Our Story and Mission

Nikolaos Neoklis Kyriakoudis
Game Designer / Storyteller

Nikolaos Neoklis Kyriakoudis, a professional speaker/trainer  embarked on a mission to blend his passion for board and video games with his extensive experience in educating young adults to enhance their communication, social, and work skills. This idea was sparked by nearly two decades of teaching at the Technological University of Thessaloniki and in multinational corporations, primarily to adults aged between 20 and 30. He observed a prevalent lack of social and interactive skills among many of his trainees and recognized the lasting impact that his training had on them.

During the challenging times of the Covid-19 pandemic, Nikolaos came to appreciate the significance of gatherings with friends and family, which were often taken for granted. This newfound appreciation ignited the concept of writing a book that would blend family time with improving social skills. With the guidance of a clinical pediatric psychologist Radu Goza, the idea was molded into “Adventuring Family,” a book designed to facilitate quality family time while imparting crucial life lessons to the children in the family. Nikolaos sees this book as his modest contribution to making the world a better place for children.

Radu-Georgian Goșa
Adlerian Clinical Pediatric Psychologist

Radu-Georgian Goșa, a clinical pediatric psychologist, psychotherapist, and advocate for non-formal education and balanced relationship development, completed his studies in Psychology and obtained a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of West, Timișoara. Currently residing in Bucharest, he collaborates with We Change, a center for Psychotherapy and Personal Development, employing floortime techniques in therapy with children, parental counseling, and methodologies from individual psychotherapy (Adlerian).

Radu enthusiastically embraced Nikolaos Kyriakoudis’ project with a vision to meet the needs of families seeking quality and meaningful time together through this captivating adventure. He firmly believes in learning through play, utilizing imagination, the magical world, and constructing robust characters, essential elements for personal development and self-knowledge at any age. Therefore, this book is tailored for those who value the power of relationships and the essence of “Togetherness”.

Elisavet Giagtzoglou
Illustrator

Elisavet Giagtzoglou, a talented illustrator and artist met Nikolaos Kyriakoudis through numberous RPG campaigns and was enthusiastic to participate in the Adventuring Family project to assist with her creations, the visualisation of the campaign. Currently based in Eastern Thraceof Greece, her main focus is digital illustration and comics, drawing visual inspiration by the fantasy genre.

She was really motivated to do something for the future generations and use her knowledge of character design  in order to create the digital illustrations within this book. Seeing that the popularization of TTRPGs did not also bring an educational, child friendly body of works, she is hoping that this book can grant the same joys of role-playing to young individuals, catered specifically to their needs.