If we were rolling a 20-sided die for each of these 3 food displays, what did we roll on each result?
23.10.2025 19:58 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@backagaincafe.bsky.social
We are a family-friendly tea & coffee shop in Middletown CT, offering snacks and 900+ games to play for all levels.
If we were rolling a 20-sided die for each of these 3 food displays, what did we roll on each result?
23.10.2025 19:58 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Game & Treat Pairing
Game: Sky Team
- coop for two where you land a plane and only your dice can talk
Treat: black coffee
- dark, bitter fuel for dice strategies that's also somehow warm and cozy
10/20-10/26
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5 - Try a Game
6:30 - Root RPG
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4 - Mouse Guard
6 - Game Club
6:30 - FiveEvil
Th
6 - Enclave
7 - Trivia
F
6 - Beginner D&D
6 - Learn My Father's Work
6 - RPG Adventure
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12 - Nutmeg Gamers
6 - Cthulhu One-Shot
6 - Social Deduction
Su
2 - Sun 2pm Games
4 - Costumes on Clocktower
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.
Multi-tiered Kinfire Council board
LED tealights on a Night Cafe board for playing in the dark...
What spooky fun we've had this October and we've only just begun...
17.10.2025 19:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Nosh & Pickle read notes from our cafe's Wall of Support.
17.10.2025 04:25 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ingredient elements of tea with client cards with text from post and a mug of hot chai
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
Monster student minis of Mythic Mischief with text from post
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
Th
6 - Enclave RPG
7 - Trivia
F
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
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.
Favorite photos from the week.
Vantage from Heavy Games teach Fridays at 6
Library is always open when we are :)
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
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!
* 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)
* 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
display of games from post description
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
Discord link: discord.gg/yQ9mEMeJNQ
06.10.2025 21:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Library play is available whenever we're open. That and events are generally covered by a $10/person game pass.
06.10.2025 21:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Sundays
- 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)
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
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
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
- Also coming soon.. American Mahjong & Cosmic Encounter meetups (message us if interested)
Tuesdays
- 5pm: Try a Game learn & play
- 6:30pm: Root RPG
TBC
- 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
calendar with post text
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...
Thank you! Will do. We're excited to see it in action.
06.10.2025 14:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0tiramisu dish with words from post
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
Th
7 - Trivia
F
5 - Knight RPG
6 - Learn Kinfire Council
6 - RPG Adventure
S
3 - Spectaculars RPG
6 - Cthulhu One-Shot
Su
12 - Demo: Tea Witches
2 - Sunday 2pm Games
4 - Blood on the Clocktower
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)
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
Text from post with image of skull and cauldron mugs filled with spooky chai and latte drinks plus dice and BOOoop cat nearby.
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. Folks playing D&D, a classic card game, and a social deduction game.
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 :)
Let's all prove Daniel's wife right and buy some of the new games coming from New Mill... like "Fright Factor"... which would prove *my* wife right that people want to play games I make.
03.10.2025 18:26 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Also this month: apple cinnamon tea and chai-der
Games featured in photo: Mountains of Madness, Unspeakable Words, Mansions of Madness, and Arkham Horror the Card Game
#dtmiddletowntreats #cthulhutreats