Description

A thorough, step-by-step guide to transform the most basic treasure hunt idea into an amazing treasure hunt adventure With over 30 years of professional treasure hunt design experience, Joe Dean opens up his vaults, so to speak, to share his experience and expertise on how to create live adventures for both individuals and groups. He'll share real examples from three of his past productions: Nosferatu (a vampire hunt themed adventure), In Search of the Holy Grail (a Medieval themed adventure hunt) and Dark Fortune (a pirate themed adventure hunt.)

Joe goes beyond the clue to clue format as he puts it:

"Right now there's so much available online on how to create a basic treasure hunt. But, that's the problem...there's so much repeated information that everyone's exposed to. There aren't anymore surprises. Treasure hunts should be about surprises and going places you haven't been before. They are about taking risks, problem solving and above all else, experiencing REAL adventure " - Joe Dean

Chapter topics include:

• THEMES AND STORYLINES. How to incorporate a theme and a storyline...and learning to break away from the idea that a treasure hunt has to always be about finding pirate's treasure. It could just as easily (and perhaps be more fun to) rescue someone from Dracula's castle or deliver top secret documents in a foreign, hostile country. Also included is a healthy list of over 100 potential story ideas within dozens of possible themes to get your creative juices flowing.
• CHARACTERS. Not just when and how to use characters your participant(s) will encounter on their adventure...but how to incorporate them without the availability of volunteers.
• BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS. Right from the beginning, your adventurer should have excitement for going on the adventure you created. Likewise, they'll appreciate a sense of 'wrap up' at the end. He details how and why to provide both.

PLUS MORE He'll address many other aspects including timing your hunt, what rules should be in place for larger groups and even how and when you might incorporate food into the overall activity.

WARNING: This is NOT a book about how to create a linear rhyming clue to rhyming clue treasure hunt. Rather, it provides a step by step guide to turn a basic treasure hunt idea into something where your participant(s) get to step inside an Indiana Jones or National Treasure experience.

About the Joe Dean, the author:

• Over 30 years experience designing and facilitating treasure hunt adventures for both individuals and large groups in both the private and corporate sectors.
• Designed over 100 treasure hunts and adventures that have been facilitated all over the world.
• Received a bachelor's degree in Art History and has years of theater experience. He readily incorporates both into the adventures he creates.
• Published writer of articles and puzzles in magazines.