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

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.

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.

Private

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.

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.
    Gillian Flynn
    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.

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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

Private • Education

Campaign Series

A series of linked sessions where the same group continues an evolving story, building shared history and deeper relationships over time.

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

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A taste of the tales we tell

Here’s a quick snapshot of how Berlings Beard sessions have worked for different types of groups.

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Corporate

Remote team that found a new way to connect

A distributed team used our remote story session as part of their quarterly offsite, giving everyone a shared experience beyond another video call. They left with new skills and forged bonds.

Education

Group role-playing provides group therapy

A mental health provider partnered with us to run a game series. Attendance and engagement stayed high, the more timid participants took the lead in-game, and improved emotional regulation skills.

EDUCATION

School program keeps students coming back

A school partnered with us to run an on-going game series. Attendance and engagement stayed high, staff saw students facilitating challenges with cooperation, and improved academic ability.

Private

A quest that turned into a running campaign

A group of young professionals booked a one-time birthday adventure. They loved the whimsy and creativity so much they elected to continue the story as a monthly campaign.

Common queries about questing

Details vary by group, but these answers give a sense of how our services work across private, education, and corporate settings.

Yes. We regularly design sessions for kids, teens, adults, and mixed-age groups. We adjust story tone, complexity, and pacing to keep everyone engaged and comfortable.

A few weeks’ notice is ideal, especially for schools and corporate events, but reach out regardless — if we can make your date work, we will.

We bring or prepare character sheets, rules explanations, and story materials. For in-person events, we’ll confirm what’s needed on-site (tables, chairs, etc.). For online sessions, we’ll share simple tech requirements.

In most cases, yes. Let us know about any access needs, sensitivities, or guidelines, and we’ll design the session accordingly.

Not sure which service fits your group?

Tell us a bit about who you’re gathering and what you hope they walk away with. We’ll recommend a format, or design something new.

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