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Recess Squads: Minigames

Your weekly adventure for games, giggles, and teamwork.

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Recess Squads: The Giggle Gamers

Recess Minigames Squad is all about variety, creativity, and group decision-making. Whether it's a fast-paced Jackbox round, a tactical Steam game, a browser-based co-op, a word game from your imagination, or a classic board game on Board Game Arena — your squad chooses what to play and how to play it.

Note: This squad might require some help from a parent to set up your account on a few different platforms.

Check the cohort before you join to make sure you have the appropriate tech set up. Squads that are playing games through Steam will require a free steam account before joining

What You'll Do:

  • Choose and play new minigame(s) each week as a group
  • Rotate through a mix of game styles — digital, browser-based, tabletop, and verbal
  • Practice group leadership by helping decide what the squad plays and how it's run
  • Try games you've never played before in a fun and friendly space
  • Reflect on each game experience to shape future sessions
  • Laugh a lot, explore together, and build friendships
  • Receive personalized guidance to enhance communication and emotional regulation skills

What you'll learn:

  • Adaptability: Quickly learn and engage with different types of games
  • Creative Problem-Solving: Navigate rules, strategies, and twists across formats
  • Collaboration: Support teammates and take turns leading
  • Communication Skills: Practice speaking clearly, listening actively, and managing group decisions
  • Self-Reflection: Consider how each game went and how to improve teamwork in the next
  • Social Confidence: Built through positive interactions and shared experiences.
  • Emotional Intelligence: Learn to navigate feelings and responses in a supportive, accepting setting.
  • Community Connection: Form meaningful relationships with peers from different backgrounds. Attend the Recess Community hour with a group of friends!

What you'll need:

  • Ability to join sessions on gather.town (The Recess Virtual Universe)
  • A working camera and microphone
  • A free Steam account (for select games)
  • A Board Game Arena account (free, recommended)

Specific Squad Selection

All squads are different and change constantly. If you need help selecting a squad for your kid please reach out to Christopher! You can also just register for a squad that fits and Christopher will reach out to confirm the details

Meet the guides

Expert guides leading this course

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I love storytelling, whether in books, movies, or anything in between, but my favorite thing is making people laugh!

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Recess Community Director, Recess Vibes guide 😎 - Come complete a challenge with me at Community hour!

Course updates

Updates from guides of this course

2 days ago

Great session today, ***** *****! We played into two games together and had a blast competing across both.

After dealing with some server issues with **** ****, we moved over and started with ****. Everyone figured out controls, tried different maps, and experimented with modes ...

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6 days ago

Great session today, everyone!

This was a relaxed, free play day where the group spent time exploring creative games together. 

- ***** kicked things off in Toca World where we designed characters, decorated rooms, and gave each other tours of our in game houses. 

- Wh...

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Mar 5 @ 10:48 PM

Great session today, ***** *****!

First, the group discovered ******** *****, a free browser game where you combine basic elements such as ****, ****, ****, and **** to create increasingly wild new things. Then we downloaded and played **** ****, a free ***** game inspired by **...

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Feb 26 @ 10:44 PM

Great session today, ***** *****. A bittersweet one as we said goodbye to ****** on his last day with the group, but hope you have fun in ******** *****!!

We jumped into two games: a quick round of *** **, then the main event... finishing our ***** *****! The bears had made it t...

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Feb 20 @ 3:58 AM

Fun session today, ***** *****!

This week we jumped into some mini game time, trying out a few different games together. We started with Smash Karts for a few rounds, then moved into Hitbox, and wrapped he session up with a silly round of truth or dare.

- Played Smash Karts tog...

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Feb 6 @ 5:18 PM

Great work yesterday, ***** *****! After some tech troubleshooting, we pivoted from our original plan and dove into Jackbox games. We started with TKO 2, designing hilarious t-shirts with custom drawings and slogans. We were running out of time but got started on Doominate as wel...

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Jan 31 @ 12:00 AM

Great work yesterday, everyone!

We switched gears from ***** ***** and explored a new ***** ***** game, ***** *****!! ***** ***** took us on a trivia adventure through history, where we guessed dates for everything from ***** *****'s debut to the first Tour de France. The twist?...

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Jan 23 @ 1:06 AM

Hey ***** *****! So glad ******** made it this week so we could continue our campaign. We got a lot farther, and were able to solve challenges with much more ease, good job *****!

Today we:

Improved greatly on time management! We got stuck a few times last week, but this week ...

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Jan 23 @ 12:12 AM

While this update is a little late, I still wanted to recap because we had an AMAZING first session!!

This session we focused on some of our favorites: movies, shows, and songs! ***** kicked things off with updates on The Vampire Diaries, while ***** shared her recent fixation ...

Jan 15 @ 10:57 PM

Hello hello ***** *****! So glad that everyone could make it today to start off our new campaign, we stated strong!

Our story is set in a distant land where humans and animals once lived as equals, however due to a Grizzly Bear attack, bears were now shunned. Your bears had to t...

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Jan 8 @ 11:13 PM

I had so much fun today ***** *****, and we got a lot done too! Alsoooo welcome back *****, we missed you!! As usual the weekly poll was sent out, and this week everyone had answered before the squad started! That helped out a lot in getting things started. We played two truths a...

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Jan 2 @ 12:42 AM

Happy new year ***** *****! Had a lot of fun playing ********** today as well as answering all the creative **** ** ** **** and later on **** ** ***** topics that you guys came up with! Keep your eyes on the chat for when I send out the next poll out, and let me know if you have ...

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Dec 25 @ 10:46 PM

Shoutout ***** for showing off these awesome drawings today!!

Dec 25 @ 10:44 PM

**************************************************!! ********************************************! I know a lot of you had to miss it to spend the holidays with family, so I will see you next week. Have the happiest of Holidays!!! 

Dec 18 @ 10:50 PM

Awesome day today ***** *****!! We got to try out **** for a bit, even thought the guardians got us all... And then played ************ on ******** which was so much fun! I'd played neither before so thank you guys for showing the way, see you next week and if not, HAPPY HOLIDAYS...

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Dec 5 @ 3:31 AM

Tonight ***** ***** turned into a cozy game night with plenty of laughter and a few sneak attacks; here is what we got up to together.

We set out to run a poll, pick a new game as a squad, and keep building ***** ***** as a place to try slightly weird, slightly silly games to...

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Nov 21 @ 10:45 PM

Today was ********’s first day, and ********, you jumped right into the group! It was awesome getting to hang out and learn a bit about you.

***** ***** kept our streak going with more ******** games, but this time we tried a new one, ******** ***** *****! The questions were tou...

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Oct 23 @ 9:48 PM

Today’s Honey Squad session was awesome from start to finish! We kicked things off by sharing our Halloween costumes, here’s the lineup:

🦖 ***** — Dinosaur

💀 ***** — Skeleton

🟥 ***** — Squid Game Guard
🪆 ***** — Scary Doll

🪄 ***** — Harry Potter

👻 ***** — TBD (but back...

Oct 9 @ 10:01 PM

Today was wonderful! Even with the usual tech hiccups, you all made the most out of the hour. We also got to welcome ***** to both the squad and the Recess community -  welcome, *****! 🎉

We kicked things off using our new poll method to choose the first game. And wouldn’t you k...

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Oct 2 @ 10:01 PM

Today was wonderful! We welcomed a new member to the squad (Hi ****) and found a repeatable process for choosing our minigames. Since last week it took us a while to decide, this time I made a poll with your suggestions. It worked like a charm. we quickly picked Goose, Goose, Duc...

Sep 19 @ 12:46 AM

Today was such a great session! We welcomed our newest member ***** to the Honey Squad - and she fit right in like she has been here all along.

The squad voted to spend the entire hour in Goose, Goose, Duck, and it was a blast. We switched between different game modes and maps,...

Sep 11 @ 10:15 PM

Today was one of my favourite sessions since we started Honey Squad. You all showed up ready to listen, collaborate, and make decisions as a team. Everyone found their voice, communicated clearly, and it helped us get a lot done.

We kicked things off with ***** Park 2 and after ...

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Sep 4 @ 9:39 PM

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Aug 26 @ 6:42 PM

End of an Era… But Really Just the Beginning! 🚀

Today was such a fun turning point for the G.U.R.Ns. I gifted everyone a new game that ***** helped me test last week: Out of Space.

This game is an incredible, chaotic, gooey mess that kept us on our toes for the entire session....

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Aug 25 @ 11:04 PM

************ ***** ****** – A **** ******** *****! 🐸⛰️

***** ** *** a ***** **** for the **********, *** I don’t ***** we **** have done a **** ***** ago. ** *** down and ***** discussed the ****** ******** our ***** could take. ********* had the ***** to ****** their *****, be...

Aug 22 @ 9:58 PM

**** and the **** **** – Final Session Recap 🎮🔥

This week marked the final meeting of the squad **** and the **** ****. What a journey it’s been, this squad not only kicked off the Squads program at ****** but set the tone for what these groups can become.

The squad has serve...

Aug 20 @ 8:18 PM

We're headed back to ******** today! Here's what we got up to last time...

We opened right where we left off: inside ******’s office, footsteps closing in, the doorknob beginning to turn. In a panic, the students tried to cast a group invisibility spell. Sparks fizzled, magic fa...

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Aug 19 @ 8:45 PM

🚀 G.U.R.Ns Squad Update 🚀

Today we started with the big question: what should we play?

Three of us are still fully locked in on PEAK and jumped straight back into climbing. Meanwhile, ***** and I started talking about games that can work across Apple devices AND Windows, whic...

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Aug 18 @ 11:30 PM

Hey Gremlins! Today, we missed ******, *****, and *********, which means *** , ***** , ************, and I had to decide what to play! We all decided to play Lethal Company, where we laughed, had scares, and even learned about the new items that were added. We discovered that the...

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Aug 14 @ 10:01 PM

🍯 Honey Squad Update

We missed a few familiar faces today, but we also got to welcome a brand new friend to the squad — Welcome, ******! 🎉

We kicked things off with a round of 2 Truths and 1 Lie, and it was such a blast learning quirky and surprising facts about each other. I...

Aug 13 @ 8:27 PM

We're headed back to ******** today! Here's what happened last time:

The group picked up their investigation into *****’s disappearance. ********'s locket’s moving photo of ***** was blank, and there was no sign of ***** anywhere.

In *****’s dorm, the team discovered her sleepi...

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Aug 5 @ 6:12 PM

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Aug 1 @ 1:53 PM

The Hollowing of Tollbell: Session 2

We picked up right where we left off: the students were seated in the great hall for their first dinner at Tollbell Academy. *** sat distant from it all, sketching obsessively in her notebook, fog-eyed and repeating the phrase “the bell tolls...

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Jul 31 @ 9:44 PM

Today we got to welcome back some old friends (hi **** 👋), and even though we had a few late arrivals, the first three to show up chose the game… and I’m so glad they did.

**** **** 2 was absolute chaos at first.
- Level 1 took us ** minutes - we were climbing over each other, ...

Jul 31 @ 2:59 PM

Today’s session was awesome!

First off, a huge shoutout to **** for coming prepared, constantly evolving these creative minigames, and treating his squad with respect and thoughtfulness. We even saw him start work on a new game mode based on ****’s idea. I can’t wait to try that...

Jul 30 @ 5:35 PM

We missed ****, ****, and ******—but we FINALLY got everyone else into the same game of *****! 🙌

It took some classic tech troubleshooting (huge shoutout to the whole squad for being patient and flexible 💻), and we spent the first ** minutes chatting, especially fun to hear **...

Today during the hour we experienced SEVERAL very chaotic events!! First we spawned in and on our FIRST night we experienced a blood moon. Then, when it turned day we had to fight off a goblin ARMY. We finally got a break to build a base but it was still very chaotic to deal with...

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Jul 24 @ 9:45 PM

We had a lot of fun in Honey Squad today! Instead of just playing Roomerang in *******, we also played Death by AI for the first half! We had some crazy scenarios, like getting locked in a sinking car, trying not to drown while being stranded, and even being stuck in a life threa...

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Jul 23 @ 10:41 PM

🕯️ Welcome to ********* ********* for Magically-Inclined Youth 🐸

The Frogs kicked off our new RPG campaign today: The Hollowing of ********* *********. The students arrived by creaking carriage, fog curling at the wheels, familiars uneasy. The school emerged slowly through the...

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Jul 21 @ 9:09 PM

Guys!! I think we actually did it—we figured out a strategy to pick our next game. 👏

We kicked off the session with the usual indecision (classic) and ended up diving into the chaos of Pico Park: Dark World. After some yelling, lots of accidental deaths, and more teamwork than ...

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Jul 15 @ 6:32 PM

Today we officially welcomed ***** to the squad! It turns out this group shares a lot in common—especially around game interests and art styles. Even though it took us ** minutes to pick a game (classic G.U.R.Ns energy), I genuinely enjoyed catching up and hearing everyone’s thou...

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Jul 15 @ 3:03 PM

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Jul 8 @ 6:17 PM

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Jul 4 @ 3:21 PM

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Jul 3 @ 5:59 PM

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Jul 3 @ 1:38 PM

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Jul 1 @ 6:16 PM

Today in G.U.R.Ns we started our session with some intense debate about consoles, whether hand held or home consoles are better, and if the *************** 2 is worth it. Initially we discussed playing ************, but it seemed like the group wanted to go in a different directi...

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Jun 26 @ 9:35 PM

We squeezed in two full ******** games today!
****** absolutely dominated in ************, and then ****** squeaked out a win in **********. Hearing all of you pitch your ridiculous junk items was honestly hilarious—I wish I could include all ** photos, but we’ll settle for these...

Jun 26 @ 2:46 PM

Today we debuted a brand new class-based game mode created by **** called Freedom Mode—and it was awesome. ****’s world is turning into a full-blown PvP experience, and the creativity is really starting to shine.

Afterward, we played a round of Warlords with teams. Things got a ...

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