There must be a sense of immediate gratification to the learners.
It must be easily understood.
There must be an obvious relationship between the game and the content of the lesson.
A game should depend on technology as little as possible.
A game should be suitable for the whole class to play at one time.
A game should be intellectually challenging, and should leave participants feeling that they have had to work to achieve success.
A game should be placed in the correct sequence in the lesson.
A game must have an objective. This objective can be something like making points for correctness or finishing an activity first