How a cool city quest works. Twenty Classic Level Ideas for City Quest Games Historic City Quest Examples

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On Saturday I played the city quest for the first time. About 150 people (10 teams) took part in the Heineken James Bond City Quest. The main motive of the game is the latest film 007: Skyfall, because Heineken is one of the Bond partners!

Registration of MI6 agents, distribution to teams and acquaintance with team leaders (specially trained people).

Until the game started, everyone was gaining strength.

Aaaaaa can I have another beer?
- Go, boy, you have another four hours to look for Bond in the city!

Finally start the quest! Teams are given suitcases with tasks, tips, maps and flashlights. Our task is to find a chip with data about agents, which fell into the hands of intruders.

Still inside the iPad in which it is loaded game program and internet modem. First you need to deal with the content, enter the game program and get the first task.

So, we need three codes that are disguised somewhere on the territory of the Flacon design factory, in the suitcase we find a map of the factory with marks of areas for searching.

The codes turned out to be hidden inscriptions with a marker. Add up the numbers, add the founding date of the Heineken brewery and enter the code. Great, the first task is completed, we get the second.

The game goes on for a time in which teams complete tasks. The next step is to pass the laser grid.

We pass the first time and get a battery with a code on the package.

We are instructed to use the money to get the next clue. There are 5 euros in the suitcase, of course, the numbers are not a code, we decide to look for ultraviolet in the nearest store. That's right, the code has been found!

The next task is on Suvorovskaya Square. We sit in a bondomobile and rush through Saturday traffic jams to meet adventures.

Bond's contact is waiting for us on the square. But we do not have time, they kill her before our eyes, we find an envelope with a letter in which the task is indicated - you need to find poker cards scattered throughout the area. In 10 minutes we find 17 pieces and go to the next task!

Place - 2nd Botkinsky passage, here local bandits can give us some information.

Alas, negotiations are impossible without a bottle of Heineken, we are looking for a store.

The bandits are located in an abandoned underground parking Botkin hospital. A messenger warns of danger inside.

Negotiations are successful, but we will receive the code only after we find three inscriptions. Let's start searching.

There is! We get part of the microcircuit.

The next task is to call Bond. There is a SIM card in the suitcase, we insert it into the phone (out of all the participants, the usual SIM card came up to only one phone!). There is only a long code of numbers on the SIM card, we can’t unravel the phone! We were dumb for about 10 minutes, sorting through the numbers, throwing out the excess, etc., but it turned out that our only phone did not show the entire code! :(We change the phone and guess the number, call Bond and listen to the next task - to find a green Jaguar with a code on its sides. The car is in constant motion near Sadovoy and Tsvetnoy Boulevard.

We decide not to chase after her, but to stand up and wait. We are lucky and in a few minutes he passes by!

We enter the code, the next task is to play poker in an underground casino.

The unfinished office building on Sadovoye is waiting for us. It is very dangerous inside, open elevator shafts, holes on all floors, we go very carefully.

We find the necessary code on the wall and start playing poker.

We win the first time! Our trophy is the missing part of the chip. We connect it with a star, connect the battery - yes, everything works, we have a microcircuit!

The program on the iPad is updated in real time, you can see the ratings and the location of the teams. Wow, we're number one! And someone else is only on the 6th task!

Happy photo ;)

It remains to scan the agents' IDs with an iPad and you can go to the base!

The final result of the game. We are first!!! But the organizers decide to award two teams, M and Q, for the first position in some other way.

A solemn moment - the awarding of the winners of the Heineken James Bond City Quest with Samsonite suitcases with the 007 emblem, inside of which lies a Heineken keg!

That's how cool quests are arranged. Everything was very fun, interesting and professional. Especially cool - the game program on the iPad. Now I'm waiting for the next quest! ;)

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Quests around the city - what, where, when?

Another direction of quests, which in recent times is rapidly gaining popularity in Russia, have become, or, as they are also called, quests around the city. So what are these street quests?

Quests around the city is a collective concept that implies fascinating routes through the streets and estates, museums and parks, as well as any other places that combine a pleasant walk with the completion of certain tasks. As a rule, city quests consist of routes several kilometers long and include dozens of questions of varying degrees of difficulty. It is important to understand that the quest questions are not intended to make your brain boil and remember everything you were ever taught in school. Such city quests require you to be attentive and logical, resourceful and able to think outside the box. In addition, a huge plus of this kind of entertainment is the ability to expand your knowledge about a particular place during the game, learn something new and interesting, and sometimes unexpected.

In addition, many quest routes run through green areas - thus, instead of stuffy room In addition to interesting entertainment, you will get the opportunity to breathe fresh air and improve your health, because, answering questions, you will move from one point to another. So the quest around the city can be considered as a small fitness training.

One of the main differences between quests in the city and quests in the rooms is that in this case you are not limited in time and you can control the pace of the route you have chosen. In other words, you can take a break for yourself - hold an impromptu photo session in a place you like, sit on a bench, admiring beautiful view, or just have a cup of tea and then resume the route from where you left off. In addition, some industry leaders give you the opportunity to continue the game on another day if your plans suddenly change and you need to return home, or the weather has suddenly deteriorated and you do not want to get wet in the rain. To continue the game, you will simply need to re-enter your game code on the site, and the unfinished quest will become available to you again.

The undeniable advantage of city quests is that their cost is lower than the cost of room quests, due to the fact that their compilers do not need to pay rent and utility bills. On average, street quests cost around 1500-2500 rubles, while you can save extra by inviting more participants and sharing the costs equally. However, it should be borne in mind that if the quest takes place in a paid place (for example, in a museum-estate), you need to be prepared for the fact that you will have to purchase an entrance ticket, since its cost is not included in the cost of the quest.

I have already tried to systematize the types of quests,. Today I will try to remember all the questions that I heard from customers about the “moving quest in nature”.

The games popular today among children and adults (sometimes called "reality quests" not to be confused with computer walkers) are games based on life situations with a lot of puzzles and team challenges. The plot often echoes the stories of sensational films and books, so the participants, as a rule, easily plunge into the right atmosphere.

Quest themes

There are presentations on all topics, send requests indicating the specific date of the event, the number of participants, I will send it to the mail.

Eco-quest "Clean Games"

The quest appeared in the year of ecology in Russia, it is held outdoors in any nature reserve, botanical garden, arboretum, large greenhouse. This is not just drawing attention to the problem of ecology, but also real assistance to the environmental institution. Here are some tasks: Water filter assembly, Environmental survey, Coordination, Battery collection, Sorting, Escape from poachers, Irrigation system, Chemistry assistant, etc. All this in the form of interesting puzzles and creative tasks.

Agent 007

Cool entourage quest. Lots of "spy props" in bright game sets for each team. Employees are involved in the topic a few days before the event in a special mailing list. Here is a list of several tasks: "Information Gathering", "A Second Before the Explosion", "Radio Message", "Intelligence", "Native Element", "Weapons Question", "Trolling Line", "Colored Symbols", "Bond's Note", "Unexpected call", etc.

Alice in Wonderland

The very strange wonderland in which events are constantly taking place that expand the boundaries of consciousness. A costumed quest that will help you smile and look at real world from a fairytale. Short list of tasks: "Royal Palace", "Chamber of Secrets", "Invisible", "Wonder Elements", "Vicious Circle", "Masters of Illusion", "Search for Miracles", "Wonderful Mechanism", "Cheshire Suit", " Magic key", "Liberation".

Around the world

Maps, routes, favorite countries and cities, an exciting search for a mysterious chest. The quest is very flexible, the script can be tailored to the task of the client. I will list the main stages of the game: "Global Vision", "Shooter", "Cartography", "Cape Letters", "Secrets of the Maya", "Naval Communications", "Cunning in Italy", "Riddles of Fur", "Japanese Communications", "Return".

Detective story

There's been a horrendous robbery in your office. Suppose these are important documents or the entire salary of employees. There is evidence, there is a dossier on suspects, there are important witnesses ... Blocks of the quest: “GoPro Camera”, “Ultraviolet Search”, “Secret Items”, “Photo Evidence”, “Cipher Circle”, “Unknown Lines”, “Trolling Line”, “Blind reading", "Musical square" and "Fingerprints".

The Da Vinci Code

A great game for lovers of books about Professor Langton. Many mysterious riddles and incomprehensible puzzles. Game Plan: Helm of Truth, Light of a New Day, Frame of the Creator, Wise Builder, Painted Forest, Secrets of Nature, Guide, Expansion, Sixth Sense, Labyrinth of Geniuses .

Success Code

This is a search for a universal formula that will help each player find personal and team success. The script has a bit in common with The Da Vinci Code, but has its own development. The Guardian, Wanderer, Monk and Merchant will spin the plot with such tasks: "House of Success", "Energy Conduit", "Key to Success", "Signs of Fate", "Circle of Fortune", "Attention to Detail", "Wind of Destiny" , "There is a way out", etc.

Mafia

America, Prohibition Era. Mexican "partners" have come up with a new way to send alcohol across the border. Mafia boss vs police chief - who wins? The teams have a lot of tests: "Collecting Evidence", "Gambling House", "Cltramafia", "Mafia Faces", "Message from Informants", "Uzlovaya", "Hooliganim", "Communication Channels", etc.

mission Possible

Unknown hackers hacked the company's accounts. They are actively buying villas and yachts... How to get into the enemy laboratory and block passwords? Coming a long way: "Laser Networks", "Security Room", "Electronic Key", "Hearing Point", "Ultratechnologies", " space exploration”, “Corpse”, “Truth in color”, etc.

Russian fairy tale

There are many charming villains in the fairy tale and always happy end. Everyone knows the habits of heroes, everyone knows where Koshcheev's death is kept, but you still need to think! This is the path to follow: "Gift of Dobrynya", "Noisy Key", "Bogatyr's Skipping Rope", "Bogatyr's Rocker", "Sticky Goblin", "Ivanushka to the Rescue", "Koshcheev's Intrigues".

Eagle and Tails

The fateful coin will determine which team will execute easy option tasks, and which is the most difficult. The lucky ones often win, but it also often happens that close-knit teams get ahead on points. Here is a list of challenges: "Chinese Construction", "American Action", "Mexican Circle", "Japanese Robot", "Greek Maze", "Meet the Indian", "Sounds of Austria", " english rose" etc.

USSR born

An era that is fresh in the memories of those over 45. To the younger generation it also seems that everything is familiar - very often mothers and grandmothers tell Soviet "tales". A lot of thematic props, participants easily plunge into the 70s: “On the road of knowledge”, “ Nuclear safety”, “Grandma’s garden”, “Entertaining mechanics”,

Sherlock

An incredible story about the disappearance of Sherlock Holmes himself. Watson turns to the management of your company for help, and you need to look for the great box with the help of modern technologies. Quest stages: "Security grid", "Criminal traces", "Ultravision", "Reincarnation", "Tangible information", "In the labyrinth of evidence", "Fortunate loss", "Key cipher", "On the line".

Where is this game played?

There are a lot of options! It can be a recreation center, the territory of a sanatorium or a manor. If your office is located on a territory with trees, cozy gazebos and fountains, great! You can also spend there interesting quest. However, once we ran around the Sokolniki Park - it’s also great. The main thing to remember is that a buffet table is expected at the final stage of the game. Sometimes players need a place where they can change for the official part of the event. In this case, it is more convenient, of course, at the recreation center. The quest is more interesting if the area is large enough so that the teams can move around a bit, moving around the map from point to point. If there are many teams participating in the game, they will not interfere with each other to pass the tests. The organizers will offer you options for holding the event, as over the years of work, vast experience and ready-made maps of the area of many popular venues have appeared. You just have to name a convenient direction, and then it’s a matter of technology, as they say.

How many participants can there be

10 is boring. And 20 too. It is interesting to divide into teams when there are 50, 80, 100, 300 of you ... There was a quest for 800 people. You will be advised how to do better - make more teams or increase the number of players in each team. It depends on the plot you choose.

What usually starts

Option 1. For example, each employee receives an e-mail from the manager, which may contain a message stating that “secret corporate information was stolen from the working servers, the dissemination of which seriously threatens the future of the company. The management asks employees to join the operational-search work in a certain area where detectives managed to find traces of the kidnapper.” The date, place and time of the game is indicated. Or so... The letter comes from Robert Langton, the protagonist of The Da Vinci Code. He plans to come to Moscow in search of ancient artifact which was lost many years ago. Now Langton is turning to your company employees for help in finding the cryptex...

Option 2. Employees simply come to the recreation center for a standard barbecue corporate party, but they soon realize that they are involved in the investigation of an unusual crime. There are other options that our managers will tell you about. Of course, in each case there will be detailed instructions, so do not be afraid that you will not know how to start the game. Each team receives a box of valuable test scores, a map, a grade book guide, and handouts that are different for each topic. For example, in a detective story, they can plant fingerprints on a wine glass, a SIM card, a piece of newspaper, a glove, a pen, a pack of cigarettes, the remains of a burnt letter, etc. to you.

Job types

The division is conditional, there could be much more points, these are the main ones:

Tasks with the participation of professional actors

During the game, not only the host will be with you, but also several characters. They are not just dressed in themed costumes, but are also guardians important information, which you need to get with the right questions.

Team missions

In the quest, many tests cannot be completed alone or together. Everything is arranged so that each team member should be a participant in the process. Sometimes it takes several people to hold props, search for an item or quickly collect information on an area of 100 sq.m.

Logic tasks

Collective intelligence is also needed to solve puzzles, ciphers, rebuses and compare facts, but in order to make a final decision, it is imperative to choose a leader who will take full responsibility.

Test examples

I will briefly describe a few tasks. This is a mix of different quests, in one game all these tasks are not found together.

Defuse the bomb, the dummy of which is built into the case. You open it, the timer starts counting down 90 seconds. Did not have time? No, of course there will be no explosion, just a sound signal
You need to take fingerprints from a glass or lighter and compare them with those that the detective provided you
One of the participants puts on a helmet with a camera, while he himself does not see anything. The coordination of his movements will be controlled by the whole team from the tablet using voice commands
You need to get to the folder with documents or the desired key to the safe through a laser alarm
Arriving at the specified location, the players find a landline phone that suddenly starts ringing. It can even be a city payphone. You need to carefully listen to the message with further instructions or hints.
To disconnect the electronic key, you need to gently slide it along the curved metal rod
The team receives a set of walkie-talkies, with which you need to quickly collect information on a fairly large area. These are signs on trees and houses, coded words or fragments of objects.
Develop the inscriptions on an ancient scroll using special solutions
Solve the puzzles of the Riddler Master, who appears several times during the game in the most unexpected places
Solve the riddle of ancient scales
Cope with a large manual maze in which the ball must fall into certain pockets, but at the same time hides in "blind" zones at times
Use the power of the four elements - water, fire, earth and air to solve the password
Solve the chemical puzzle by mixing different substances
Get passwords to open cryptexes, caskets, cases, safes, etc.

Idea: Give the team the props with the code hidden in it, necessary to complete the level. Sometimes, instead of a code, a prop contains some part of it, or an indication of the passage logic.
Implementation example:

By the way, the towel from the example is the so-called reusable props, it was also used as a map of one of the game locations, and its edges had a different taste, the taste itself was a cry for entering search codes from another level.
Another of the props can be a team card used on one of the Crimean cups. In order to get the code it contained, it was necessary to cool it below a certain temperature, which is a rather non-trivial task, under the May Crimean sun.
Every organizer knows that good props can decorate any game.

11. Olympian

Idea: Link the codes written in the level so that by finding two (or more) codes you can get another one in a logical way.
Implementation example:

So, for example, if you found codes 1 and 2 - "FIRE1" and "SAND2", where the number in the answer corresponds to the code number, then code 5 will most likely be the word "GLASS5"

Nowadays, it is difficult to imagine a more or less serious game without an Olympian. She is loved by both field and staff players, because everyone is busy with their own business - they are looking for, the second - they think, and the final result depends on the overall well-coordinated work.
You can write a separate post about the varieties of olympics, the imagination of the organizers is inexhaustible. Instead of the words of the parts of the Olympian written on the object, the players can see pictures, or even installations of objects or even living people.

An example of code on a "live" olympian:

Are born and original ideas combining Olympia with Stupid Search, Rally or Agent level.

12. Rally
Idea : Separate the search codes in space, give the commands an indication of the location and an indication of the logic of their input. Often this type of task is implemented using a map of the area.
Implementation example:

An example of a rally card collected from special playing cards, yourself playing cards also set the logic of its passage.
As in the case of the Olympics, this type of level has many varieties.
For example, sometimes initially the team receives indications of the location of not all codes at once, but only the first one. Together with the first code, an indication is given to the next one, and so on until the last one.
Of course, there are hybrid options in which the rally is mixed with the olympic, or some other type of level.

13. Bureaucracy
Idea: Organize an analogue of a computer game of the "Quest" genre in reality.
Implementation example:

Each game location has the names of quest "characters" and quest "items", the task of the players is to follow the instructions of the "characters" to find certain "items"

The gameplay of the level resembles the process of collecting certificates and seals that you have to collect when applying for a job, or for example, obtaining a passport, hence the name "Bureaucracy"
"Character" instructions can be issued either through the game engine in response to the input of the necessary codes, or directly from living agents, in exchange for certain items.

Sometimes funny situations happen, a description of one of them through the eyes of the players:

At level 5 agents, each needs to get one end item. The item is given in exchange for an intermediate item from another agent. The result is 5 chains code-item-item-item-final item. Items like "clip", "button", "ball", "card".
We placed a player for each agent, we are coordinating by radio.
K (walkie-talkie): I'm from Nemo, what should I take from Nemo?
S: Quatermain says he needs a split-bullet comb.
K(Nemo): What do you need to get a hairbrush?
Nemo: I don't have a comb.
K (walkie-talkie): He says he does not have a comb.
S: RAS-CHOS-KA! RAS-SCHE-PU-LA!
K(Nemo): Fuck, give me a split-bullet comb!
Nemo: I don't have a comb!
K (Nemo): Well, I'll split the bullet, the split, which Quatermain needs!
Nemo: I don't have one.
K (walkie-talkie): He doesn’t have this comb!
S: FUCK, SPLIT COMB! What the ****!?
S(to Quatermain): He says Nemo doesn't have a comb, look again.
Quatermain: What hairbrush?
S: You just told me "Captain Nemo's split-bullet comb"!
Quatermain: Calculating bullet speed! From Nemo I need a BULLET SPEED CALCULATION.

Z.Y. By the way, I was the same Nemo :)

14. Puzzles
Idea: Replace standard game codes with rebuses
Implementation example:

Answer: PiNocchio

The puzzles themselves can be either printed on paper or hand-drawn with a marker.
Puzzles are always popular with authors, because they are not difficult logical tasks, which nevertheless add variety to the course of the game.

15. Puzzles
Idea: Cut something up and let the team collect it.
Implementation example:

That awkward moment when the field has already smoked logic, and the headquarters still doubts the version.
Answer: Comic Shop (And yes, Shelodne Cooper also plays city quest games)

You can cut it and make it collect, just like the code itself, for example, a map of its location, or even the encryption text itself.
One of the rather original implementations of the puzzle in my memory was when a sheet with the text of the encryption, right in front of the players, was passed through a shredder, and the team had to assemble the sheet from the remnants using adhesive tape to its original state.

16. Hot-cold
Idea: According to hints about the distance of the location from the sources, determine the hidden object
Implementation example:
Implementation example:

By driving in the game system the names of items located in the display case, get hints about their distance from the hidden item. For example, if a dog is guessed, then by entering the system the word “radio”, the team will receive a hint - “cold”, entering “wheel” - warm, “lamp” - “hot”, and “chair” - “burns”, and the word “dog” will close all codes and will take the team to the next level.

I must say that the very idea of such levels came from virtual games where a variety of photographs and pictures are used as the task itself. In reality, such levels are implemented, for example, on shop windows, or by similarly placing a group of points on a map of the area.

17. Projection
Idea: Force the team to connect the found honey codes with themselves in three-dimensional space.
Implementation example:

As you can see, the construction of imaginary lines in space between the locations of the codes gives the letter "A"

Similar levels can be implemented both on one object and on many (in this case, the projection of lines is carried out on a map of the area)

18. Tech stages
Idea: Team players perform some extreme level
Implementation example:

Here the organizers are limited only by their own imagination, and the safety of the players. In Kharkov alone, as those stages, there were parachute jumps from an airplane, and jumps on a special system from a bridge, and descent into underground bunkers using climbing equipment.
Such levels are well remembered, and contribute to the advertising of game projects, because everyone who has passed through such a game stage tells his friends how cool it was!

19. Bose Search
Idea: For a certain time, find more codes than rivals. For each code found, a bun is given in the form of bonus time, which is then subtracted from the total time the team completed the game. The application codes themselves are similar to a stupid search.
Implementation example:

At the level of 300 codes, applied throughout the depicted object. Search time 30 minutes. Each code found is a minute of bonus time

Similar levels with their dynamics are very different from stupid search. Their only disadvantage is the bonus time, many players believe that they need to play only for pure time

20. Logic task
Idea: Find the answer to the riddle given through the game engine without performing any actions in reality
Implementation example:

Quests for quests are very interesting and popular entertainment. Players are given various riddles and hints, with the help of which they move from one point of a given route to the next, receiving pleasant surprises for this.

Questions asked by the participants are often united by one topic, which is the subject of the quest. The main requirement for their compilation is diversity and unusualness. The degree of fun of the game depends on how difficult they will be. But when coming up with hints, it is also important not to go too far and not make them overly complicated.

Main classification

The simplest tasks for quests in terms of preparation are questions in notes. They are encrypted on leaves that participants need to find or earn at each stage of the competition. There are many varieties of them.

The name of the next point of movement is cut into separate letters, having correctly added them, the participants will find out where to go next.
The use of puzzles and charades. They can combine pictures, numbers, letters, which, if interpreted correctly, give clues about the further route of movement.
Riddles in logical series. For example: "Heat is born in the oven, but where does the cold come from?"
A variant in the best espionage traditions - tips written on paper using melted wax. To find out the answer, you need to paint over the leaf with colored pencils.
Accommodation along the entire route of the signs. But it does not have to be ordinary arrows at all. You can use flowers of a certain type or traces of an animal. In this form, tasks are often done for For example, you can tell them: "Follow in the footsteps of a lion cub and you will find a pleasant surprise."
The phrase that makes up the hint may contain mixed words. Players need to arrange them in right order. Only then will they know what to do next.
The assignment is written backwards and must be read correctly.
The hint is applied to the paper using lemon juice or milk. Together with the leaf, the participants are given a candle and a lighter, thanks to the heat from the fire of which the words should appear and direct the players to the next item.
Digital encryption of words is used. For example, instead of each letter, its serial number in the alphabet is written. The key to the puzzle must be guessed or won at one of the previous stages.
As a task for the quest in the room, you can use an item that is in the room in several copies, in one of which instructions are hidden regarding further actions. It can be a book, a box, a bedside table and the like.
Another interesting option is to use the hints recorded in the form. Their decoding is not an easy task, but it is very exciting and interesting.
Riddles can be encrypted using pictures, each of which symbolizes part of the name of the next destination.
Messages are also laid out with magnets on the refrigerator door.
Notes are hidden inside cookies, sweets and other products.

In order for the participants to successfully complete all stages of the competition and get the maximum amount of pleasure from it, the tips must be interesting and original. For the victory in each individual stage and the game as a whole, it is necessary to prepare prizes.

Since tasks for quests directly depend on the chosen topic of the competition, let's consider the most popular options for holding it.

You can get confused even within four walls

You don't have to go outside to play this game. The tasks for the quest indoors are no less exciting than outside. There are several varieties of this type of game.

Room escape. Already by the name itself it is clear where this competition is held. Its essence lies in the fact that participants are locked in an entire apartment or a separate room, and with the help of clues they must find the key to get out of it. This is very unusual and interesting way for the entertainment of guests who came, for example, to celebrate a birthday.
Tasks for the quest in the office Great for surprising your boss. If the firm is small, each employee can come up with one puzzle for the boss and enjoy plenty of watching him rush around the building in search of a clue and his gift. Office - perfect place in order to hide a lot of clues in it, solving which will be an unforgettable entertainment.
interesting examples of tasks for a quest in a shopping center. And if it is also large, you can organize a truly unforgettable game in it. Indeed, in large shopping complexes it is often possible to get lost, even just making purchases, and what can we say about looking for clues and solving puzzles! For example, you can give the participants a photo of a dress, and they will have to find out its price. But first you need to find a boutique that sells this particular model of clothing. Also, as an option, hide the leaflet with the next task in some kind of jacket, which will also need to be found from the photo. But in the case of this task, it will be necessary to warn the store staff in advance so that no one accidentally sells this item to anyone.

We turn on the brains to the fullest

Who said that intellectuals can only be measured by their knowledge? They can be no less nimble and active than others. If you have a few of these "bookworms" among your friends, make them get out of their textbook-cluttered rooms and unwind in the fresh air.

Arrange a quest for them in the style of TV shows "Who wants to be a millionaire?", "The smartest" and "What? Where? When?" Prepare encrypted messages-hints for knowledge various facts from history, geography, physics, biology and any other sciences. Make sure that the answer to each question serves as a clue to the next destination.

You can also organize a similar test for your significant other on the anniversary of your relationship or on any other holiday. Only in this case, questions must be tied to dates, places and events from a joint life.

If your "victim" loves the series "The Big Bang Theory", connect its main character Sheldon Cooper to the case. Intricate notes, written in an abstruse style in the style of this eccentric physicist, will greatly amuse any connoisseur of intellectual humor and make him thoroughly rack his brains over clues.

For the little ones

Children's tasks for a quest game can be no less exciting and interesting than adults. To organize such a competition for your child and his friends, use your favorite cartoon characters or computer games. Write questions on the leaves with the image of a particular character. You can use images from one cartoon, organizing the entire quest in his style, or from several at once.

An excellent source of inspiration can be computer game"Klondike". Quests and tasks based on it are in search of various artifacts related to the theme of the Wild West. For greater realism, children can be put on or fully dressed up in the best traditions of westerns.

Participants can go on a treasure hunt by following the directions on the map. On it, you will depict several streets closest to the house, having issued in the style of the Klondike game. Quests and tasks of this type involve searching for treasures, opening caches, asking friends for help, etc. This adventure will bring a lot of joy and nice gifts to kids. Any holiday with such a game will become an unforgettable event in the life of every child.

"Klondike", quests and tasks in which are very exciting and diverse, is far from the only option interesting game. Also great will be a mobile quiz in the style of the movie "Pirates caribbean". At the final point of the journey, a man dressed as Jack Sparrow will be waiting for them, who will hand over the treasure to the winner.

Hiding the answers away

You can come up with a variety of interesting tasks for the quest. For example, use your old suitcase with Hide the grand prize in it. And let the participants collect the cipher that will help open it by number throughout the game.

To come up with tasks for quests in the apartment, use a deck of cards. Scratch the end of it for the next step and shuffle it well. To parse the message, the players will have to put the cards in the right order. Give them a hint, which will say something from the category "Hearts, clubs, spades and diamonds will reveal the secrets of the future to you." This way you will let the players know what they should look for the cards, as well as in what order they need to be placed.

We present gifts in an original way

To unusually present a gift to a birthday man, you can also use the quest. Birthday tasks can be very different. For example, you can arrange a whole trip around the city in search of a present. The end point will be a dressing room with a bunch of boxes, in one of which the treasured souvenir will be hidden, and in order to find it, you will have to open them all.

You can also arrange an exciting quest around the city, the tasks of which will lead the birthday boy to a place where a surprise congratulatory party awaits him. You can start your journey in the following way. Leave a piece of cake in your friend's room from the night with a note containing something like this: “Well, your birthday has come. Today everything will be for you, but to get the prepared amenities, you will have to work hard. After all, nothing in this life comes easy. And even your holiday is no exception. To get started, dress comfortably, eat a cake, recharge your batteries from a coffee. What to do next - you will soon find out.

If you are going to give the birthday man some clothes or jewelry, you can leave the following message in the coffee jar: “I hope you liked the cake and you finally finally woke up. If yes - well done! Now take something stylish with you and go in search of your happiness. Even if there is no surprise among the things, you can simply hide a note in the closet with further instructions.

If you want to present a mobile phone for a birthday in an unusual way, let the participant receive one number at each stage of the game. Of these, the phone number will consist, by calling which, in the final, the birthday boy will find his gift.

Dealing with insidious numbers

Interesting tasks for the quest can be invented using the most different ways numbers. These can be both the most elementary tasks from the category of counting the number of steps in the house, and tricky puzzles. You can encrypt the code in a magazine or book. Participants will first have to guess the name of the required publication, and then, using the given page, line and word numbers, find a hint for the next action.

Quest assignments also often consist of deciphering the phone number of the person who email came the key to the next step. To guess the cherished numbers, you need to find information on the Internet about the height, age of stars or dates of famous and not very events as soon as possible. Such a puzzle might look like this.

illustrative example

"Are you finally here? I can't even believe that I made it! I am sure that you will not go further, because this task is clearly beyond your power. The fact is that the necessary code was sent to one person, whose name I will not say. You can only contact him by phone, but you won't get his number either. Like it or not, you'll have to guess it. So the first number is Arnold Schwarzenegger's weight in grams, you need the second number. Next - the fourth number of the year of birth of Leonardo DiCaprio. Then - the second growth figure of his partner in "The Wolf of Wall Street". René Zellweger's birthday. Then - the second half of the size of Penelope Cruz's legs. And the last figure is the number when Jason Stethem's girlfriend was born. May the great expert on Google stars help you!”

Examples of tasks for a quest of this type can be encrypted as your heart desires, and use any wording that comes to your mind. Since this task involves the help of an Internet search engine, you can ask questions of any complexity. Including it is not forbidden to mention stars in whose biographies your friend-player is not too strong. But to make it even more interesting for him to look for answers, you can guess information about his idols.

Hollywood Help!

Tasks for the quest in the office and on the street can be organized in the style of any films and series of a group of people for whom the game is held. There are a myriad of options for riddles.

For example, you can use the theme of "Men in Black" in a very interesting way, starting the competition with such a note: "Greetings, earthling! We, Agent K and Agent J, need your help. We've fixed it coming but haven't yet established the planet it's sent from. This may be a warning to people about an alien invasion of Earth, so you need to act very quickly. The message is encoded. The best of our agents are struggling to decipher it, but they can't do it without you. We have individual parts of the message, but without help, we cannot recreate all of its content. Start searching the entire text immediately! You will be agent M and get all the data you need from agent B. Do not forget that the fate of the planet is in your hands! See you!”

Sea of themes

An interesting monster hunt can be organized during a quest in the style of the Supernatural series. For lovers of royal intrigues perfect option- Game of Thrones competition. And for fans of The Walking Dead, a meeting with a zombie apocalypse on the streets of the city will be an unforgettable surprise.

"Lord of the Rings", "Harry Potter", "Transformers", "Fast and Furious", "Batman" ... This list can be continued indefinitely, because any popular film is just a storehouse of facts that can be used when composing riddles. The same can be said about online entertainment. For example, the Klondike game is perfect for this purpose, quests and tasks for which will make the holiday unforgettable.