Recess Squads: Teens
Meet, play and get to know other teens in the Recess Community!
Hosted by 2 expert guides
Recess Teen Squads are all about fun, depth, and friendship. You’ll join a tight-knit group of other teens to explore your favorite games, collaborate on challenges, and grow as a team over multiple sessions. Every meeting is a chance to laugh, strategize, and build something awesome with friends your age.
Whether you're looking for consistent gameplay with the same group or eager to try out something new, there's a spot for you.
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:
- Make new friends in a low-pressure, teen-only space
- Stick with one game for multiple sessions to go deeper as a team OR decide you want to test out new games before you settle in. Meet other teens who love the same games you do
- Tackle fun challenges together and create memorable moments
- Reflect and improve how you play and collaborate
- Get support from a Recess guide to help you become a stronger communicator and teammate
Games we play
- Overcooked 2
- Terraria
- Raft
- Planet Crafter
- Void Crew
- Don’t Starve Together
- Lethal Company
What You'll Learn:
Social Confidence: Practice being yourself in a relaxed, supportive group
Leadership & Initiative: Step up and help your group succeed
Emotional Regulation: Handle wins, losses, and surprises with maturity
Goal-Setting and Follow-Through: Set goals with your group and work toward them over time
Community Engagement: Build lasting relationships and help Recess provide more of what you want
What You'll Need:
- Ability to join sessions on gather.town (The Recess Virtual Universe)
- A working camera and microphone
- Access to the game your squad is playing. Most games are on Steam. Reach out if you need help downloading or setting up an account
Specific Squad Selection
Teen Squads change games every few weeks, and the options are always evolving based on what teens love to play. When registering, you can list your preferences or join any open Teen Squad. The squad name will be updated based on the current game they are playing.
Or join the waitlist and tell us what game you want to play. We’ll help you find or start a group
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Age ranges are just suggestions! You can register for any cohort.
Meet the guides
Expert guides leading this course
Course updates
Updates from guides of this course
Aug 18 @ 8:48 PM
Since ***** * was out today, we decided to switch things up and play SuperMarket Together. Honestly, our store (proudly named **********) is doing surprisingly well. We stayed profitable after the first two days of operations, and ***** only had to deal with about **–** shoplifte...
Oct 1 @ 10:54 PM
This week’s session was a little out of the ordinary… but I think we actually made some progress.
As we all know, this squad is made up of some of the most serially indecisive humans on the planet. Choosing a game is never easy, and this week was no exception. We started off t...
Oct 27 @ 10:07 PM
This session was peak Teen Squad energy, fun, productive, and full of personality. While we were wating for the game to load we learned
🎥 ** is officially building the habit of streaming and has his Twitch account up and running!
🐶 ****** introduced us to his two adorable dogs...
Dec 2 @ 12:01 AM
Today’s Teen Squad session was fantastic! For the first time in a long while, the entire squad was together, and with ***** joining, we officially have a full team! Welcome, *****, you were thrown straight into the deep end, and the squad wasted no time showing you what Teen Squa...
Oct 15 @ 8:30 PM
It's been a while since our last ******** recap! A lot has happened, but here is where we left off last week:
After freeing the missing students from the vines, the group finally came face to face with ************* ******. With a whisper, shadows poured from his hands, crawling...
Aug 25 @ 8:58 PM
Teen Squad Recap – SuperMarket Madness 🛒💥
Today you all decided to dive back into SuperMarket Together and it was another wild ride. We caught ***** B up on the essentials, like how to properly smack shoplifters with a broom, and then got to work.
We started with only $300 an...
Oct 20 @ 8:40 PM
Today’s session was a total blast! We had full attendance (even though **** * made his dramatic entrance fashionably late, we’ll let the internet excuse slide this time).
Big welcome to our newest member *****! During intros we discovered ** now lives on the surface of the sun -...
Sep 24 @ 8:30 PM
Last time in Tollbell…
Things have taken a spooky turn... so buckle up.
The group met the Gen Z Ghost who Loves Toast. She revealed her name is ******, and she had once been a student during Headmaster ******’s reign. Back then, students had also begun vanishing, along with th...
Nov 26 @ 9:34 PM
The Hollowing of Tollbell – Session Recap: The Fight in Orlock’s Lair
We dropped back into the chamber beneath the school, where the students were still caught in twisted living vines. One by one they fought to break free. *** froze her restraints with a burst of ice, and ***,...
Nov 11 @ 12:06 AM
Our Teen Squad made huge progress this week on Planet Crafter. After reaching blue sky in our last session, we set our sights on the next milestone: clouds. By the end of today, we were almost at 100% completion!
Here’s what we accomplished:
☁️ Built a giant tower thanks **
🧑�...
Sep 15 @ 8:54 PM
🎲 ********* ******
Today we welcomed ********** to the squad! That means we now have two ********** and two **********. *******, ****, and **... sounds like you have some recruiting to do.
You all decided on another round of ****, and I have to admit, my win streak ended today...
Oct 29 @ 5:51 PM
Last week, we took a break from Tollbell to celebrate Frogoween for the second year in a row! The Frogs came ready with costumes and makeup, and we spent the session yapping, showing off our spooky looks, and working on some Halloween crafts. Lots of laughs, lots of creativity, a...
6 days ago
We kicked things off this week with a round of Pick a Side, throwing out big “this or that” questions and asking everyone to explain their choices. That turned into a really sweet moment of noticing how far this group has come. A few ******** pointed out that we started as strang...
Sep 17 @ 5:54 PM
The Hollowing of Tollbell – Sessions Recap: Vampires, Vanishings, and… Toast?
📚Library discoveries:
-******* recognized signs that former Headmaster ************ was a vampire.
-The group read of the Ritual of the Crimson Chalice, an ancient tradition held on the full moon.
-Th...
