AV ROADMAP

Hello there!:
My name's Mike (@miikedamule on insta), the guy behind Any Venture. This game isn't much at the moment, it's still in the works and I'm hoping to make it available soon for any and all to play. This game started as a fun passion project of mine so my friends and I could have a simple, chaotic, yet organized TTRPG that's all about storytelling first and math second. It's all about that power of imagination we've got inside us all.
This game is basically like improv theater of the mind where you have one player as the "Director" (GM) and 2-6 players as the "Actors" (players). The Director sets the stage, the world, the environment, time and day, the weather, places and things of interests as well as characters you encounter within the world. The Actors get to say and do what they want within this world the director paints for them, but roll for each action in a MUCH more simplified way to keep gameplay fast paced and fun. Game only uses two types of dice. 2D6 (two six sided dice) and a custom kind of die I've made up that adds or subtracts from rolls based on the Stats you've assigned to your character.
The game has gone from a lil' spark of an idea, into me working everyday for months straight—cranking out an entire world with its own clock and calendar system I made up based on music because WORLD BUILDING. I enjoy the act of writing and game making. It's fun. It's in my Mule nature. 😌
I'm working on finishing up the lore for all the species first, I'll be fixing them up with traits and spells unique to each one and eventually update the site so we can all have a fun read from it.
Any Venture.
It's a game.
It's coming soon, just gotta make sure everything's good to go so it's in a good, releasable, playable state.
A Road Map for Any Venture (at the moment):
• Build a team (I'm just one mule.) 🐴
• Finish the lore, traits and spells for all species in the world of Pentara.
• Create an app and dedicated website to streamline character building and gameplay. We'll wanna make it fully customizable yet simple for y'all.
• Playtest and get feedback from the community.
• Simplify rules (If possible, but like all games and any skill in life—there's no better way to learn something new, than to just dive right in and play).
• Create premade cards for weapons, armor, gear and items with different rarities to make for faster looting and gameplay.
• Create quick premade random NPC cards with varied levels and stats to help the Director for a more fast, cinematic experience.
• Fine tune and add to all of the species lore.
• More Worlds
• Campaigns
• Even more Traits & Spells (There are no classes, only what you make of your character. You wanna be a barbaric frog wizard? Bang, Grogling with a battleaxe and knowledge on how magic works. A robot brawler who can shoot lightning out their hands? Done. Battlebørn capable of lightning powers. A wise beaver monk who wields guns and tail whips foes? Bam. Disciplined Damling gunslinger with a magic rifle.
Any Venture. You can do that here. There is no mold to fill, only what you imagine to become.)
• Put everything together with a team and build a polished version that can be available for the people.
• Keep building, keep adding more to Any Venture.

Right now I'm Directing a campaign where the party is a Dukeling named Theodore Cumberbottom, a Zorpian named Douglas Christmas, a Torqle named... (my friend never named him now that I think about it 😂), a Battlebørn named Brod, a Grogling named Hopps, and a Brohlax named Smork.
A highlight from one of our sessions was when Theodore had this "Statue of Friendship" relic on his Dukeling self. The Torqle would ask to see it.

EXT. SOUTH ROJOUR CANYONS - NIGHT.
The party of four run into TORQLE and SMORK. THEODORE, a dapper Dukeling in a suit and top hat, but no pants nor shoes (because he's a duck) and the rest of the party have just finished a squabble against Kolzegrad Empyrean guards. The party sees the Torqle and Smork approach from down the dirt road.

TORQLE
Hey guys, what's up.
I'm a Torqle.

SMORK
Smork.

THEODORE
(dusting off his hands)
Oh, hi! What's up?

TORQLE
What's up with the Draoken
guards on the ground there?

THEODORE
Oh, don't mind them.
They're dead tired.

Theodore pulls out a cigar and a match, but an odd relic tumbles from his suit jacket's pocket. It lands into the dirt road, catching the Torqle's attention.

TORQLE
Hey, what's that?

THEODORE
That? It's a "Statue of Friendship".
I took-I mean, some Orkren gave it to me.
I don't know what it does,
but thought I'd hold onto it.

TORQLE
I am a magical turtle-man, mind if I
take a look to see if it
holds magical properties?

THEODORE
Yeah sure, here you go.

Theodore passes the Statue of Friendship over to the Torqle. The Torqle looks up to the DIRECTOR in the sky to ask him what's up with the relic.

TORQLE
Do I sense anything as
I receive the statue?

DIRECTOR
Yes, you feel a slight bond
grow between the two of you.

TORQLE
... This statue is cursed!

The Torqle holds the statue high in the air for dramatic effect.

THEODORE
Wait, what? Cursed? How?

TORQLE
Tis witch magic, BROTHER!
We must destroy it at once.

The Torqle proceeds to pull out a stick of dynamite he just happens to have from inside his shell compartment. He holds it up to the relic, threatening to rid its existence from the world.

THEODORE
What makes you think that?

Theodore looks up to the Director in the sky.

THEODORE (CONT'D)
Can I roll Judgment to see
why he thinks it's cursed?

DIRECTOR
Yeah sure, go ahead.

Theodore rolls for Judgment. He succeeds his check.

THEODORE
I rolled a nine.

DIRECTOR
You get a sense that he felt a friendship
formed between the two of you after
receiving the statue and
he didn't like that.

Theodore's face goes from a confused look to a shrewd one. He turns to look at the Torqle holding the Statue next to the stick of dynamite up to the moonlight.

THEODORE
(crossing arms)
Waaaaait a minute... You
don't wanna be my friend!?

Theodore stomps his webbed duck feet to the ground in frustration, ruffling his feathers. 

CAMERA PANS UP SLOW TO THE MOON AND STARY NIGHT SKY.

The Dukeling, the Torqle and the party have a back and forth, debating the ethics behind this Statue of Friendship. Minutes go by. The group can all agree that they should keep the statue.

CAMERA PANS BACK DOWN TO THE SQUAD.

The Torqle hands the statue back to the Dukeling.

TORQLE
I'm sorry I threatened to blow up your
statue, but you see where
I'm coming from, right?

THEODORE
Nah, I gotchu mang, it's all good. I'm
glad we could settle our differences.
(extends his duck wing out)
Put it there.

The Torqle and the Dukeling dap each other up. A genuine bond of friendship has formed between the two.

The End.

And yes, in the picture above—that is a zebra head behind the "Director's Divider". My coach from the gym I go to would gift it to me. He said someone he was helping move asked if he wanted a zebra head, which he would then proceed to do a triple take like "Wait—what did she say?" He would decline the offer at first—until he stopped in his tracks and thought:
"... I know someone who would want that."
He told her he would take the zebra's head off her hands and tell me the next day that he had a gift for me. Upon going into the gym, I'd be met with the gift on the gym floor wrapped neatly in a painter's tarp. I would unveil it, to be surprised to see this magnificent gift bestowed upon me.

A zebra head.

On the same night, the wildest thing would happen. I would text him this:

So I drive home, pull up into the driveway and I see my brother is in the barn with someone, and I’m like “I don’t care who’s in there, I’m surprising them with this zebra head”
so I walk up the stairs and stroll in casually with this zebra head, and my brother just starts cracking up, and the girl turns around to see this big (word for rear) zebra head and is like “oh, WOW!”
I reached my hand over with a smile and said “hi, nice to meet you, my name’s Mike” and we’re just talking about where I got it, asking if it’s real or not and the whole time, I’m just holding this zebra head the casually like “yeah, this is normal.”
They said I need to bring it to a Hoedown this Sunday and dance with it, my brother said to practice with it so he played a quick song on the guitar, and I can say that I have danced with a zebra head in my life now.
I know this is a lot to unpack, but thank you coach, for this is one of the greatest gifts of all time. That was probably one of the best first impressions I’ve made with anyone ever. 😂

Days later on a Sunday, 8/24/2025, I would bring the Zebra head to the Hoedown and dance with it to an improv song my brother's band made up called "Don't Touch my Zebro". It was a fun time. Fun time indeed.
At first, I didn't bring the zebra head into the bar, and the same person I had met for the first time at the barn would ask me:
"Where's your date!?"
"In the trunk."
The WILDEST part would be when I would go and grab the zebra head from the trunk to bring it in and dance with, I would walk past someone who would say:
"You must be Mike!"
I'm at the door, I look over and I say,
"Yes, I am! Wait, how do you know my name?"
"I'm Jeff's mom! He told me he was gifting someone a zebra head!"
I was in shock, like WOW, small world! 😂 I told her it was nice meeting her for the first time and would tell her I had to go and dance with my new friend.

Small world.

Yeah, I mean dang. I never expected to one day become the proud owner of this zebra head ever in all my life—but it's happening. It's a thing now.

Welcome to Any Venture by the way. My name's Mike, it's nice to meet you. 😂

If you'd like to see this game take off in the future or had a fun read, feel free to donate, but it's not necessary. Making this game and telling stories is a passion of mine and I just love creating lore for the species and world, while also creating them from sessions played with friends.

Take care, wish you all nothing but the best.
Let's get it.
- Da Mule.
🐴Heehaw.
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