BE A PLAYTESTER!

Try Beacon with your class, youth group, or community!

  • Best for ages 12+
  • Requires 2-6 hours, depending on topic (can be multiple sessions)
  • 5-150 players
  • 1 device per player/team (may be able to be provided)
  • Internet connection required
  • Best in person, but can be played asynchronously or with virtual facilitation
  • Let us facilitate, or use our draft pre-and-post game slide decks and discussion guides to run it yourself.

Playtest Game Topics

Who Runs This Place, Anyway?

“local gov 101”

Meet the people and offices that keep your community moving.

Only available in Wisconsin.

Local History Hunt

Bring local history to life with historical markers, archives, then-and-now pics, and local trivia.

Can be played anywhere!

Option to use A250 tie-ins aligned with the EAD Roadmap

State Capitol Scavenger Hunt

Explore the history, purpose, and people of the Wisconsin State Capitol

Best played in-person!

Read the summary of our first game.


SCHEDULING PLAYTESTS
Nov 2025 - Feb 2026