Experience Excitement.Adrenaline.Fear.Better Than Reality.

Discover how reality compares to the movies during a private Wine, Whiskey & War Stories event. Employ tradecraft to execute a real-world scenario during a Cloak & Dagger Weekend. Experience the adrenaline rush as you apply your specialized training to disrupt a terrorist attack during an Operational Mission.

When the stakes are this high, failure is not an option!

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Wine, Whiskey, & War Stories

Spend an evening sharing wine, whiskey, & war stories with decorated CIA, DIA, and Military operatives.

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Cloak & Dagger Weekend

Experience the ultimate adrenaline-packed weekend of elite spy tradecraft and special operations training! Master the art of surveillance detection, recruit a spy, or learn the secrets of covert entry. Hone your skills in weapons handling and explosives and take the wheel for heart-pounding evasive driving maneuvers. Get ready to push your limits!

The Ultimate Experience

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Operational Missions

Spend 3 to 7 days defying the odds: train for and execute a tailor-made, live intelligence mission somewhere in the world, in real time, against trained intelligence officers.

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Corporate Team Building

Challenge your high-performing team to execute a real-time active role-playing intelligence operation in a global setting. Coaching, guidance, and feedback provided by elite tier-one operatives who relied on teamwork and excellence for mission success.

Global Training & Mission Locations

We know all the right people, in all the right places, all over the world, to create a once-in-a-lifetime experience – twice if you dare.

About Us

Better Than Reality was created by a group of elite military and intelligence operatives who imagined offering the world’s most exclusive clientele the opportunity to experience the fear, adrenaline rush, and sense of accomplishment associated with real world clandestine operations behind enemy lines.

Collectively, we have over 140 years of real-world clandestine, intelligence, and special operations experience conducting border crossings, ambushes, recruiting and handling spies, covert operations, interrogations, cyber operations, helicopter insertions, counterintelligence operations, counterterrorism operations, and extractions. Our extended network of BTR associate intelligence and paramilitary operatives spans the globe covering Asia, Africa, Europe, North & South America & the Middle East.

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Dave - last name redacted
  • CIA Veteran

  • Clandestine Operations

  • Counterintelligence

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Chris - last name redacted
  • Marine Aviator Veteran

  • Six Combat Tours

  • Counterinsurgency

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Rich - last name redacted
  • DIA Veteran

  • Clandestine Operations

  • Cyber/Covert Action

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Jason - last name redacted
  • AFP Veteran

  • Counterintelligence

  • Counterterrorism

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Robert - last name redacted
  • CIA Veteran

  • Clandestine Operations

  • Counterterrorism

Contact Better Than Reality Today

Do you think you have what it takes? When you are ready, we’ll be waiting…