All about the quest in the apartment

Quest is a rather interesting type of entertainment that allows you to have a great time with friends, work colleagues or family... Moreover, there is no need to go somewhere, because you can organize a fun evening in your apartment. In this article we will tell you everything about the quest in the apartment.

A quest in an apartment can also be called a home quest. Its purpose is to find gifts by scrapbook. The organizer of the game hides the cards in advance in different places of the apartment. There are various tasks in the notes, the answer to which indicates the location of the next task. If you pass all the tests, you will definitely find a present. Today, both children and adults like the quest in the apartment. It becomes more and more popular every year. Usually the quest is dedicated to some kind of holiday, for example, a birthday.

The organizer of the quest does the main work - thinks over both the tasks themselves and the caches, which will contain riddles and puzzles... To begin with, you should carefully consider the scheme of the quest and make a list of the items and places themselves. After that, you can proceed to inventing tasks, but the answers to them will be the names of the places where the next note will be located. You should take a responsible attitude to the preparation of the quest, it is advisable to arrange the tasks colorfully and brightly.

Hint tasks can be hidden in the most unexpected places:

• in soft toys or inside a balloon, in a piece of cake or candy;
• use modern technologies - send the task by e-mail or SMS;
• the digital device may contain already taken pictures, according to which the quest participant must find all the clues;
• certain words can be hidden in books;
• call a specific number by phone to get the next assignment.

For a quest in an apartment, you can choose a variety of scenario themes. Let's consider several possible topics.

• "Tower of the Magician"... An old magician lives in a magic forest in a tower. He needs help, because evil spirits have appeared in the forest and are destroying the forest. You can list all those actions that are strictly prohibited to be performed in the forest. The magician needs the help of children. They enter the magician's tower through a special portal, where they learn various spells, preparing for battle with evil spirits. One quest is a leaf from a spellbook. For the completed task, children receive a word. As a result, for completing several tasks, the guys will collect a spell that allows you to neutralize evil spirits.

• "CosmoZoo"... The stupid robot has captured the children and is heading with them to the space zoo. The guys must free themselves, take control of the ship and return to Earth. To disable a robot, you need to collect a certain code by solving specific tasks.

• The Stolen Cake Case. This scenario is suitable for children 7-12 years old. It is made in the form of a detective. To find the cake, you need to guess 12 cards with puzzles, secret codes, and so on. You can play with one or two teams.

• Escape from Africa... If you use colorful pictures, then such a quest is suitable even for preschoolers who still cannot read. Searches, puzzles, labyrinths will help children find and return all the animals that fled from Africa.

• "Superhero"... Children become superheroes, you can even use costumes. The task is to find and return to the wizard Ostrodum seven Bad Men who personify human flaws: Dirty, Liar, Lazy, Brawler, Crybaby, Late and Greedy.

The entertainment in the quest is the main one, as it amuses the public as well as the participants in the quest. They can be varied.

• "Encryption". You can offer players to decrypt the message. Each character will correspond to a specific letter. Hints with symbols should be hidden in different places of the apartment. Of course, they will not find all the clues, but 5-6 riddles will be enough to solve the quest. Such a quest will take no more than 20 minutes, and the participants will definitely get a lot of positive emotions.
• "Secret message". This entertainment will allow you to encrypt not only a word or phrase, but also a digital code. Mirror letters will definitely appeal to children of any age. They will feel like real decoders of secret messages.
• "Words from Songs". You can use only 2 or 3 songs to quickly cope with the assigned task. It is necessary to mix all the words of the songs, and then arrange them around the apartment. Children need to find as many words as possible in order to guess which songs were conceived, and then sing them.

It is necessary to navigate when drawing up a quest for tasks of varying complexity, then it will be interesting. Optimally, 30% of tasks are of increased difficulty, 30% - easy, 40% - medium. If you make a quest mainly of difficult tasks, then the players will get tired pretty quickly, the excitement and fun will disappear. On the contrary, easy questions will lead to things that get uninteresting pretty quickly.

There are many ideas to use for a birthday party as well. The birthday boy goes along with the invitees on his own and finds a gift thanks to the tips. Consider the scenario of a quest in an apartment to find a gift for a husband.

Initially, he receives a message by phone or in the form of a note that a gift is hidden for him in the apartment and can only be found by solving a number of tasks. The first task is contained in the same message: "Open the washing machine, see what's inside."

The husband finds a postcard in the washing machine that contains the following message: "Your present is very much waiting for you." And you should immediately indicate the further direction: “Keep your way towards the kitchen. Find an object that is white, cold and full of food. "

In the refrigerator, you need to put a plate with treats, for example, with sweets. A note with the following task will certainly be placed next to it: "This is very tasty, you can eat it." And under the treat there will be a picture, for example, a flash drive.

Then the husband finds a USB flash drive, turns it on and sees a document with a name, for example, "Quest". This document contains another hint, from which it becomes clear that one should move to the door.

The player must find a door to which the following task will be attached with the text: "Move to the balcony", although a picture or a riddle can be used. And there a gift will already be waiting for him.

It is necessary to pay attention to the fact that the quest in the apartment can be of two types. Tasks can be completed in turn, as if in a chain, that is, from one task the second flows smoothly. Quests can be issued all at once.

Let's consider the two varieties in more detail.

• Sequential tasks. If several teams participate in the quest, then the spirit of competition will be felt. Now one team comes out ahead, then the second. Alternatively, it can be only two players. The game develops according to a linear plot and leads to a logical ending of the story. The downside of this format is that if a task is very difficult, then the whole game will stop. The organizer will need to use additional tips.
• Receiving all tasks at once... Participants can do tasks in any order. At first, they can complete easy tasks, and already with more difficult ones, parents or an organizer will help. This option is ideal when there is not a lot of time to play the game. A goal is set for the players: whoever completes more tasks becomes the winner.

In any case, you should pay attention to the following tips for conducting a quest in an apartment:

• it is better to use tasks of varying difficulty, while taking into account the age of the participants in the game;
• you should not leave the children alone, it is better to be always there to help with additional tips if necessary;
• small quests should be done: if the game lasts longer than 1 hour, it will definitely tire the children, and not every adult is ready to solve tasks of increased complexity for half a day.

Quest ideas can be seen in the next video.