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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

BOX COVER REVEAL! Executive Producer, Oct 7 on Kickstarter!

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

We are LIVE at Zulu’s in Bothell to mark our 3-month countdown to the launch on Kickstarter! Join us!

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

We are LIVE at Origins! John, our Designer-at-Large, shows off his new fancy lighted lanyard badge from our Employee of the Month Michelle!

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

We are in the air to #Origins! See you everywhere in Columbus!

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Happy Pride Month to all friends of Beans! We love seeing the community out and proud at conventions and sharing our games with you! We are also proud to feature LGBTQ+ representation (along with other groups) among the characters and themes in our games, and hope you enjoy them!

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

@parlorroom.bsky.social our new goal as a company is to get Executive Producer and/or Varsity in front of Becca and the gang!

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

We are LIVE for Saturday at #Gamestorm2025! We’re not just showing off our games, but new favorites!

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

We are LIVE at #Gamestorm2025! Showing off some new-look Producer leading up to June 16!

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Soon! We will be at Gamestorm in Portland this weekend to show off: The Newest Executive Producer Art! A new, improved Varsity with streamlined mechanics! Games we love! And the Timbers are out of town, so you have no excuse to miss us!

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Happy International Women’s Day! We will be at Emerald City Comic Con for today only! We’ll be playing some Executive Producer and visiting friends and future friends!

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

TS. The best two player game single blind dating.

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

We Lose! Chinese influence grew around the world so much, especially in the Middle East!

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Mideast peace at last! Three civil wars are ended, although Russia and China are trying to claim hegemony in the region

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Education reform passes! Teachers are now more involved in policy making! And more importantly, cell phones are banned and bathrooms have the good toilet paper!

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Good news: the mid terms resulted in Our Party winning both houses of Congress! Bad news - Korea War 2 has started!

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

The Middle East is again the center of attention

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

We passed a comprehensive gun bill! We have banned assault weapons, but replaced them with halberds!

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

And China’s bratty neighbor, Bad Korea, is rattling the saber. I will protect BTS at all costs!

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Shakeup in the White House! Chief of Staff Andy Lewis really grew into his position, and we asked for the resignation of our Secretary of State to bring in Kim Richards!

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

As the second year begins, Nelson the Cat has been nominated as the new head of the Secret Service. The Senate approved him with a 97-3 vote!

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

As the first year of the Beans Administration comes to an end, we have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize! Good then we ended that war when we did.

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

The war against Nondescriptistan is over, and we enjoy a bit of a bump in the polls! And a former POTUS (one of the decent ones) convinced Rep. Malachi Taylor of Michigan to support my legislation!

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Allies to the rescue! Australia stabilizes the region, Israel (for once) lowers tensions with the region and Central African rebellions are stopped!

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

…and thanks to some clever maneuvering by my chief of staff, Rep. Sara Riley of Colorado has become a proxy in Congress. She steered through a Trade Agreement in East Asia while we hit a terror group in Pakistan.

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I needed to shore up support, so I bit the bullet and signed the Other Party’s Social Security bill - well, *law* now. Sorry Grandma, enjoy the ramen!

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

…and good luck with that. The Andy Warhol Bridge collapses, Congress hates me, and Rep. Nieto is distancing herself from me. Things are bleak.

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Uh-oh, their turn. A new Chinese base in the South China Sea, and about to build ones in the Middle East and Mozambique. Congress is livid. We’re getting joked about on podcasts. Time to get tough…

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

We sign a trade deal with Russia in return for them negotiating a cease fire in is Uzbek Civil War.

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Bad Korea improves their nuke capabilities - and I will NOT be sending Dennis Rodman to negotiate. But the British did help stabilize Portugal and locate the Deutsche Bank Bombers, so that helps.

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Well, a terror strike in the US has resulted in some unwanted jerks that I need to deal with.

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Oh no! The mortgage security bubble bursts (again? AGAIN!)! FWIW, Margin Call and The Big Shirt are both great movies.

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Back in Congress, the Other Party proposed their version of Social Security reform - which would doubtlessly result in Grandma having to hunt rabbits and sell blood to survive. Contact your Congressman’s office to stop this bill!

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

…and it hits the fan. Floods hit Memphis and St. Louis, Neo-Bad Guys bomb Deutsche Bank, and Portugal is on the edge of collapse. We shore things up with a trip to visit deployed troops.

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

…and Russia launched a cyber attack on our economy, but backed down to keep from suffering more Sanctions. @gmtgames.bsky.social, I’m blaming you if Putin acts up again!

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Meanwhile, my SecState fails at creating a Trade Deal in Asia, but my SecDef launched a Cyber Attack on the rogue state we’re at war with. But, Russia prepares to act:

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Our first action as president is to hold a summit with China and talk them down. We improve relations and jointly push for a ceasefire to the newest Syrian Civil War. They want a high price: expanded influence and economic deals. We agree, relations improve greatly and public approval skyrockets.

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

…and what problems did my Orange predecessor leave me? China launching a cyber attack on Australia and building an island, while Civil War erupts in Honduras! Thanks a lot, diaper boy.

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

The world situation is…complex. We have to improve relationships, thwart Chinese and Russian influence, keep allies happy and help break up rouge states. Oh, and we’re at war in Central Asia.

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

So, Russia and China are also involved. If the gain too much influence in the world, we lose. If they escalate anything to nuclear war, we lose. They take more actions with a bigger economy or if they have a poor relationship with the US - which we can fix by helping their economies 😒

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

In Congress: I’m supported by Sen. Tom Isao of Hawai’i and Rep. Milana Tome of New Jersey, and opposed by Sen. Doug Tate of Missouri and Rep. Dora Nieto of Florida. They’re are radicals, so bipartisanship is gonna be hard. Also, the public wants SS and Tax reform!

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

The situation in the White House at the start of the game: the President is efficient and focused on domestic matters, has a great Chief of staff, SecTreas and SecDef - but the VP and SecState are mid. A pretty hawkish bunch, too. Hopefully that doesn’t get me in too much trouble.

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

…and here are the boards for Mr. President! Daunting, I know. To the left are the conflict tracks, the congressional areas (where laws get passed) and executive branch tracks. The right, the world map and all of its problems. This game is a worse table hog than Ark Nova - fortunately, it’s Solo!

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Just to give you an idea of the scale of this game: these are all of the presence books in the game (the ones in the left column aren’t referred to much - the rest are used constantly during the game).

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

We’re posting a playthrough of Mr. President tonight and (almost certainly) through Monday!

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Minty Beans Game Labs ➡️ Origins! @mintybeans.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

So boom: Since TikTok is about to go dark AND what’s-his-ass is going to be President again, there’s going to be some understandable depression going around. We’ll combat that with our OWN administration! We’re playing the GOAT of solo games - GMT’s Mr. President!

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