Are you ready for a coffee caper?

A sherbet soirée?

Do you want to tango with a small-town troubled by treacherous tea times?

Don’t waffle on your decisions, the order is getting cold, and so is the case.

Your shift has just started
You are a waitress trying to deliver a hot plate of freshly made waffles to your favorite regular: Esther. These are her everyday waffles she gets with her everyday order:

A coffee - one sugar, a splash of milk
Waffles with two strawberries, sliced, with apple jam syrup on the side
Later she’ll get a plate of hash browns, extra ketchup to finish it all up
But as you return with Esther’s waffles, she is nowhere to be found. She’s your favorite regular, and so you take it upon yourself to find out where she’s gone.

Did she pop out for a quick errand?
Is there an insidious plot underway?

THE MYSTERY IS AFOOT

Waffles for Esther is a solo journaling game. That means that this game is played by yourself, by writing your actions, and answers to questions in a journal, notebook, or word processor. Write more of your story after each step, dice roll, and card flip. Expand on what happened to have crazy fun adventures.

But don’t worry, this book will guide you along and show you how to play.

A Hints and Hijinx Mystery
Number of Players: 1 (solo)
Type: Journaling game with prompts, locations, and dice
Required Materials: Book, journal, pencil, and set of dice (d4, d6, d8, d10, and d12).

During a Hints and Hijinx mystery you will visit locations, overcome events and complications with the help of your skills (or himbos!) and collect clues. At the end, you'll string together all your clues to form a hypothesis of what is really going on. Each clue you gather and use increases the final dice you roll to see how accurate you are. The more clues you collect, the more likely you have solved the mystery!

2nd Edition
Updated with new art, editing, expanded solo play tips, and built in player journal with character sheet!


Released: 16 July 2025