Patrick Bleeder

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Recently my son asked to have some of his mom's candy. I said there wasn't any but he knew where some was. He left and came back. A few minutes passed. I looked over at the couch to see him confidently chewing through an entire box of Altoids.

Can I do it on Halloween too?

I really wanted us to send one more person so I could joke that Essen is actually S.N. (Six Nerds), but Patrick said I can’t requisition “over a thousand dollars” to “take someone away from their job for two weeks” just for a post that would get “10 likes max.”

I just managed to microwave ramen without water in it. I can't get the smell out of my house. So we are moving.

It's the stuntin' life for me. You're riding with a star. That's Amped Up baby!

Social deduction games are so easy. Every time I play one I simply nominate the Werewolf for elimination and we instantly win the game in the first round.

Let's do an AMA this fine Saturday. I'll be going down to Owatonna today to see Dad and I can answer questions on the car ride. Ask me about publishing or design.

Alright I'll start today with a hot take. Why did you put your sunflowers behind your pea shooters in Plants Vs Zombies? I figure sunflowers in front. They are cheap to replace and if a zombie breaks the line the lone sun flower can't stop the zombie anyway. So shooters, sunflowers, wall nuts.

Here's our crew at SPIEL Essen! Stop by 3-D200 mornings before noon and try Kart, our next game! #SpielEssen

Writing up some notes from today's Vast play test. I should head home soon but we had a game night at the studio and I wanted to participate.

Thinking. It will literally kill you.

This isn't right yet but I'm getting closer. There are so many other factors limiting an attack. Rage was getting more and more vestigial so this cut doesn't have. If I reintroduce it, it will purely be a bonus to combat like the Paladin's Fury.

For the evening crowd. I was surprised this did some numbers.

It's been one of those weeks. A repeat from 10 years ago where I try to make playing a chaotic horde an experience full of rich decisions but also incapable of being optimized.

I appreciate people being excited to see me. My dad is in hospice and at the time of planning Essen I decided not to go. A few people from @leder.games will be there including Alita and @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social. I will 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 be at PAXU.

When I retire I want to find another designer/developer to podcast with. Each week we will discuss a game and how we would have done it differently. Then the game's developer will come on and tell us they tried that and how completely wrong we are.

It was the spookiest of Tuesdays! (The 13th! 👻) The VoD of our Vast: The Mysterious Manor live play is available now on YouTube! youtu.be/3KOdgIW1uZ8

Video game pitch. You're a tourist in Jewel Cave. There is a seismic event that destroys the elevator and leaves you at best 16 hours from the surface. You have to hike out relying on finding sets of supplies that were left for such an emergency.

The folks behind Eternal Decks sent me a lovely note. If you are reading out there, the wait will make the experience twice as sweet.

Announcing THE LONG DARK: IRON ROAD, Early Access DLC. youtu.be/uYNxLp3_bnM

We're taking Kart on the road! If you'll be at SPIELE ESSEN, stop by 3-D200 before noon each day and try your luck on the hill!

TODAY! What's spookier than TUESDAY THE 13TH??? (Please don't answer that.) We're celebrating spooky season with Vast: The Mysterious Manor! Join us at 2PM CDT on Twitch! www.twitch.tv/ledergamesme...

In October this is a Ticket to Ride Ghost Train house.

Underworld is BACK! (And so is Root base, Exiles & Partisans, Riverfolk ...) If you've been waiting for our ship to come in, it's HERE! bit.ly/RootIsBack

I had to swear off holiday themed games but the holiday set for Two Point Museum has me thinking. Some sort of fall carnival drafting game with a little economic engine. Maybe recast Trick or Treat as you are building a carnival or moving through the carnival. Okay I better stop.

Five player Spirit Island tonight! (Yes, there are six characters in the game but I’m just doing whatever @patrickleder.bsky.social tells me to do on my turns so I don’t think I qualify as a “player.”)

It's Saturday! AMA time. Ask me anything about publishing and design. Also gonna play @necromolds.bsky.social, fix a latch, and attend a local comic book convention today. And then board games!

All I want to do is be the game director for my little Vast second edition project and to keep the studio running. Frowny face at having yet more AI bull shoved in my face.

Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.

If you are a playtester in the Saint Paul area PLEASE contact us IMMEDIATELY!!

Specifically 56 players.

It's October so I get to change my user name.

We're nearly at the finish! Just two hours left to back the Kart campaign! bit.ly/KartOnKS

What are you all waiting for? Go watch the music video one more time and then pledge before the Kickstarter is over!

Morning you all! Let's do an AMA today. Ask me about anything from publishing to design.

He sleeps a lot these days. Even when you're with him talking he has trouble staying awake. I'm grateful to my employees for providing me with the freedom to come down here despite having a Kickstarter running.

We're big fans of local Saint Paul band Alligator Orchestra. After hearing songs they wrote about Root, we commissioned them to record a Kart theme song. They came back with "Don't Look Down!", two minutes of raucous pop-punk that's perfect for Kart's reckless downhill races.

The world wants to know ... who is the meanest Kart player in our office?