Playtest

BE A BETA TESTER!

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

  • Best for 8th grade+ (younger players can participate in teams with an adult)
  • Requires three 20-min sessions to facilitate, plus a min of 60 min of playtime (this can be asynchronous)
  • 10-150 players
  • 1 device per player/team 
  • Internet connection and browser required (no apps to download!)
  • Let us facilitate, or use our pre-and-post game slide decks and discussion guides to run it yourself.

Current Quest Topics

Local History Hunt

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

PLAY ANYWHERE

Options:

  • America250 in my Backyard Semiquincentennial quest – explore your community’s ties to America’s founding (even beyond the colonies!)
  • Create a Local History Tour – create beacons to tell the story of a local person or event

WI State Capitol Scavenger Hunt

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

Best played in-person! Do you have a field trip planned? Let’s talk…

Read the summary of our first game.


SCHEDULING PLAYTESTS
Nov 2025 - APRIL 2026