Services

Custom gaming experiences for every group

Whether you’re planning a team offsite, a school program, or a private event, Berlings Beard designs and runs live, story-driven games tailored to your goals, your people, and your space.

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We apply game to life

Start by choosing the context that best matches your group. From there, we tune the story, structure, and facilitation to what you need.

Corporate Events

Team-building that doesn’t feel like team-building

Give your team an engaging, low-pressure way to connect, solve problems, and practice communication through a shared adventure. On-site, off-site, or fully remote.

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Education

Games for learning
and social-emotional growth

Bring story-driven games into your classroom, library, or after-school program to build collaboration, communication, and confidence in a safe, structured environment.

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Private Events

Friend groups, and special occasions

Celebrate with a custom tabletop adventure built around your guest of honor or your group’s favorite themes. Perfect for kids, teens, and adults who love stories, puzzles, and play.

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Why groups choose Berlings Beard

We’re not just running a game. We’re designing an experience around your people and your goals.

Professional and beginner-friendly

Your game master guides the story, explains the rules, and keeps everyone involved, including complete beginners and shy participants.

Designed around outcomes that matter

For schools and teams, we structure sessions to support specific outcomes like SEL, communication, or collaboration, without losing the sense of play.

Tailored to your group
and context

We adjust tone, challenge level, themes, and pacing for different ages, accessibility needs, group sizes, and organizational cultures.

remote online flexible engagement

Flexible format:
in-person or online

We can run your session on-site or virtually, with tools and structures that keep players engaged wherever they are.

  • The mastermind behind Berlings Beard is amazing! 

    Ken has DM’ed a DnD game for my 13 year old son and his friends for almost two years, and I can’t recommend him enough. Ken’s creativity, enthusiasm and deep knowledge of games ensures a terrific gaming experience.
    Author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers
    Gone Girl, Dark Places, and Sharp Objects.

Our signature experiences

Every session is tuned to your group, but these core formats are the foundation for many of our private, education, and corporate events.

Corporate

Team Challenge: The Lost Mission

A collaborative fictional mission that asks teams to share information, negotiate choices, and act together under time pressure.

  • Build team communication
  • Foster emotional intelligence
  • Evaluate team dynamics

Education

Story-Based SEL Workshop

A facilitated session built around communication, empathy, and decision-making, aligned with social-emotional learning goals.

  • Build communication skills
  • Foster emotional intelligence
  • Practice common-core skills

Private

Heroes for the Day

A one-shot adventure centered on your guest of honor, with friends as their party of heroes. Perfect for special celebrations.

  • Emmersive social engagement
  • Interactive story-driven play
  • Custom story experience

A taste of the adventures we run

Every session is customized, but here are a few of our most popular formats.

Corporate • Teams of 4–8 players

Team Challenge: The Lost Mission

A collaborative scenario where teams navigate a high-stakes fictional mission, practicing communication, leadership, and problem-solving in a low-risk setting.

Education • Grades 4–8

Story-Based SEL Workshop

A facilitated game session focused on communication, empathy, and decision-making, aligned with social-emotional learning goals.

Private • Ages 10+

Heroes of the Day

A celebratory one-shot adventure where the guest of honor takes center stage and friends become their party of heroes, solving puzzles and facing story-driven challenges together.

Private • ONGoing

Campaign Nights

Recurring sessions where the same group continues an evolving story, building deeper relationships and shared history over time.