Here’s the Kingdom prompt that we used for “Dungeons and Dragons and Dreidels.” Feel free to use and adapt it for your own game of Kingdom (click here to get a PDF and/or hard copy) or other learning adventure!

The Pardes Institute

We are a Jewish educational institution that trains miracle-workers and monster hunters.

Key ideas

• Divide between students and teachers
• Tension between students’ needs and institutional agendas
• The mold the Institute is trying to fit students into

The Pardes Institute is… (Choose one)

• An old building hidden in plain sight on a college campus
• A sleek, modern facility at the edge of town
• An abandoned downtown jailhouse
• Something else (What is it?)

We are… (Choose one)

• Academy. We train our students to be the very best.
• Reform. We rehabilitate undisciplined youth, teach them valuable skills, and give them purpose.
• Prison. Those who can’t be trusted with their powers, such as the offspring of demons, are sent to us until they can prove otherwise.

What kind of world is this?

• Does the general public know that magic and monsters are real?
• Is this the modern world or some other time?
• Where in the world are we?
• What else do we need to know about this world?

Threats

• Protective wards starting to fade
• Hazing and infighting among students
• Mysterious disappearances
• Budget cuts
• Something else (What is it?)

Locations

The following locations are suggestions. Feel free to come up with your own ideas instead.

Bathroom (boys’, girls’, and/or gender-neutral), office, parking lot, lecture hall, lab, classroom, library, 24-hour pizza place

People

The following people are suggestions. Feel free to come up with your own ideas instead.

Teachers, staff, teaching assistants, the dean or headmaster, guidance counselor, the most hated teacher, overachieving student, underachieving student, stoner clique, fraternities, sororities, secret societies, the rich students, the working class or poor student, the glee club, social media influencer student

Crossroads

The following Crossroads are suggestions. Feel free to come up with your own ideas instead.

• Start a strike among faculty and/or staff.
• Rebel against draconian new rules.
• Put on a huge gala for major donors.
• Stop an angry ghost from wreaking havoc on the Institute.