How It Works

How The Adulting Quest™ Works

The Adulting Quest™ is a game-based experience that helps families talk about life after high school through guided play.

Instead of sitting down for a serious talk, families play through quests that turn real-life topics into shared conversation.

Step 1: Set Up the Game

Players choose roles:

The Guide (a parent, guardian, teacher, counselor or mentor)

The Adventurer (a teen or young adult)

Each role comes with a character sheet that helps frame perspective, goals, and expectations before the game begins. This shared structure helps everyone enter the conversation on equal footing.

Step 2: Discover Your Archetypes

Players explore archetypes that reflect how they approach independence, responsibility, and decision-making.

These archetypes aren’t labels. They’re tools that give families a common language to talk about differences in a way that feels neutral and safe.

Step 3: Play Through Guided Quests

The game includes guided quests that focus on real-life topics such as:

- Values and priorities

- Independence and responsibility

- Decision-making and tradeoffs

- Long-term thinking

Each quest uses prompts, reflection, and light gameplay to keep conversations moving naturally. There are no right answers. The goal is exploration, not agreement.

Step 4: Talk, Reflect, and Revisit

The Adulting Quest™ isn’t meant to be played once and put away.

Families can return to quests as life changes, revisit conversations, and build clarity over time. Some play in a single session. Others spread it out over weeks or months. The pace is entirely up to you.

What’s Included

Everything you need to turn real-life conversations into a game:

- Two role-based workbooks
  One for the Guide and one for the Adventurer, each designed to support   meaningful, balanced conversation.

- A Choose Your Own Adventure booklet
  Scenario-based gameplay that lets choices shape the conversation.

- Challenge and archetype cards
  Prompts and perspectives that keep each playthrough fresh.

- A 20-sided die and gameplay elements
  Adds chance, pacing, and momentum to the game.

- A reusable drawstring backpack
  Keeps everything together and easy to bring back out anytime.

Everything is designed to be flexible, reusable, and easy to return to as life evolves.

Why It Works

- Games lower defenses

- Gameplay creates safety

- Fun makes conversations stick

The Adulting Quest™ helps families talk about real life, together.

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