Renaissance Adventures
Renaissance Adventures, 5717 Arapahoe Ave #100, STE 100, Boulder, CO 80303
About
Renaissance Adventures offers live-action roleplaying programs where participants take part in Adventure Quest and Star Quest, solve mystifying riddles, piece together clues in coded riddles, follow maps to buried treasure, and negotiate peace or intergalactic treaties. Activities include sword fighting and dueling games with safe foam Swasher swords and fusion blades, battling with blasters (beanbags), creative writing through Quest & Quill, and outdoor quests. The program also offers Summer Camps, School Day-Off Camps, after-school and evening activities, homeschool programs, online virtual adventures, birthday parties and events, party activities, Teen Leadership programs, Heroes Academy weekends, and Family Quest experiences where adults and children create and playact heroes, solve riddles, brainstorm solutions, and swashbuckle with foes.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
Since 1995, Renaissance Adventures has led summer Quests using a live-action game system in which kids are the heroes of a mythic Adventure Quest, choose mythic archetypes and powers, and face challenges that develop physical, social, and mental skills. Groups are kept small at about six children, with students grouped by age, experience, and interest when possible, and each quest is customized to the students’ interests so there is a new quest every time. The program’s mission is to provide inspiring experiential education programs through live-action roleplaying and to empower youth towards their leadership potential.
Quest & Quill focuses on the enjoyment of writing, self-expression, and the oratory arts rather than grammar, spelling, or writing style, and stories from this program may be submitted for publication in the Adventure Quest: Stories publication, with questers reading aloud short excerpts of their writing. Star Quest uses science fiction themes such as warp speed, mech suits, tapping into the “Meta” for telepathic powers, time travel, cyberpunk netrunning, and alien “hive mind” sentience. Heroes Academy offers mature teens intensive, transformative programs in which staff do not interfere in the group’s decisions and consequences except for out-of-game assistance and safety oversight, and costumes are required at all times during the Heroes’ Alliance weekend event.
Home Quest brings Renaissance Adventures to a host’s location, customized to the host’s needs, with groups of 4–6 participants and a discount for the host family’s child when there is a full group of six campers; Home Quests can be just for children or teens, for college-age participants, or mixed-ages as a Family Quest, which is described as a great bonding experience that quickly becomes a favorite family activity. The environment teaches good sportsmanship, fair-play, and respect for others, and participants wield safe foam Swasher swords as part of the activities. Questers are described as ending programs feeling empowered, excited, and full of stories to tell.
Renaissance Adventures programs are offered in Boulder County (Boulder, Lafayette, Longmont) and the Denver Metro area (Denver, Littleton), and the organization works with Horizons School in Boulder, Colorado, as described by the school’s Community Liaison. Founder Mark Hoge leads the organization. Renaissance Adventures®, Adventure Quest®, Sword Skirmish®, Swasher®, and the Warrior Arch logo are registered trademarks of Renaissance Adventures LLC, and Hero Mission™, “Be the Hero of a Mythic Quest”™, Dungeon Delvers™, Knight CIT™, PlayQuest™, Quest & Quill™, and Star Quest™ are trademarks of Renaissance Adventures LLC.
Parent and community feedback includes comments such as “He can’t stop talking about the quest,” and a parent noting that their child’s favorite activity was sword fighting with a purple sword and that the program teaches kids by solving riddles and working together as a team in mythical quests. Horizons School’s Community Liaison reports being greatly impressed with the programs and describes the staff as very positive role models who inspire creative imaginative play and interact with students in a fun, safe, and nurturing manner. A psychologist describes the staff as incredibly creative and introducing serendipity into every quest, perpetuating a sense of magic for children and adults.
Last updated June 3, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
Since 1995, Renaissance Adventures has led summer Quests using a live-action game system in which kids are the heroes of a mythic Adventure Quest, choose mythic archetypes and powers, and face challenges that develop physical, social, and mental skills. Groups are kept small at about six children, with students grouped by age, experience, and interest when possible, and each quest is customized to the students’ interests so there is a new quest every time. The program’s mission is to provide inspiring experiential education programs through live-action roleplaying and to empower youth towards their leadership potential.
Quest & Quill focuses on the enjoyment of writing, self-expression, and the oratory arts rather than grammar, spelling, or writing style, and stories from this program may be submitted for publication in the Adventure Quest: Stories publication, with questers reading aloud short excerpts of their writing. Star Quest uses science fiction themes such as warp speed, mech suits, tapping into the “Meta” for telepathic powers, time travel, cyberpunk netrunning, and alien “hive mind” sentience. Heroes Academy offers mature teens intensive, transformative programs in which staff do not interfere in the group’s decisions and consequences except for out-of-game assistance and safety oversight, and costumes are required at all times during the Heroes’ Alliance weekend event.
Home Quest brings Renaissance Adventures to a host’s location, customized to the host’s needs, with groups of 4–6 participants and a discount for the host family’s child when there is a full group of six campers; Home Quests can be just for children or teens, for college-age participants, or mixed-ages as a Family Quest, which is described as a great bonding experience that quickly becomes a favorite family activity. The environment teaches good sportsmanship, fair-play, and respect for others, and participants wield safe foam Swasher swords as part of the activities. Questers are described as ending programs feeling empowered, excited, and full of stories to tell.
Renaissance Adventures programs are offered in Boulder County (Boulder, Lafayette, Longmont) and the Denver Metro area (Denver, Littleton), and the organization works with Horizons School in Boulder, Colorado, as described by the school’s Community Liaison. Founder Mark Hoge leads the organization. Renaissance Adventures®, Adventure Quest®, Sword Skirmish®, Swasher®, and the Warrior Arch logo are registered trademarks of Renaissance Adventures LLC, and Hero Mission™, “Be the Hero of a Mythic Quest”™, Dungeon Delvers™, Knight CIT™, PlayQuest™, Quest & Quill™, and Star Quest™ are trademarks of Renaissance Adventures LLC.
Parent and community feedback includes comments such as “He can’t stop talking about the quest,” and a parent noting that their child’s favorite activity was sword fighting with a purple sword and that the program teaches kids by solving riddles and working together as a team in mythical quests. Horizons School’s Community Liaison reports being greatly impressed with the programs and describes the staff as very positive role models who inspire creative imaginative play and interact with students in a fun, safe, and nurturing manner. A psychologist describes the staff as incredibly creative and introducing serendipity into every quest, perpetuating a sense of magic for children and adults.
Last updated June 3, 2026.
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