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StoryGuider: choose your journey stories for little kids

Created by TTRPGkids

StoryGuider, a collection of choice driven coloring book adventures for kids is coming soon to print! This 36 story series features in-game activities, lively characters, intentional social-emotional skills practice, human made drawings, and more.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

StoryGuider is fulfilled!
4 days ago – Tue, Aug 04, 2026 at 06:05:10 PM

Hi All!!

Today, you should have recieved the remaining print-on-demand key messages, and I can happily say that StoryGuider is a closed project!

The proofs for the last books came in a bit early and checked out, so I was able to finish distribution.

Thank you all for supporting StoryGuider and helping make this series what it is today with art by a whole group of talented artists and having it in print!  It is a great feeling knowing these books are out there and already being enjoyed (a couple folks have shared how they've enjoyed them with their families already).  I'm happy to share this project with you all, and I hope you enjoy these stories with your family, classroom, library, and/or friends!

COMPLETED:
  • Oct – campaign funds released from Backerkit
  • Oct – send contracts for funded art to artists
  • Oct – draft the Tome Traveller Trilogy (part of the Heroes series)
  • Oct → Nov – collect first round of art from early artist kick-offs (from itchio and ko-fi prefunds)
  • Nov – artists working on Heroes series
  • Nov/Dec – finish writing the new Dragon series adventures
  • Nov → Jan – reformat the Heroes series
  • Jan – Heroes series art due
  • Jan – order Heroes series proofs (round 1)
  • Jan – artists working on Friends series
  • Feb – Friends series art due
  • Feb – Heroes series proofs arrive, review, update (round 1)
  • Jan – Mar – reformat the Friends series
  • Jan – Apr – artists working on Dragon series
  • Mar – Dragon series art due 
  • Mar – send backer surveys
  • Apr – update + order Friends series proofs (round 1)
  • Apr – update + order Heroes series proofs (round 1.5)
  • Apr – set up digial pages for Friends and Heroes series
  • Apr – fulfill digital print-and-play for Friends and Heroes series
  • May – Friends series proofs review, update, reorder (round 2)
  • May – Heroes series proofs review, update, reorder (round 2)
  • June – reformat the Dragon series and make coloring book
  • June – order Dragons series and coloring book proofs (round 1)
  • June – set up digial pages for Dragons series
  • June – fulfill digital print-and-play for Dragon series
  • July – Friends series proofs arrive, review, update (round 2)
  • July – Heroes series proofs arrive, review, update (round 2)
  • July – Dragon series proofs arrive, review, update (round 1)
  • July – start distribution of Friends and Dragons POD keys
  • July – order Heroes series proofs (round 3)
  • Aug – finish POD release of small books
  • Aug – Heroes series proofs arrive, review, update (round 3)
  • Aug – distribute Heroes series POD keys
  • Aug – close pre-order store

NEXT STEPS:
  • COMPLETED!  ENJOY THE SUMMER!

Thank you!  And happy gaming!
Steph
TTRPGkids.com

StoryGuider July update - POD keys started, final revisions, digital updates
17 days ago – Wed, Jul 22, 2026 at 05:21:03 AM

Hello all!

This will be a bit of a quick update since I did send an update last week regarding POD keys, BUT I wanted to still keep up with the regular monthly update schedule!

Last week, I distributed the POD keys for The Big Book of Dragons, The Big Book Friends, and the coloring books with The Big Book of Heroes still on hold due to needing another proof revision.  I'm predicting the Big Book of Heroes will arrive in mid August, and I should be able to distribute the keys shortly after!

I'm also working on getting all the small books uploaded and set up on DTRPG, so once I have a full set uploaded, I'll distribute the POD keys to folks that got individual trilogies.  Those will go out starting in July to August, probably leaning towards August as soon as I get back from GenCon.

If you'd like more details, please check out my dev log post here!
https://www.ttrpgkids.com/2026/07/21/dev-log-23-storyguider-mystery-snacks-yearly-site-budget-and-everything-else/


COMPLETED:
  • Oct – campaign funds released from Backerkit
  • Oct – send contracts for funded art to artists
  • Oct – draft the Tome Traveller Trilogy (part of the Heroes series)
  • Oct → Nov – collect first round of art from early artist kick-offs (from itchio and ko-fi prefunds)
  • Nov – artists working on Heroes series
  • Nov/Dec – finish writing the new Dragon series adventures
  • Nov → Jan – reformat the Heroes series
  • Jan – Heroes series art due
  • Jan – order Heroes series proofs (round 1)
  • Jan – artists working on Friends series
  • Feb – Friends series art due
  • Feb – Heroes series proofs arrive, review, update (round 1)
  • Jan – Mar – reformat the Friends series
  • Jan – Apr – artists working on Dragon series
  • Mar – Dragon series art due 
  • Mar – send backer surveys
  • Apr – update + order Friends series proofs (round 1)
  • Apr – update + order Heroes series proofs (round 1.5)
  • Apr – set up digial pages for Friends and Heroes series
  • Apr – fulfill digital print-and-play for Friends and Heroes series
  • May – Friends series proofs review, update, reorder (round 2)
  • May – Heroes series proofs review, update, reorder (round 2)
  • June – reformat the Dragon series and make coloring book
  • June – order Dragons series and coloring book proofs (round 1)
  • June – set up digial pages for Dragons series
  • June – fulfill digital print-and-play for Dragon series
  • July – Friends series proofs arrive, review, update (round 2)
  • July – Heroes series proofs arrive, review, update (round 2)
  • July – Dragon series proofs arrive, review, update (round 1)
  • July – start distribution of Friends and Dragons POD keys
  • July – order Heroes series proofs (round 3)

NEXT STEPS:
  • Aug – finish POD release of small books
  • Aug – Heroes series proofs arrive, review, update (round 3)
  • Aug – distribute Heroes series POD keys
  • Sept – close pre-order store

I hope you're enjoying the games!
Steph

At-cost POD keys on the way! (mostly)
24 days ago – Wed, Jul 15, 2026 at 07:12:12 AM

Hi all!

I'll be sending a big update next week for our regularly scheduled monthly dev log, but... I wanted to give a heads up that today, I'm sending the first round of at-cost print-on-demand keys out to folks!

If you ordered the following titles through the StoryGuider campaign, you'll be getting an email with the key today from Drive Thru RPG:
  • Big Book of Dragons
  • Big Book of Friends
  • Coloring book
  • Ranger Mech Squad
  • Critter Mech Squad
  • Solar Mech Squad
  • Making a TTRPG for YOUR Particular Kid
  • Bakers, Charge!
  • A Construct's Nature

Unfortunately, there was another issue with the Big Book of Heroes proof, so I will need to delay distribution on that to make sure the book is in good condition before sending it to backers.  For the small books/trilogies, I will be uploading them and sending you keys over the next few weeks (it takes some time to set up each page, but I wanted to get what I could out now).  

I'll send more info next week, and I hope you enjoy the books!

Thank you, 
Steph

StoryGuider June update!
about 2 months ago – Tue, Jun 23, 2026 at 06:51:42 AM

Hi all!

In my last update, I gave a quick notification that digital fulfillment was going through for Sandy the Dragon and the coloring books!  I hope you've had a chance to download your new adventures and can enjoy them over the summer!

For our regularly scheduled monthly big update, we're really in a holding pattern right now while waiting for all the proofs to come in, and, once those arrive and I can review them, I'm hoping we can get print-on-demand keys your way.  Last I checked, they should be arriving within the next week, so you may be getting another notice early July for more rewards!

In the meantime, check out full details on the latest updates here in the monthly TTRPGkids Dev Log post, and read on below for the completed vs. pending tasks associated with finishing release!

COMPLETED:

  • Oct – campaign funds released from Backerkit
  • Oct – send contracts for funded art to artists
  • Oct – draft the Tome Traveller Trilogy (part of the Heroes series)
  • Oct → Nov – collect first round of art from early artist kick-offs (from itchio and ko-fi prefunds)
  • Nov – artists working on Heroes series
  • Nov/Dec – finish writing the new Dragon series adventures
  • Nov → Jan – reformat the Heroes series
  • Jan – Heroes series art due
  • Jan – order Heroes series proofs (round 1)
  • Jan – artists working on Friends series
  • Feb – Friends series art due
  • Feb – Heroes series proofs arrive, review, update (round 1)
  • Jan – Mar – reformat the Friends series
  • Jan – Apr – artists working on Dragon series
  • Mar – Dragon series art due 
  • Mar – send backer surveys
  • Apr – update + order Friends series proofs (round 1)
  • Apr – update + order Heroes series proofs (round 1.5)
  • Apr – set up digial pages for Friends and Heroes series
  • Apr – fulfill digital print-and-play for Friends and Heroes series
  • May – Friends series proofs review, update, reorder (round 2)
  • May – Heroes series proofs review, update, reorder (round 2)
  • June – reformat the Dragon series and make coloring book
  • June – order Dragons series and coloring book proofs (round 1)
  • June – set up digial pages for Dragons series
  • June – fulfill digital print-and-play for Dragon series

NEXT STEPS:

  • July – Friends series proofs arrive, review, update (round 2)
  • July – Heroes series proofs arrive, review, update (round 2)
  • July – Dragon series proofs arrive, review, update (round 1)
  • July – if no issues with Friends, Heroes, Dragons, or coloring book, start to distribute POD keys
  • July – Sept – continue release of OK’d proofs as possible

As always, thank you for supporting the project, and I'm looking forward to more big updates in July!

Thank you, 
Steph C
TTRPGkids.com

Sandy the Dragon AND coloring book is live (digitally)! New keys sent, and main collection updated!
2 months ago – Sat, Jun 06, 2026 at 02:40:11 PM

Hello all!

Just a quick update to let you know that the digital version of the 12 Sandy the Dragon adventures are finished, on itchio, and digitally distributed!



I've sent distribution keys to those who had the dragon-specific adventures only, and for folks who got the whole collection, you won't get a new key because the key you already have gives you continued access to the collection.  You'll just need to go back to the big StoryGuider collection page and download the new files to get the new games/books!



AND... the digital coloring books are out there too!  This is the print-and-play for just the characters so you have some extra pages to go along with your adventures or can check out just the characters before you try the game!



I hope you enjoy these print-and-play releases, and I'll have our regularly scheduled print-on-demand progress update at our regularly scheduled monthly interval as well.  

Happy gaming!
Steph