our summer camp event will return in 2024!
RPG (Mystery Quest) Field Days
A five-day, kid (12+) and teen (<18) friendly mystery adventure that is personalized for the players - incorporating their favorite mythic tales from books, movies, comics, and video games! Built on Son of Oak Games’ City of Mist, a Role Play Game set in a magical city of super-powered characters.
A dynamic 20-hour, week-long, half-day summer camp!
July 29 - August 2, 2024, 10:30am - 2:30pm
East Bay Community Space
Oakland, California
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This half-day camp integrates a LARP (Live Action Role-Play), tabletop RPG (Role-Play Game), escape room style puzzles, and art-making activities to foster interpersonal connection, problem-solving, creativity, and personal growth.
Players will join with their teammates in a series of adventures to solve a mystery by engaging with peers and adult actors playing various characters. Participants will play characters inspired by a favorite character from a movie, game, or story. Players will create their characters with the Emcee, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, who has years of experience designing and facilitating role-play games with youth and teens. No previous role-play game experience necessary!
All the Actors and Activity Facilitators are Licensed Mental Health Clinicians or Graduate-Level Clinical Volunteers, there will be a high ratio of adult supervision.
What to Expect During the Field Days:
Investigation and Exploration Role-Play Scenes - Interact with characters to receive clues and adventure tasks!
Adventure Role-Play Scenes - Solve puzzles, ciphers, and face off with adversaries!
Tabletop Role-Play - Face Dangers and Make Character Moves!
Milieu Role-Play Scenes - Discuss clues and exchange theories with other player characters or cheer on epic super-powered skirmishes!
Downtime - Chill, snack, design your own Trading Cards, play board games, forge new friendships!
join us for a series of adventures full of mystery-solving, self discovery, and playful interaction!
About the Creator/Emcee/Lead Facilitator: Doug Ronning, MA, RDT-BCT, is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT 51086), an Assistant Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies, a former screenwriter (HBO’s Tales from the Crypt), and a lifelong fan/player of Role-Play Games.
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