our quests

Gamified learning for authentic and powerful leadership

Available Quests

experience a variety of leadership games in one day.

leadership play day - october 2025

Leadership Play Day is built around three immersive games — each one tackling a different challenge of leadership and facilitation. You’ll get to choose which ones you play, so the day is shaped around the skills you most want to practice. Choose 1, 2 or all 3.

Forget long lectures and boring slides - this is hands-on, game-based learning that helps you practice the real stuff: tricky conversations, team dynamics, resilience, creativity, and more.

Running in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch - and virtually - Leadership Play Day is designed for leaders, facilitators, and curious humans who are ready to learn differently.

Power Quests

Fast, focused 2 hour games for targeted leadership skills

When time is short but the stakes are high, these short adventures get straight to the point:

The Moonlit Market (Entrepreneurial Mindset). Build adaptability, creativity, and risk-taking.

The Trouble Between (Difficult Conversations) . Practise saying what matters and keeping it constructive.

Custom Quest – Your challenge, our design.

Perfect for:
- Busy leadership teams & founders
- Leaders who need specific skills

the guild gathering

Immersive full-day or half-day adventures to unite your team

Custom-designed for your team’s goals, location, and leadership focus.
Past adventures include:

The Beast of Ulden – Courage and collaboration under uncertainty.

The Rat King and the Heist – Trust and quick thinking in high-stakes scenarios.

The Monster in Weatherell - A game of negotiation and risk-taking.

Perfect for:
- Team offsites
- Newly formed teams
- Cross-team alignment

epic journeys

multi-session leadership adventures for deep transformation

For leaders ready to set the tone for how they lead - and make it stick.

Over several weeks or months, you’ll take on immersive challenges, reflect on your leadership, and lock in the shifts your team needs. You’ll be playing our signature role playing game ‘A Quest Within’ for this series - designed to help us go deep, while having fun.

An investment that you’ll remember for a long time.

Perfect for:
- Leadership teams wanting to create a high performance culture
- Founders preparing for growth
- People leaders building deep skill and insights across teams

what leaders have to say…

  • “This is the most unique, wild, engaging and fun workshop I have ever been to. The experience and the learning will stay with me for a long time.”

    Cordula Plassmann | Coach & Facilitator

  • "I think this is an awesome way to bring leadership teams together. Role playing removes the natural inhibitions from the participants and lets you learn new aspects and perspectives, ultimately bringing you a better understanding of the team you work with as well as yourself. "

    Ed Letifov | TechTime

  • “The game creates a safe and engaging environment to explore leadership strengths and areas for growth. The debrief sessions were especially powerful, offering insights that conventional leadership courses often overlook.”

    Annelies Griemink | Thankyou Payroll

  • "Most people have done at least some of the stock-standard professional development that's out there, so why not try something new? The worst case is *just* having a whole lot of fun, and the best case is that fun sparking deep insights and reflections that help you to be a better leader. It's a win win, I reckon."

    Nicole Skews-Poole | Anchordown

  • “I was super sceptical, having never done anything like this before and it being VERY out of my comfort zone! BUT by the end of session one, I had one of those "ah ha" moments, and I then understood what it was all about! I learned so much about myself that I never knew or realised before.”

    Beckie Coe | Thankyou Payroll

  • "A Quest Within" was incredibly fun and engaging. I gained valuable insights into myself and the leadership skills I want to develop. It also inspired me to take action!

    Wenjing Xie | Snapper

  • "one of the best outcomes of 'A Quest Within' is not only the learning you have for yourself as a leader and your own motivations, but also the way you work as a team. Working in the 'play' space, allows for greater freedom and learning around the way we work together."

    Serena Lawrence | Wellington College

  • "It was very enjoyable to partake in a Quest Within and immensely beneficial to learn and reflect on applying leadership skills in an adventure with my co-workers."

    Participant | Snapper

  • "This is the kind of workshop to attend whether or not you have been to other leadership trainings. It will bring up new ideas and experiences that you wouldn't have been able to tap into before. I thoroughly enjoyed this new take on a leadership workshop that I know I will be referencing to others for months and years to come."

    Victoria Young | Zealandia

  • "I haven't been able to stop thinking about the workshop. I discovered unexpected things about myself, learnt a lot from my fellow adventurers, and it has sparked an interest in and joy for incorporating gameplay into my leadership, but also my day to day life - including parenting!"

    Kelly Hudson | Five and Dime

  • "The journey showed me parts of myself that I'd like to focus on, as well as some comparitive strengths through the reflection process. I highly recommend!"

    Angela Wei | Wētā FX

  • "Seeing how your team members react in a situation free of judgement teaches you a lot about them. It's worth doing for any team."

    Patrick Peters | TechTime

  • "It's refreshed my love of giving specific feedback. Receiving feedback on my gameplay was really helpful for reflection."

    Julie Reddish | Catapult NZ

  • "It's a practical, on the court, safe way to enhance leadership skills"

    Rachel Collingridge | Totara

  • "A Quest Within taught me to be more open and engaged with others, showing me the power of proactive interaction in team settings. I gained insights into how diverse problem-solving approaches can spark creativity. It makes me want to explore how I can continue to build stronger connections and confidently take on new roles."

    Neil Wu | Australian Spatial Analytics

  • "one of the best outcomes of 'A Quest Within' is not only the learning you have for yourself as a leader and your own motivations, but also the way you work as a team."

    Serena Lawrence | Wellington College

  • "This game brought a great balance of fun and practical leadership insight. Would happily recommend to other founders and teams."

    Louisa Murray | Whiringa

Learn more about play-based learning

You might be thinking: “This all sounds fun, but is it actually effective?”

Excellent question, wise wanderer. As it turns out, play isn’t just fun - it’s one of the most powerful tools we have for real leadership growth.