Mystery Snacks in the mail + Energeodes announcement!
Hello all!
I just wanted to pop in to let you know that digital copies of Mystery Snacks have been sent to all backers AND all physical copies of Mystery Snacks are in the mail!
Orders may take a few days or a few weeks arrive, depending on the size of the package and where shipments are going. If you do not recieve your physical copy order by the following dates, please email [email protected]: US orders - October 25 International orders - November 15
With that, I am closing out Mystery Snacks... and officially kicking off my next project, Energeodes!
Check out the Energeodes pre-launch page for details and sign up, and thank you all for supporting Mystery Snacks! It brings me much joy to share TTRPGs with so many people, and I hope you have fun using this to make and play some wonderful mysteries together.
Thank you all, and happy gaming! Steph Campbell TTRPGkids.com
Mystery Snacks - last call on pre-order store, prepped for shipping and digital fulfillment
Mystery Snacks is JUST about ready to fulfill!
Last call for post-campaign orders!! First, I am closing the pre-order store on Oct 2 morning before I hit the button to fulfill all digital orders, so, if you did not back the project but still want to, please visit the pre-order store here ASAP! There's Mystery Snacks, of course, and a whole bunch of other TTRPGkids games and books available:
Check out the pre-order store!
Fulfillment Friday (and through mid-October for late surveys) Second, I've prepped the 156 books ordered by folks who filled out their surveys, confirmed addresses, and paid shipping by the deadlines, and I am just waiting on some labels to come in before completing all the packages and then probably spending A LOT of time at the post office on Friday. Digital fulfillment is also prepped to go out on Friday, so... fingers crossed that all orders are set by the end of the week!
If you did not fill out your survey, address, and/or shipping payment before this week, you will still get your order, but it will be a smidge later. I will do a round of shipments during the first and second full weeks of October and then will switch to doing a monthly check for any later orders completed.
Timeline and more details And.... for the overall timeline, for those who are interested in the whole process, please see below! You can also check out today's TTRPGkids Dev Log for more details on what I'm chatting about here AND peeks at the next project (there's an art reveal!!).
COMPLETED:
Feb – fund project
Mar – kick off guest writers (send guidelines, formatting + style guide)
Mar – set up pre-order store
Apr – guest writer check in
May – guest writer 1st drafts due
May – review 1st drafts
May – kick off guest writer 2nd drafts
June – guest writer 2nd draft due
June – kick off layout artist
July – final layout due
July – order proof (round 1)
Aug – proofs arrive, check, review update (round 1)
I'm running a quick update today to let you know that smoke test surveys are out! This means 5% of backers will get their surveys today to test if they work/there's no major issues before I send them out to all backers.
If you recieve a smoke test survey, please kindly fill it out, if you can, so I have data to let me know if everything is working.
For everyone else... expect your surveys in the next few days! Once I have positive replies on a handful of test surveys, I'll be sending them out to everyone!
Additionally, if you'd like some extra details on the "behind the scenes" for the project, like what the proofs look like and what's left in the timeline, please check out the post here.
I'll have another update ready for you in a couple weeks with details on fulfillment timing, and until then... happy gaming!
Mystery Snacks: layout finished and proofs ordered!
Hi all!
I'm here with your monthly update for Mystery Snacks, letting you know that the layout for the book finished up this past month! It took a little bit of adjusting to get blocks of text and the layout to mesh, but with some expert help from layout artist BoRyan, it is done! Here’s a couple samples to check out:
Writer reviews + editing
After layout was complete, I sent a copy to all the project’s guest writers to make sure that any changes we made to wording to get it to fit on the page still had the same meaning they intended when they wrote their work. For me, this step was really important because I’d heard of folks having their writing heavily edited, to the point where they felt it wasn’t their work before, and, while I think my edits were light, I wanted to have full consent from everyone. If someone’s name is on it, I want to make sure they feel the work is still coming from them.
In parallel to this, the final laid out pages went through some line editing and a quick review from a family member who helped give some additional feedback and then… all adjustments made… I sent it for proof copies!
Proof copies ordered!
I’ve ordered proofs from Mixam (where I’ll order in bulk), Lulu (used for POD through RPG Trader), and DriveThruRPG (POD through… DTRPG itself). The hardest part of this was that that all had very slightly different templates for their interiors and covers, so it was a lot of small adjustments to get the pages to fit and still satisfy bleed requirements. I’ll keep you updated on the differences as proofs come in too since I’m very curious out the quality differences between the three printers myself.
Everything so far is on track, and I’ll keep you updated at our next check in!
Also, please check out the TTRPGkids dev log here for this update plus info on other TTRPGkids projects!
COMPLETED:
Feb – fund project
Mar – kick off guest writers (send guidelines, formatting + style guide)
Mar – set up pre-order store
Apr – guest writer check in
May – guest writer 1st drafts due
May – review 1st drafts
May – kick off guest writer 2nd drafts
June – guest writer 2nd draft due
June – kick off layout artist
July – final layout due
July – order proof (round 1)
NEXT STEPS:
Aug – proofs arrive, check, review update (round 1)
Mystery Snacks May update: drafts, layout, and 1-pager!
Hello all!
I'm here with your monthly Mystery Snacks update to let you know how the project is going and give hints about the final work where I can.
This month, all final drafts from writers were submitted on time, and I’ve reviewed them and made what I feel are the final edits. I’ve also sent this along with final edits on the base material to our layout artist, BoRyan, who said he’d be able to finish getting it into final format in July (aligned with schedule).
Aside from this, I also got the bonus 1-pager for collab project backers completed! It’s about a group of goblins who are trying to fix the human’s party to make it more tasteful (to goblin tastes) without getting caught. Here’s a sneak peek of the top 1/3 of the page!
Goblin art for this one-pager is from an artpack by Guillaume Jentey that I’ve been saving just for a special project, and I’m really glad I got to use it here! I’m giving the game to a proofreader and playtesting with kiddo this summer, then it should be ready to release alongside the surveys, which will be sent out in Aug/Sep (I plan to wait until proofs are confirmed OK first).
Everything so far is on track, and I’ll keep you updated at our next check in!
COMPLETED:
Feb – fund project
Mar – kick off guest writers (send guidelines, formatting + style guide)
Mar – set up pre-order store
Apr – guest writer check in
May – guest writer 1st drafts due
May – review 1st drafts
May – kick off guest writer 2nd drafts
June – guest writer 2nd draft due
June – kick off layout artist
NEXT STEPS:
July – final layout due
July – order proof (round 1)
Aug – proofs arrive, check, review update (round 1)
Mystery Snacks May update: mystery title reveals and on track timeline!
Hello all!
I'm here with your monthly Mystery Snacks update to let you know how the project is going and give hints about the final work where I can.
This month, all writers got their first drafts in on time, I’ve had a chance to check them over and give feedback, and final draft phase is kicked off with two writers already submitting their final drafts! There’s still a couple weeks before final drafts are due and we kick off final layout, but, in the meantime, I think I can share the working titles for all the mysteries so far as a sneak peek!
Already announced in the campaign, written by Steph:
Per Diem at the Museum, an investigation into missing museum items (and a snack stand raid)
Dude, Where’s My Broom?, a magical college campus and coffee shop conundrum
Ostriches on the Loose, an exploration of farm abductions and cryptid sightings
Working titles and some keyword hints (may change since we’re still in draft phases) from stretch goal guest writers:
A Soup-er Suspicious Situation, soup, mice, and magic
Green Zines & Ham, library, cat, and supernatural
One Byte Too Many, sci-fi, androids, and ice cream
A Sharp Mind Needs a Light, bakery, tinkering, and tech
Wild Goose Chez,geese, breadcrumbs, and chaos
Everything so far is on track, and I’ll keep you updated at our next check in for June!
COMPLETED:
Feb – fund project
Mar – kick off guest writers (send guidelines, formatting + style guide)
Mar – set up pre-order store
Apr – guest writer check in
May – guest writer 1st drafts due
May – review 1st drafts
May – kick off guest writer 2nd drafts
NEXT STEPS:
June – guest writer 2nd draft due
June – kick off layout artist
July – final layout due
July – order proof (round 1)
Aug – proofs arrive, check, review update (round 1)
I just wanted to pop in to let you know that digital copies of Mystery Snacks have been sent to all backers AND all physical copies of Mystery Snacks are in the mail!
Orders may take a few days or a few weeks arrive, depending on the size of the package and where shipments are going. If you do not recieve your physical copy order by the following dates, please email [email protected]: US orders - October 25 International orders - November 15
With that, I am closing out Mystery Snacks... and officially kicking off my next project, Energeodes!
Check out the Energeodes pre-launch page for details and sign up, and thank you all for supporting Mystery Snacks! It brings me much joy to share TTRPGs with so many people, and I hope you have fun using this to make and play some wonderful mysteries together.
Thank you all, and happy gaming! Steph Campbell TTRPGkids.com
Last call for post-campaign orders!! First, I am closing the pre-order store on Oct 2 morning before I hit the button to fulfill all digital orders, so, if you did not back the project but still want to, please visit the pre-order store here ASAP! There's Mystery Snacks, of course, and a whole bunch of other TTRPGkids games and books available:
Check out the pre-order store!
Fulfillment Friday (and through mid-October for late surveys) Second, I've prepped the 156 books ordered by folks who filled out their surveys, confirmed addresses, and paid shipping by the deadlines, and I am just waiting on some labels to come in before completing all the packages and then probably spending A LOT of time at the post office on Friday. Digital fulfillment is also prepped to go out on Friday, so... fingers crossed that all orders are set by the end of the week!
If you did not fill out your survey, address, and/or shipping payment before this week, you will still get your order, but it will be a smidge later. I will do a round of shipments during the first and second full weeks of October and then will switch to doing a monthly check for any later orders completed.
Timeline and more details And.... for the overall timeline, for those who are interested in the whole process, please see below! You can also check out today's TTRPGkids Dev Log for more details on what I'm chatting about here AND peeks at the next project (there's an art reveal!!).
COMPLETED:
Feb – fund project
Mar – kick off guest writers (send guidelines, formatting + style guide)
Mar – set up pre-order store
Apr – guest writer check in
May – guest writer 1st drafts due
May – review 1st drafts
May – kick off guest writer 2nd drafts
June – guest writer 2nd draft due
June – kick off layout artist
July – final layout due
July – order proof (round 1)
Aug – proofs arrive, check, review update (round 1)
I'm running a quick update today to let you know that smoke test surveys are out! This means 5% of backers will get their surveys today to test if they work/there's no major issues before I send them out to all backers.
If you recieve a smoke test survey, please kindly fill it out, if you can, so I have data to let me know if everything is working.
For everyone else... expect your surveys in the next few days! Once I have positive replies on a handful of test surveys, I'll be sending them out to everyone!
Additionally, if you'd like some extra details on the "behind the scenes" for the project, like what the proofs look like and what's left in the timeline, please check out the post here.
I'll have another update ready for you in a couple weeks with details on fulfillment timing, and until then... happy gaming!
I'm here with your monthly update for Mystery Snacks, letting you know that the layout for the book finished up this past month! It took a little bit of adjusting to get blocks of text and the layout to mesh, but with some expert help from layout artist BoRyan, it is done! Here’s a couple samples to check out:
Writer reviews + editing
After layout was complete, I sent a copy to all the project’s guest writers to make sure that any changes we made to wording to get it to fit on the page still had the same meaning they intended when they wrote their work. For me, this step was really important because I’d heard of folks having their writing heavily edited, to the point where they felt it wasn’t their work before, and, while I think my edits were light, I wanted to have full consent from everyone. If someone’s name is on it, I want to make sure they feel the work is still coming from them.
In parallel to this, the final laid out pages went through some line editing and a quick review from a family member who helped give some additional feedback and then… all adjustments made… I sent it for proof copies!
Proof copies ordered!
I’ve ordered proofs from Mixam (where I’ll order in bulk), Lulu (used for POD through RPG Trader), and DriveThruRPG (POD through… DTRPG itself). The hardest part of this was that that all had very slightly different templates for their interiors and covers, so it was a lot of small adjustments to get the pages to fit and still satisfy bleed requirements. I’ll keep you updated on the differences as proofs come in too since I’m very curious out the quality differences between the three printers myself.
Everything so far is on track, and I’ll keep you updated at our next check in!
Also, please check out the TTRPGkids dev log here for this update plus info on other TTRPGkids projects!
COMPLETED:
Feb – fund project
Mar – kick off guest writers (send guidelines, formatting + style guide)
Mar – set up pre-order store
Apr – guest writer check in
May – guest writer 1st drafts due
May – review 1st drafts
May – kick off guest writer 2nd drafts
June – guest writer 2nd draft due
June – kick off layout artist
July – final layout due
July – order proof (round 1)
NEXT STEPS:
Aug – proofs arrive, check, review update (round 1)
I'm here with your monthly Mystery Snacks update to let you know how the project is going and give hints about the final work where I can.
This month, all final drafts from writers were submitted on time, and I’ve reviewed them and made what I feel are the final edits. I’ve also sent this along with final edits on the base material to our layout artist, BoRyan, who said he’d be able to finish getting it into final format in July (aligned with schedule).
Aside from this, I also got the bonus 1-pager for collab project backers completed! It’s about a group of goblins who are trying to fix the human’s party to make it more tasteful (to goblin tastes) without getting caught. Here’s a sneak peek of the top 1/3 of the page!
Goblin art for this one-pager is from an artpack by Guillaume Jentey that I’ve been saving just for a special project, and I’m really glad I got to use it here! I’m giving the game to a proofreader and playtesting with kiddo this summer, then it should be ready to release alongside the surveys, which will be sent out in Aug/Sep (I plan to wait until proofs are confirmed OK first).
Everything so far is on track, and I’ll keep you updated at our next check in!
COMPLETED:
Feb – fund project
Mar – kick off guest writers (send guidelines, formatting + style guide)
Mar – set up pre-order store
Apr – guest writer check in
May – guest writer 1st drafts due
May – review 1st drafts
May – kick off guest writer 2nd drafts
June – guest writer 2nd draft due
June – kick off layout artist
NEXT STEPS:
July – final layout due
July – order proof (round 1)
Aug – proofs arrive, check, review update (round 1)
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