Pol M, Grindle M, Avenell A, Carroll P, et al., Text messaging and financial incentives to encourage weight loss in men with obesity: the Game of Stones feasibility RCT.

Each team gets to take a mystical secret photo at the end of each game! WILL YOUR PUB GAME VERSION RETURN?Some men sent spontaneous replies to the narrative texts (0–3 months n=25/69, 36%; 3–6 months n=8/69, 12%, 6–12 months n=13/69, 19%; see online supplementary 2). Most spontaneous replies were received between 0 and 3 months (n=370 replies) and decreased at 3–6 months (n=16 replies) and 6–12 months (n=39 replies). Any negative participant reactions to their randomised group were recorded in researcher field notes. Willingness to be randomised was assessed by recording the number of participants refusing randomisation.

Two players called and are playing a game with a starting number of stones. Player always plays first, and the two players move in alternating turns. The game's rules are as follows: McDonald, M.D., et al., Recruiting men from across the socioeconomic spectrum via GP registers and community outreach to a weight management feasibility randomised controlled trial.To examine the acceptability and feasibility of narrative text messages with or without financial incentives to support weight loss for men. The Game of Stones Trial is funded by NIHR Public Health Research [REF 129703] and has been approved by the North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee (2) [IRAS REF 290955]. Continuous PPI at the study oversight level was provided by two independent lay members of the study steering committee that met on three occasions.

Yes! We have games running in Kingston The King's Quest, Richmond The Hunt for the Lost Palace and London Picadilly Court of Crowns. We have handy hints available - a text hint and a photo hint. But beware! The more hints you use the more penalties are added to your time! Where does the Game Start? In Belfast, the research fieldworkers are Clare Jess and Christina O’Neill supported by Queen's University, Belfast and the Public Health Agency. Matthew McDonald and Rebecca Skinner, research fieldworkers on the 2017 Game of Stones feasibility trial, who are both doing PhDs in weight management for men; Given the starting number of stones, find and print the name of the winner. is named First and is named Second. Each player plays optimally, meaning they will not make a move that causes them to lose the game if a winning move exists.

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Game of Stones aims to find out if text messages (with and without cash incentives) can help men to lose weight over 1 year and keep it off for another year compared to a waiting list group.

This thrilling riverside treasure hunt takes you through graveyards and alleyways and bridges towards the distant Court of Kings. Find the answers, chase the clues and seize the Crown! GAME OF STONES AIMS to find out if text messages (with and without cash incentives) can help men to lose weight over 1 year and keep it off for another year compared to a waiting list group. A continuous and responsive approach to PPI was adopted to prepare the grant application and throughout the study, as described by Gamble and colleagues. 38 The Game of Stones study adds to the evidence base demonstrating the feasibility of recruiting men for research on sensitive subjects, such as obesity, through community outreach and GP practice lists. 11–13The money’s not that much of an issue. I think the incentive for me is the health that, at the end of the day, your health improves. That’s the most important incentive. The money, it’s fine, it’s there, but it’s not the incentive. (120022, SMS+I, 3 months) van der Pol, M., McDonald, M., Collacott, H. et al. Designing financial incentives for health behaviour change: a mixed-methods case study of weight loss in men with obesity. You get involved in the content and you start following the script, they're very funny and me being a (from city name) you can see the funny side and you can see the wit in that, …. and that's what keeps you reading them. (210010, SMS only, 12 months) Eleven participants (11/69, 16%) requested to no longer receive texts but asked to remain in the trial. Requests to stop narrative texts were similar in both groups (SMS+I=5/36, 14%; SMS only=6/33, 18%) and occurred throughout the study. Four participants (4/69, 6%) withdrew due to dislike of narrative texts between baseline and 3 months, two in each intervention group. In Glasgow, the research fieldworkers are, Claire Torrens and Norelle Calder-MacPheesupported by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow Caledonian University, University of Glasgow and University of Stirling.