About Outside Mind Games
Outside Mind Games combines experience in consultancy and skills development with the power of modern board games and escape games. It is a company from Évora that works all over Portugal.
What we do
Outside Mind Games creates and runs games to discover Évora, to bring teams together and build skills and to showcase a region or a cause.
For visitors to Évora
Two outdoor games around the historic centre, with an iPad, a kit and a game master following along remotely. Book online.
Companies and institutions
Escape games, modern board games, Strategy Clubs and skills development, in Évora or anywhere in Portugal.
Game publishing
Designer games for municipalities, foundations, museums and companies, from theme to box. Montado and ODS: Jogo de Cartas are two examples.
Our story
Before it was called Outside Mind Games, the company worked under the Board Games for Training brand. The name said exactly what it did: putting modern board games to work for companies, in team building events, skills development programmes and Strategy Clubs.
Over time, bespoke board game publishing and escape games were added, outdoors in Évora or indoors. The old name was no longer enough for everything the company does.
One brand
Today, corporate events, escape games and game publishing are brought together under a single brand: Outside Mind Games®, a registered trademark of Manobras de Brincadeira, Lda.
Who’s behind it
Founder and CEO of Outside Mind Games, Carlos Ramos specialises in integrating modern board games into management and leadership skills development. He began his career as a finance director in the industrial sector and has been involved in training in management, leadership and finance ever since.
From 2000, at Mixgest, he provided consultancy in vocational training, management support and economic and financial studies to dozens of public and private organisations. For ten years, he was vice-president of Crestcom in Portugal, an international soft skills development company. There he worked with managers of many nationalities, in leading companies in their markets.
That’s more than 25 years of consultancy and training. They shape the way he works with companies: every game serves a purpose and the debriefing connects what happens at the table with real work.
Education and credentials
Degree in Economics from the University of Évora, specialising in Business Economics.
Postgraduate degree in Auditing and Statutory Audit from ISCTE.
Accredited trainer with Crestcom International (USA) and the Institute of Leadership & Management (UK).
Team and partners
Every project brings together the right people: those who create the game, those who produce it and those who run it.
In the outdoor escape games, a game master follows each team remotely, from start to finish.
At corporate events, sessions are run by a qualified, experienced professional who uses the debriefing to bridge the gap between the game and the workplace.
The published games are designer games: Nuno Santos created Montado and João Quintela Martins created ODS: Jogo de Cartas.
In Montado, the illustration is by Alberto Faria and the graphic design by Joana Novais. In ODS: Jogo de Cartas, game design, illustration and graphic design are all by João Quintela Martins.
In game publishing, production takes place in a European factory with CE certification.
Escape games for visitors start and finish at the B de Brincar shop, on Rua Serpa Pinto, in Évora’s historic centre.
To discover Évora through play, book online. For companies and institutions, the first step is to request a meeting.
+351 969 678 233 (phone and WhatsApp) · geral@outsidemindgames.com
