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Mike Perna

@innroadsmike

President of InnRoads Ministries Semi-proficient game master. Believer in the power of board games. Dwarf bard

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Dear sir, can I petition your design calendar so a kindness to my wallet? For it is wanting, yet I know I will want whatever you make. 🀣

20.05.2025 23:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey @extralife4kids.bsky.social -- my son and I raised the $100 in April to earn the dice tower for tabletop day, but we never heard anything about it. The little guy worked so hard to earn it in time. Is there somebody I can talk to about the mistake?

16.05.2025 23:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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06.05.2025 00:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A scoreboard for the game Evolution: The Beginning. The son scoring 110 points to his dad's 50.

A scoreboard for the game Evolution: The Beginning. The son scoring 110 points to his dad's 50.

In case anybody needed proof that my son is wired for logic and strategic thinking ... I taught him this game last night. This is the score of the game we just played.

29.04.2025 23:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You might as well just bank that escape room roguelike action like it's already done.

29.04.2025 13:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Come on, Suzanne -- you KNOW that's gonna go nuts. Folks still stirred up about Godzilla from those last movies, you've got gorgeous minis and big old monsters, and nerds of a certain age like myself are all about it being built off of the bones of Battle Masters.

29.04.2025 13:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I have never heard of anybody frying avocado -- but now I desperately want to find a place by me that does it.

23.04.2025 17:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Game night idea:

Each person orders a board game directly from a publisher. One they already have in stock now. When they arrive, you plan a series of game nights to get them all played.

No ONE person has to stretch their already stretched budget, while we still help publishers survive this mess.

12.04.2025 20:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Every time I see a small TTRPG publisher post a nervy "Here's what the tariffs mean for us" my heart just aches

05.04.2025 18:37 πŸ‘ 354 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

It's the simple things in life that carry us through. 🦍

03.04.2025 22:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Some folks take the unserious parts of this hobby WAY too seriously. Some of my most well loved games are held together by duct tape and prayers. Maybe it's just me.

31.03.2025 16:31 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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29.03.2025 20:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm exhausted and grouchy, so don't expect my usual pontificating on life, faith, and humility. Today is just for random nonsense.

PUT LADY CLUCK IN LORCANA, YOU COWARDS!

29.03.2025 20:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Seeing as I had to convince my son that my copy of Quacks is perfectly fine and we didn't need to buy it again despite how cool the new ones look -- I think it's doing the job well.

20.03.2025 20:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Don't mind me. Just over here doing bard stuff.

Time to get back on the horse

13.03.2025 19:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In 2013 I held one of my first EVER large-scale game days. Innroads Ministries wasn't even a thing yet -- and this was the ENTIRETY of my gaming collection.

Oh how both have grown from this ...

11.03.2025 11:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Introducing our young gamer to the classic that is Clue. So naturally when choosing my character I went MUSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD.

08.03.2025 23:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Come and join us at The Adventurer's Academy Tues March 11th at 6pm for kid sessions of Branch Riders! Try the game and meet the team! Easy to play! $10 ticket cost supports Bodhana! We'll be on hand to answer questions about our services.

theadventurersacademy.com/products/bra...

04.03.2025 18:12 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have three of these -- Reunification, This World Is Not Yours, and Our Innermost Thoughts. They are all fantastic. So if you don't have them, now is a great time to fix that.

03.03.2025 02:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So much of my wish list is made up of @coyoteandcrow.bsky.social titles - both board game and RPGs - so this definitely has my eye too.

26.02.2025 16:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I received my contributors copy today. I was able to write the forward and can’t recommend this book highly enough.

25.02.2025 18:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This shirt is amazing just as pictured -- but per @425suzanne.bsky.social I saw the back of the design (which you can see if you follow the link to buy this awesomeness), and it's epicness brought a tear to my eye.

25.02.2025 10:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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With as many famous pirates as there are in history and legend -- well...

22.02.2025 01:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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21.02.2025 05:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1) I see your bit there. Good bit.

2) Holy crap am I more curious about how Pandora works than any other character to date!

21.02.2025 05:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

To say the least, I am VERY curious about this one for (gestures to all the storytelling, religion, and tabletop gaming accoutrements that is my life) ... reasons.

19.02.2025 21:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One of these days my game budget and your release schedule will line up!

19.02.2025 15:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The other day, my son and I were talking about my favorite board game, it's setting and characters. As a bit of trivia I mentioned that one of the pieces was based on a historical figure. Before I knew it, little man was asking me for information and pictures about it.

All hail WOJTEK!

17.02.2025 18:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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When most of your gaming is in the context of ministry or with nongamers, there are whole genres that only come out when the moon is full on the dwarven new year.

Sometimes, though, you remembered one of your friends mentioned he'd love to try of your more complicated games after last game day.

15.02.2025 19:29 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Have you played The Librarian's Apprentice yet? It's fantastic.

12.02.2025 19:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0