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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Welp. This happened with my last car the turn it was going to exit and the only time I rolled.

The light green car in Thunder Road with the flame die showing explosion.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Spent a portion of my morning building the new Lego Halloween set. I'm really enjoying it.

Start of a Lego kit on the table. A fire place and ornate front door have been assembled.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Good morning! I'm heading out for Acme Vs Coyote today but let's do an AMA until then. Ask me anything about publishing/printing/marketing/design/development and I will do my best to help you!

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Alright gang how are we bringing ripping open packs into Root cause I have a fever for cracking open packs of cards.

Closed pack from Exploding Kittens that adds curses and charms to the game.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I'll answer questions as soon as I am done being sidelined.

A hand of cards from the legacy version of Exploding Kittens. There are no spoilers.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Let's do a little Benadryl fueled AMA. Ask me anything about game design or publishing and I'll do my best to respond. Also consider adopting our foster cat, Brivan or her brother.

Our foster cat Brivan peeking through the bannister.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I don't have the energy for an AMA today. Instead tell me anything that you're proud of in game design or maybe a picture of your pet. Maybe something that excites you that is coming up. Anything really. It will be a tell me anything.

My dog laying on her side close enough to her dog bed to have her tail and only her tail elevated.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Ahhh yeah! @asterisk-games.bsky.social I still need these two to come over and play a game with me, but it is I that dropped that ball!

Shipping notification for Railways of the Lost Atlas.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I'm pretty scruffy from the last day of vacation but Taco John's is backing up my dad jokes.

Selfie of famed board game producer Patrick Leder holding up a packet of Super Hot sauce suggesting he is Super Hot. He is in fact very scruffy.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Today I learned you can strike a volley ball with any part of your body and a kick is allowed as a desperate save. The hit has to be clean in that the ball is not caught or held. From Wikipedia.

The ball is usually played with the hands or arms, but players can legally strike or push (short contact) the ball with any part of the body.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

One of my all time favorite scenes.

Robin Williams as Teddy Roosevelt telling the guard in Night at the Museum it's time for the next adventure in his life.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Old: Managing Trains New: Managing Museums

A shot of a complete dinosaur skeleton in Two Point Museum surrounded by a building that appears to be a wing in a museum. The entire image is fairly cartoony.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

We have had another capital investment in the studio today.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I got to play Vast today something I haven't had a chance to do since Gen Con. It's slowed some but the game play is really solid now. I just need to trim things down and working on the alternate roles.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Who wants to help me retool and crowdfund the retail space on Hennepin and Lake where the GAP used to be? The bottom space could be retail and testing, while the second floor could be office space.

A free standing retail building on the south west corner of Hennepin and Lake.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We just had a bunch of bad mushrooms puns which ended with "We better stop he is loaming at the mouth." I love playing 13th Age.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Happy to announce that Leder Games HQ has acquired a new fixed asset. Extremely fixed. It's not going anywhere.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I'm crabby. I stayed up too late playing video games and resetting. Normally grey weather doesn't impact me but it is making my shoulders swell. Let's do an AMA anyway! Get ready for crabby answers about design and publishing. Also here's an excerpt from Vast or my business management book.

A whiteboard note that reads Reveal, Act, and Plan.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The Intrepid card from Vast: The Crystal Caverns. Early in the project, I was so excited when I saw it. It was the point where I knew things were turning around and the project moved from insurmountable to possible.

The Intrepid card form Vast. It features the Knight standing on top of an underground waterfall in her search for the Dragon.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I'm doing an 8 hour Amtrak ride on the Borealis line. Let's do an AMA for the duration of the trip. I haven't been home since Gen Con so I feel like I can answer Gen Con questions as well as design and publishing questions today.

A stack of Roots designed to look like a spiral at Gen Con.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Me at Medieval Times tonight. I just hope everyone in the tournament has fun, particularly the horses.

Selfie of Patrick Leder wearing a green paper crown.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Capitalism has ruined yet another fun thing. This fortune cookie has an express VPN ad on the back.

A fortune cookie that says "Your smartpohne is the window to your soul."

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This novelty shop in Logan Square, Pretty Cool, had two important pieces of advice on the wall.

Letters that spell out.

Eat your treats before they melt.

Letters that spell out.

Play more root.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I spotted a group driving back from Gen Con in Chicago today.

The back of a white utility van with no windows that is heavily damaged. There is tape where cardboard has been taped around the window but the cardboard is long gone. Folding tables and other frame work potentially for a marketing display dangle loosely in the cargo area.

The back of the van says Fun & Games.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Thanks IV Studios for this can of Root Beer that I'm finally enjoying. Happy Gen Con recovery you all!

A Sprechter Root Beer sitting on a table.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I got to play a joyful game of Vast: The Crystal Caverns this afternoon. It was wonderful, the feedback was great, and the fellowship was outstanding. We were not rushed and able to savor the moments. Thanks to @lordoftheboard.bsky.social @jcw.gay @norsehound.bsky.social !

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

And then out of nowhere you get to meet one of your boyhood heros. I played the hell out of Car Wars and OGRE as a kid.

Acclaimed American board game publishers Steve Jackson and Patrick Leder.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

When things succeed you celebrate it with the people you love. I am really honored to be among such great people as we move Leder Games into the future. Seeing their hard work pay off at Gen Con has been just lovely.

A single vagabond meeple from Root that has been turned into a key chain.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Put this right into my veins. How soon do I get to play? @jdragsky.bsky.social

Excerpt from 7 Part Pact

The Ages contained within this rulebook are:
The Age of Awakening (page XXXX), for 3-7 beginning or intermediate players,
, an introductory setup for starting a long-term campaign.

The Age of Dominion (page XXXX), for 3-7 experienced players, an advanced setup for starting a long-term campaign.

The Age ofCalamity (page XXXX), for 7 expert players, a tightly-wound self-contained
scenario that pushes the Pact to its limits.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I'm preparing to test three games today. One is for a friend and the other two are my current studio projects. Let's do an AMA while I wrap this up!

The sky outside my residence last night. Trees are silhouettes in the foreground.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

You can keep your fancy degrees. I have all the accolades I need right here.

The results of the product knowledge pop quiz for Root. I got a 52.5 out of 54.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I am heading out to look at some art, but it is time to look at some questions. Send me your questions about game design and game publishing. It is AMA time!

My companion animal Lady Gaga a dog. She is long with short legs and black, grey, and white fur. She is sitting on her haunches and looking at the camera.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Yeah no where near over powered with an interesting puzzle. Maybe too interesting. The problem with wilds reared its head where you are guessing too far in advances and miss frequently. The island did blight I had a jungle get hit repeatedly.

Scoreboard for a Mushroom's Refuge versus Prussia 2 game of Spirit Island. The score is 40 points which is very OK.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Little break and then back to work on that Cave.

A player board for the custom spirit Mushroom's Refuge set up in Tabletop Simulator.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

We had an important policy change today at work.

A white board that says.

NO BLAIR WITCHING

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I missed yesterday. Happy to do an AMA while I drift through my Sunday. Ask me about design/development/marketing/publishing.

Components from the redesign of Vast, specifically the Knight.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I'm this happy fellow tonight in Beast.

Krim the Trapmaster player board from Beast.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I'm at a local convention today just relaxing so no AMA this week.

Patrick Leder wearing the wolf finger puppet from Hide the Kids.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Tyler and I got up to a scrimmage of Vast today. We laid out the foundation for the change that will make it special. I'm off until Monday but I'm excited to dive back in.

Vast: The Crystal Caverns on the table at the office. It's pretty early in the game.

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Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Oh no... That must be how the amulet got its name them? Well back to Cursed Amulet it is.

A comic of a fellow asking a magic 8 ball if he is stupid but it turns out the 8 ball is a bowling ball.

The Cursed Amulet card from the original Vast: The Crystal Caverns.

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