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Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 2d

What spooky fun we've had this October and we've only just begun...

Two boys (our favorite entrepreneurs) at PumpkinFest with caramel popcorn, cider, and a cafe gift card.

Four folks gathered around a Tea Witches board for a demo.

LED tealights on a Night Cafe board for playing in the dark...

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Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 2d

Nosh & Pickle read notes from our cafe's Wall of Support.

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Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 4d

Game & Treat Pairing

Treat: hot chai latte
- all the caffeine of your morning coffee plus pie spices and creamy milk

Game: Chai
- a cozy, low complexity order-filling game with tea ingredient components

Ingredient elements of tea with client cards with text from post and a mug of hot chai

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Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 6d

10/13-10/19 Drop-in Events

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5 - Learn Vantage
6 - Enclave RPG
6:30 - Root RPG

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4 - Mouse Guard RPG
6 - Board Game Club
6:30 - Game Design

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6 - Enclave RPG
7 - Trivia

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6 - Learn Mythic Mischief
6 - Spades

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2 - Learn Scarface
6 - Cthulhu RPG

Su
2 - Sunday 2pm Games
4 - Blood on Clocktower

Monster student minis of Mythic Mischief with text from post

Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 10d

Favorite photos from the week.
Vantage from Heavy Games teach Fridays at 6
Library is always open when we are :)

Too Many Bones: the beginning
Couple reading the rulebook together with tea

Vantage game cards on the table - "Wait! I can do drugs!"

Call of Cthulhu one-shots: so many implications
Duo makes gestures while GM laughs behind the book

Too Many Bones: the end?
Couple goes over options as poker chip health dwindles in the game. Tea remains.

Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 11d

What if... you were supposed to cheat and only one player could stop you. Welcome to Cheating Moths where you want to get rid of moth cards any way you can except play them. Beware, the guard bug is watching.

#cheatingmoths

Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 12d

It's primarily worker placement with a few "oh, we should both worry about that coop-ish elements". If the cultist plans go off, worker placement spots go away.

Not sure if the above helps to get anyone into it, but we're also teaching it this Friday at 6!

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Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 12d

* Witchcraft! (solo - prove you're a helpful witch: 1p, 20-40m, 10+)
* Don't Talk to Strangers (hide from neighborhood aliens, 1-4, 15-20m, 12+)
* Werewolves of Miller's Hollow (defeat werewolves... unless you are one: 8-18p, 30m, 10+)
* Ten Candles RPG (the world is dark... and we're still alive)

Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 12d

* Vantage (choose your own path, complete the coop mission 1-6p, 120-180m, 14+)
* Psycho Killer (screw over friends to survive: 2-6p, 15-30m, 13+)
* Black Mold (actions as long as a held breath, coop-ish: 2-5p, 60-120m, 12+)
* Casting Shadows (build power, transform, defeat: 2-4p, 30-60m, 12+)

TBC

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Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 12d

October Games
- Pagan: Ancestors expansion (new villagers, new scenarios)
* Happy Marshmallow Game (match marshmallows to roast: 2-4p, 20m, 2+)
* Kinfire Council (place workers best to save city: 2-6p, 90-120m, 14+)
* Mother of Frankenstein (solve Shelley puzzles: 1-6p, 480-900m, 13+)

TBC

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Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 12d

Discord link: discord.gg/yQ9mEMeJNQ

Join the Back Again Board Game Cafe Discord Server!

Check out the Back Again Board Game Cafe community on Discord - hang out with 942 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

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Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 12d

Library play is available whenever we're open. That and events are generally covered by a $10/person game pass.

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Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 12d

Sundays
- 12pm: Free Tea Witches Demo (10/12)
- 2pm: Sunday 2pm Games (note: 10/12 is Battlestar Galactica at 1pm - that filled up fast)
- 4pm: Blood on the Clocktower (special Costumes on the Clocktower on 10/26)

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Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 12d

Fridays cont.

- 6pm: Spades card game (10/17)
- 6pm: Beginner D&D (10/24)
- 7pm: Learn & Play Mountains of Madness (10/31)

Saturdays
- 12pm: Nutmeg Gamers (10/25)
- 2pm: Scarface 1920 Teach (10/18 RSVP)
- 6pm: Halloween Call of Cthulhu one-shots (10/11 & 10/18)
- 6pm: Social Deduction (10/25)

TBC

Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 12d

Fridays
- 5pm: Knight RPG (later ok)
- 6pm: Heavy Game Learn & Play (10/10: Kinfire Council, 10/17: Mythic Mischief, 10/24: My Father's Work, 10/31: Eldritch Horror)
- 6pm: Choose Your RPG Adventure (10/10 & 10/24 - games like Bad Decisions & Kobolds Ate My Baby)

TBC

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Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 12d

Wednesdays
- 4pm: Mouse Guard RPG (later ok)
- 6pm: Board Game Club
- 6:30pm: Game Design (10/15 & 10/29)
- 6:30pm: FiveEvil (10/22 - signup)

Thursdays
- 6pm: Enclave RPG (10/9 session will be on Tuesday 10/14 instead)
- 7pm: Trivia (special Halloween theme on 10/30)

TBC

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Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 12d

- Also coming soon.. American Mahjong & Cosmic Encounter meetups (message us if interested)

Tuesdays
- 5pm: Try a Game learn & play
- 6:30pm: Root RPG

TBC

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Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 12d

- Sun 10/26 at 4pm: Blood on the Clocktower in costume
- 10/27 at 6pm: Gayme night in costume (RSVP via link open 10/22)
- 10/30 at 7pm: Halloween Trivia (costumes & candy)
- 10/31 at 6pm: Cthulhu Costume Party (any-theme costumes, candy, teaches of Eldritch Horror & Mountains of Madness...)

TBC

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Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 12d

October Events

Special
- Mon 10/13 6pm: Night Cage in the dark (RSVP on Discord)
- Sat 10/11 & 10/18 at 6pm: Call of Cthulhu Halloween one-shots
- Sat 10/18 11am to 2pm: Downtown Trick or Treat (we'll be handing out candy)
- Sat 10/18 2pm: Scarface 1920 Learn & Play (signup on Discord)

TBC...

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Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you! Will do. We're excited to see it in action.

Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 13d

10/6-10-12 Events

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5 - Try a Game (Teach)
6:30 - Root RPG

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4 - Mouse Guard RPG
6 - Board Game Club

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7 - Trivia

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5 - Knight RPG
6 - Learn Kinfire Council
6 - RPG Adventure

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3 - Spectaculars RPG
6 - Cthulhu One-Shot

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12 - Demo: Tea Witches
2 - Sunday 2pm Games
4 - Blood on the Clocktower

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Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 15d

10/30 7pm: Halloween Trivia (themed trivia, costumes encouraged, candy on hand)

10/31 6pm: Cthulhu Costume Party (learn Eldritch Horror or Mountains of Madness, play spooky games, wear any-theme costumes, & eat candy while listening to our silly spooky music list - cafe & library open normally)

Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 15d

10/22 6:30: FiveEvil RPG (info coming soon on Discord)

10/26 4pm: Blood on the Clocktower in Costume (dress as your favorite role, play Clocktower, win sweet prizes)

10/27 6pm - Gayme Night in Costume (signup link with Middletown Pride opens 10/20, costumes encouraged)

TBC

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Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 15d

Halloween-ish Events

10/13 6pm: Games in the Dark (inc. Dread & Night Cage) - RSVP on Discord (or send us a msg)

10/4, 10/11, 10/18 6pm: Halloween Call of Cthulhu one-shots (RSVP helpful)

10/18 11am-2pm: Middletown Trick or Treat (costume through Main St, stopping at candy signs for loot)

TBC

Text from post with image of skull and cauldron mugs filled with spooky chai and latte drinks plus dice and BOOoop cat nearby.

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Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social · 15d

Upcoming monthly events...

Spades classic card game on Friday 10/17 at 6pm

Beginner Dungeons & Dragons on Friday 10/24 at 6pm

Social Deduction Saturday on 10/25 at 6pm

Drop on in if you like, but it's always nice to know if you're planning to join us :)