Made to capture cozy, silly, and exciting mystery novel vibes, Mystery Snacks gives you all the ingredients needed to set up and solve a satisfying enigma with your tabletop RPG group!
The system-agnosticall-ages friendly whodunits found here are arranged like a recipe book, clearly listing clues and key story elements like meal prepped adventures to minimize your set up and let you focus on facilitating your players cooking up a solution.
The 22 page zine includes:
3 starter mysteries
3 unlocked stretch goal mysteries
optional system designed for mystery-solving shenanigans
While the stretch goal mysteries will remain a secret for now, the 3 starter mysteries are:
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
And there's hopes to add up to 8 more mysteries, via stretch goals and specific reward tiers!
In addition to the system-agnostic adventures, the book will include a rules-lite mystery-specific system based on Breathless, a 2-5 player system by Fari RPG that's used in 250+ TTRPGs. While the stories can be played on other systems, I wanted to provide an option for folks who would like to try something new or who are looking for mechanics that pair particularly well with sussing out secrets.
Mysteries throughout the game are made to be great for any age (kids or adults) with tones and themes that reflect the feel of a good mystery novel or cartoon-like shenanigans.
The base version of Mystery Snacks is a 16 page zine that includes:
Rules-lite TTRPG system specifically made for running whodunits
Three system-agnostic starter adventures
As stretch goals are unlocked, the page count for the zine will increase with the new mysteries that are added. There is potential for the zine to be up to 48 pages if ALL stretch goals are unlocked.
Combo your order to get copies of BOTH Mystery Snacks and Bakers, Charge!
Bakers, Charge! is a previously funded zine that makes for a great one-shot or side quest baking competition TTRPG so you can create a variety of tasty adventures together. This game for 2-5 players is built on another Fari RPG system, Charge! and has similar active rules-lite vibes.
Every year, TTRPGkids donates physical and digital game books to libraries during The American Library Association's (ALA) Games & Gaming Roundtable (GameRT) International Games Month (IGM).
During IGM, registered libraries that are looking specifically to add games to their collections are awarded materials donated by creators, improving accessibility to the community and bolstering a part of the library that doesn't always get a ton of funding attention.
Supporting this tier gets you a digital copy of Mystery Snacks and will send a physical copy of the zine to a library in need during IGM in November 2026.
I love making and publishing games, but my main project is actually the TTRPGkids.com website! This 650+ post resource has reviews, tips and tricks posts, creator interviews, and details on my process so others can find what they need to either facilitate or make tabletop RPGs that work for all-ages.
Sponsoring an article here would get your name and logo (if applicable) on one of the TTRPGkids pages along with a special thank you shout out with a link to your work (if applicable).
Currently, TTRPGkids.com, as a whole, gets about 285k impressions per month (about 3.4 million per year), split between all the posts on the site. This is a long term sponsorship, so your name, logo, shout out, and link would be seen year-over-year on the site from this one sponsorship purchase.
If you choose this tier, please see the terms listed in the article sponsor tier to make sure you qualify. Please feel free to contact me with questions to pre-check this at [email protected].
One of the further stretch goals for Mystery Snacks is to add recipes that pair with all of the mysteries in the book! As a predecessor to this, early and returning backers will get bonus recipes to kick off the process!
Early Birds will get the Secret Snack Mix Recipe (pairing with the Per Diem at the Museum adventure) and Returning Backers will get the Secret Soup Recipe (pairing with the Ostriches on the Loose adventure).
In addition, there's collab bonuses for backing other projects that you can combo with this to get a whole set of extras, which I'll detail more in the next section!
Stretch goals for Mystery Snacks are going to be centered around adding more mysteries, increasing the size of the printed zine. If these area reached, I'll be announcing the Dessert Menu with even more goodies!
To add new mysteries, costs will include:
Printing additional pages
Layout
Writing
AND... all of these stretch goal mysteries are by a team of other writers to increase the variety of the stories available! They'll all follow the same cookbook-like format so you can follow from adventure to adventure, but these different writers WILL be bringing their own spin on the cozy to silly mystery vibes of the whole collection for any goals met.
If the project hits the $6k goal, this will also unlock a whole new stretch goal menu called THE DESSERT MENU. This will be the cherry on top of the project, including a variety of bonuses, like splash art, library support, and community copies.
First, if you back both La Lionne Publishing's project, One Page TTRPG Bundle, AND Mystery Snacks, you'll get a free game from each of us! We'll be each writing a 1-page TTRPG that will be added as a bonus reward with no charge for our collab backers.
Next, Mystery Snacks is part of Zinetopia, a larger collaboration project run by Backerkit! Backing multiple projects during the event not only helps you find other cool projects, but you can get a bonus reward from Backerkit! Check out who else is part of the event by clicking the Zinetopia link further up on the side of this page.
Everything in Mystery Snacks is human made with work from a team of folks who want to make something fun for others to enjoy.
These individuals are part of the main book creation and will be involved in helping to make sure all stretch goals are supported where needed.
As stretch goals are funded, we'll be adding the following writers to the team! These creators have experience in making and writing tabletop RPGs and/or running games for all-ages. They were picked for their excellent expertise, and I'm looking forward to adding them to the project.
I've previously funded and fulfilled 4 other projects (Bakers, Charge!, Making a TTRPG for YOUR Particular Kid, A Construct's Nature, and Greeting Games) on time or early and am committed to keeping with the release schedule on this project as well.
Fulfillment for Mystery Snacks is planned as follows:
Feb 2026
Funding
Mar - May 2026
Writing
Art
Layout
June - Aug 2026
Test prints
Larger print run
Sept - Oct 2026
Shipping
My goal is to have physical zine copies to you during the month of October (in time for Halloween) with the project timeline pulling ahead, as possible.
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Shipping will be calculated and charged AFTER the campaign is complete.
This will happen when the surveys come out.
For physical rewards, you will need to pay for shipping at that time to recieve your rewards.
Shipping and handling cost within the US will be via standard or media mail, whichever is lowest cost. For just the book, this will typically be around $4.50 within the US but may change depending on current postal service status when final shipping is calculated. The cost for shipping will increase if you purchase rewards in addition to the base book.
Shipping cost outside of the US is likely going to fluxuate between now and fulfillment due to the current political climate. It may be over $10 for just the book from the core print run, plus any additional import fees. Import fees will be the responsibility of the buyer and may be charged separately by your country or mail carrier on delivery. The cost for shipping will also increase if you purchase add-ons or bundles.
That said, the book will be available as print-on-demand after the campaign through Mixam, which has locations outside of the US, allowing printing closer to your location. The cost for the book may be higher at print-on-demand, but this option may help to lower your shipping cost if it is prohibitive. As we get closer to shipping, I will review this option to see if it is feasilbe to offer as a more cost effective way to send you your rewards while maintaining quality of the print.
💥 Zinetopia 2026
This project is participating in Zinetopia! A Small-format TTRPG event celebrating Zine Month running February 2–27, 2026.
📖 What is Zine Month? Zine Month is a month-long online celebration observed every February by the tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) community where creators share and launch new DIY zines.
🔥 Unlock the Limited Zinetopia Freebie! Receive the limited edition Zinetopia 2026 Group Zine when you back 5+ projects featuring 60+ pages from participating creators full of mini-games, sketches, activity pages, and more!
