Fulfillment for Mystery Snacks is planned for early October 2026 (so you'll have it for Halloween) with the following timline: Feb 2026 - Funding Mar - May 2026 - writing - art - layout June - Aug 2026 - test prints - larger print run (via Mixam, reduced risk of timing push by printer) Sept - Oct 2026 - shipping My goal is to have physical zine copies to you during the month of October with the project timeline pulling ahead, as possible. I plan to keep you updated throughout the process (as I have done with other projects) via monthly dev logs posted on TTRPGkids.com and summarized in campaign update notices through Backerkit. So far, I have run 5 crowdfunding campaigns: One campaign (StoryGuider) is going through it's writing, printing, etc timeline and is on track to be on schedule for fulfillment. The other four projects have all fulfilled on time (Bakers Charge, Making a TTRPG for Your Particular Kid, A Construct's Nature, and Greeting Games).

There is a system included with this (creative commons compliant modification of Fari RPG's Breathless system) so you have an easy-to-learn, rules-lite system OPTION readily available if you want to use it. The mysteries that are included work with the Mystery Snacks system, but they are also built to also give you the "ingredients" to use the mystery in other systems with little to no modification. They're story sparks and ideas with clues for folks to find, characters to talk to, and settings to create the scene, but you can also use them with any system you want. Some systems may work better than others or could flavor the mysteries in a totally different way, so I'm providing a base and suggestions so you have a set of pre-made solvable scenarios that hit the cozy mystery novel vibe.

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