Games are serious business
We design and run games with a purpose: to explore Évora on a mission through the historic centre, to bring teams together and put skills into play, to showcase a region or a cause.
Escape games in Évora
Outdoor escape games for families, couples and groups of friends, in Portuguese, English and Spanish.
Events and bespoke games
Corporate events with board games and escape games, in Évora or at a venue of the organisation’s choice, anywhere in Portugal. And bespoke board games.
For visitors to Évora
Two games that turn the streets and hidden corners of Évora’s historic centre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, into a board full of puzzles. Each team plays on its own, with an iPad and a kit of objects and gadgets. A game master, the person who runs the game, follows along remotely. At the end, there is a surprise: a small gift to remember the adventure by.
Spy mission
Spider Technologies has created a mind-control virus and W.I.S.E., an international intelligence organisation, needs agents. The mission: obtain the antidote and stop Spider Tech before time runs out.
2 to 5 players per team · up to 150 min · PT · EN · ES
Fantasy adventure
Since the dawn of time, magic portals protected by guardians have linked our world to a parallel world. One guardian has fallen into a magical sleep and evil creatures are invading our world. The mission: solve puzzles in enchanted places and gather crystals to seal the portal again.
2 to 5 players per team · up to 180 min · PT · EN · ES
Just your team, or the teams in your group.
No need to have played an escape game before.
Provided during the game and returned at the end.
Up to 48 hours before, with a full refund.
Prices
per player, in a team of 2
per player, in a team of 3 to 5
under-12s go free
Group of more than 5? Several teams, the same mission: the first to complete it wins. Just make one booking per team.
For companies and institutions
Modern board games and escape games working for teams: to bring people together, develop skills and communicate memorably. Each event is designed around the organisation’s goals and ends with a debriefing, the conversation that links the game to real work.
The rules are part of the game. The behaviour is real.
Évora only
About three hours around Évora’s historic centre, with an iPad and spy gadgets. At the end, an individual reflection questionnaire and a report for the organisation.
Indoors
Team building, company parties, networking and tournaments. At the organisation’s premises, at another venue of its choice or in a hotel in Évora.
Regular sessions
Regular sessions with modern board games, inside the organisation and for its teams only. Strategy can be trained, session after session.
Programme or modules
Strategic planning, communication, negotiation, stress management, goals and priorities, innovation and creativity. All with modern board games as the tool.
We also offer indoor escape games. Learn more
How we work
Goals, context and team make-up.
Choice of games and activities.
Led by a qualified, experienced professional.
The conversation that links the game to real work.
A written analysis of the team’s reflections.
Price on request. Each proposal is tailor-made, with no obligation.
Hotel or agency? Discover our partnerships
Themed game publishing
We create original games that showcase a region, its heritage or a cause. Games people play because they enjoy them, not because they have to. Each game is created by a published game designer, with a team for illustration, graphic design and proofreading.
Not manuals disguised as games: these are modern games in which the player makes the decisions and the theme gives meaning to every move. For municipalities, museums, libraries, foundations, associations, companies and other institutions.
Made in a European factory, with CE certification
Card game created for the Municipality of Coruche
Created for the Eugénio de Almeida Foundation
A giveaway is used once. A good game comes back to the table for years.
Getting people to play is easy. What sets Outside Mind Games apart, an Évora company that works all over Portugal, is the care that goes into designing and running every game.
In the escape games, each team plays with a physical kit and a game master follows along remotely. In board game sessions, a qualified professional explains the games and runs the play.
At corporate events, the debriefing brings to light what the team did during the game.
The founder has over 25 years of experience in consulting and training and was vice-president of Crestcom in Portugal.
We also publish board games, such as Montado and ODS. We know how a game is created, tested and fine-tuned.
We did this as a family and loved every minute. (…) The way the game is organised is incredible; it makes you feel like real agents in action.
Ricardo D. · Outdoor escape game · translated from Portuguese
A really fun activity. I recommend it for families, friends or team building. Challenges that get you thinking.
Fábio R. · Outdoor escape game · translated from Portuguese
I never thought it was possible to work on so many skills through a board game.
João A. · IG&H Platform Services · translated from Portuguese
To explore Évora through play, just book online. For companies and institutions, it all starts with a conversation and a tailor-made proposal, with no obligation.
+351 969 678 233 (phone and WhatsApp) · geral@outsidemindgames.com
