Maple Mysteries

Welcome to Maple Mysteries, my Dear! Let me introduce you to a Tabletop Roleplaying Game (TTRPG), where you explore a world of dark tales, puzzles, and supernatural creatures that lurk around your charming little neighborhood. You play as a child who arrives in the town and becomes uneasy of the local myths. To solve these mysteries, you gather a group of friends and embark on an adventure. Are you ready? Grab your backpack and some food, because every day is a new adventure!

What is this?

A cartoon investigation themed tabletop roleplaying game, for 3-5 players and a GM. Heavily inspired by Gravity Falls, Scooby Doo, Phineas and Ferb and other similar series. Made for Street Grimoire Jam 2025.

What you need to play?

To play Maple Mysteries you need some basic things to gather:

• This book of rules
• 3-4 of your good friends
• A couple of six-sided dice (6-7 per player is ideal)
• A notebook or something to write your adventure in
• Some tokens to mark your Luck and other resources.

What you can find within the book?

In this 90 pages you can find the followings:

• An exclusive D6 Dice Pool System using Approaches and Maneuvers.
• An alternative set of dice mechanics using polyhedral dice set.
• Rules for combat, stealth, investigation, casting and rituals.
• A connection system with 5 factions and a brief description for each.
• Example spells, items and enemies.

This is a playtest version of the game, which means it’s in a development state and the rules are not final. Feel free to provide some feedback, suggestions, or balance issues, typos, or grammar mistakes, since I'm not a native English speaker.