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HaggleQuest
The negotiation coach for ages 9-14: read the board, then predict the smartest deal - take a neighbour, use the cove (your safe fallback), or walk away. Zara grades every move on Gains, Fairness, and Manner, and teaches the two traps: never take a deal worse than the cove, and don't feed the player who's winning. On-device, no accounts, no clock.
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Meet your mentor
Every Spark & Anvil app has a friendly mentor character that demonstrates, asks, and patiently scaffolds learning.
Mentored by Zara
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Meet the cast
HaggleQuest's cast are Zara the envoy and the Gullwick islanders. Zara never hands over the answer - she asks whether a deal helps you, is fair, and helps them too - and each islander shows one negotiation idea (a warm win-win, a neutral ask, or the leader you shouldn't feed).
Zara
The envoy who runs the trading post - she asks 'does it help you? is the rate fair? does it help them?' and shows why a move works (the answer-withholding coach)
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Bo
The keen builder, always short of wood - trading Bo a good they need is the warmest win-win
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Juno
The wanderer who needs little - a trade with Juno is fine for you but doesn't help them much (a neutral ask)
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Vero
The front-runner - handing the leader the good they need only speeds their win; Vero teaches 'don't feed the leader'
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Learning goal
The negotiation coach for ages 9-14: read the board, then predict the smartest deal - take a neighbour, use the cove (your safe fallback), or walk away. Zara grades every move on Gains, Fairness, and Manner, and teaches the two traps: never take a deal worse than the cove, and don't feed the player who's winning. On-device, no accounts, no clock.
Mentored by Zara — no data leaves the device.
How HaggleQuest handles your kid's data
- ✅ All progress, settings, and AI-generated content stays on the device
- ✅ No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs
- ✅ Free — no ads, no in-app purchases
- ✅ No personal information collected from children — in line with COPPA (updated by the 2026 FTC amendments)
- ✅ No chat with strangers — play-together rooms use a short code and preset emotes, never typed messages