Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
“Picking Up the Pieces" | Welcome to Paradise Academy | Kids on Bikes RPG | S2E28
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Note: This setting is based on the real village of Empire, Michigan. It is inspired by my love of Michigan and its beautiful lakeshores, sand dunes, and many unique, small towns.
Welcome to Paradise, Michigan! This picturesque village of just a few hundred people can be found nestled in the middle of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore along Lake Michigan and the Leelanau Peninsula, or “Little Finger” region of the state’s lower peninsula.
It is 1980-something and Paradise is celebrating its centennial. Founded by a lumber company in the 1880s, the village has become a scenic stop for tourists traveling along the lakeshore during the summer months. Paradise proudly boasts the fact that there are no chain restaurants, stores, or other businesses in the village. Instead you will find an assortment of taverns, cafes, antique shops, bookstores, and more all run by the residents of Paradise, Michigan. To the south the beautiful Paradise Bluffs overlook Lake Michigan, and to the north is South Bear Lake, a local favorite for fishing, water skiing, and swimming.
Something has changed. The kids of Paradise, Michigan, through adventures, discoveries, and mishaps, have somehow become entangled in a bizarre shift in reality. They are now in what is being called a new “iteration”, one in which they all live in Paradise, MI and they all attend Paradise Academy, a 6-12 learning institution. Amongst familiar faces and new faces, drastically altered family dynamics, and the forthcoming school year, these Kids on Bikes must continue to survive while trying to figure out just what is going on.
Is it true there’s a monster that sleeps in the mud at the bottom of South Bar Lake, waiting to eat any who dare swim after dark? Is the Candle Point Lighthouse secretly the remnants of a crashed spaceship? Is the historic Stapler House really haunted? Do all the teachers go into slumber in hidden catacombs beneath the school between school years? All these questions and more will be explored by these Kids on Bikes.
The school year is starting and adventure awaits!
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Get your MTD T-shirts and merch here: teespring.com/stores/miniterraindomain
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Game Master: Jake (Mini Terrain Domain)
YouTube: youtube.com/miniterraindomain
Facebook: facebook.com/miniterraindomain
Twitch: twitch.tv/miniterraindomain
Twitter: twitter.com/MTD_Jake
Featuring:
Coop: Tamiko Fujio
Twitter: twitter.com/TamikoAhoy
Laz: Jeremy (Erasmas Expeditions)
YouTube: youtube.com/erasmasexpeditions
Twitter: twitter.com/Erasmas14
Rosie: Cari Scholtens
Twitter: twitter.com/CariScholtens
Billy: Nerdarchist Ted (Nerdarchy)
YouTube: youtube.com/nerdarchy
Facebook: facebook.com/Nerdarchy
Twitter: twitter.com/Nerdarchy
OAK: Chad Knick
Twitter: twitter.com/CKnickVO
Jessica/Anne: M (Dice On Ice)
YouTube: youtube.com/diceonice
Twitter: twitter.com/DiceOnIceRPG
Twitch: twitch.tv/diceonIceRPG
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Music by KarlCasey @ WhiteBatAudio.com :
Interstitials tracks:
Vintage
White Tiger
Hackers
Reliquary
Main Theme Music:
Scared to Death
Background Music:
Tabletop RPG Music: patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic
KarlCasey @ White Bat Audio: whitebataudio.com
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“Picking Up the Pieces" | Welcome to Paradise Academy | Kids on Bikes RPG | S2E28
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Note: This setting is based on the real village of Empire, Michigan. It is inspired by my love of Michigan and its beautiful lakeshores, sand dunes, and many unique, small towns.
Welcome to Paradise, Michigan! This picturesque village of just a few hundred people can be found nestled in the middle of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore along Lake Michigan and the Leelanau Peninsula, or “Little Finger” region of the state’s lower peninsula.
It is 1980-something and Paradise is celebrating its centennial. Founded by a lumber company in the 1880s, the village has become a scenic stop for tourists traveling along the lakeshore during the summer months. Paradise proudly boasts the fact that there are no chain restaurants, stores, or other businesses in the village. Instead you will find an assortment of taverns, cafes, antique shops, bookstores, and more all run by the residents of Paradise, Michigan. To the south the beautiful Paradise Bluffs overlook Lake Michigan, and to the north is South Bear Lake, a local favorite for fishing, water skiing, and swimming.
Something has changed. The kids of Paradise, Michigan, through adventures, discoveries, and mishaps, have somehow become entangled in a bizarre shift in reality. They are now in what is being called a new “iteration”, one in which they all live in Paradise, MI and they all attend Paradise Academy, a 6-12 learning institution. Amongst familiar faces and new faces, drastically altered family dynamics, and the forthcoming school year, these Kids on Bikes must continue to survive while trying to figure out just what is going on.
Is it true there’s a monster that sleeps in the mud at the bottom of South Bar Lake, waiting to eat any who dare swim after dark? Is the Candle Point Lighthouse secretly the remnants of a crashed spaceship? Is the historic Stapler House really haunted? Do all the teachers go into slumber in hidden catacombs beneath the school between school years? All these questions and more will be explored by these Kids on Bikes.
The school year is starting and adventure awaits!
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Get your MTD T-shirts and merch here: teespring.com/stores/miniterraindomain
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Game Master: Jake (Mini Terrain Domain)
YouTube: youtube.com/miniterraindomain
Facebook: facebook.com/miniterraindomain
Twitch: twitch.tv/miniterraindomain
Twitter: twitter.com/MTD_Jake
Featuring:
Coop: Tamiko Fujio
Twitter: twitter.com/TamikoAhoy
Laz: Jeremy (Erasmas Expeditions)
YouTube: youtube.com/erasmasexpeditions
Twitter: twitter.com/Erasmas14
Rosie: Cari Scholtens
Twitter: twitter.com/CariScholtens
Billy: Nerdarchist Ted (Nerdarchy)
YouTube: youtube.com/nerdarchy
Facebook: facebook.com/Nerdarchy
Twitter: twitter.com/Nerdarchy
OAK: Chad Knick
Twitter: twitter.com/CKnickVO
Jessica/Anne: M (Dice On Ice)
YouTube: youtube.com/diceonice
Twitter: twitter.com/DiceOnIceRPG
Twitch: twitch.tv/diceonIceRPG
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Music by KarlCasey @ WhiteBatAudio.com :
Interstitials tracks:
Vintage
White Tiger
Hackers
Reliquary
Main Theme Music:
Scared to Death
Background Music:
Tabletop RPG Music: patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic
KarlCasey @ White Bat Audio: whitebataudio.com
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