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** Not intended for younger players **

The year was 1967.

Smarting from a string of unsuccessful missions, the CIA think-tank tasked with assassinating Castro turned to less conventional ideas. Yes, even less conventional than poisoned cigars and booby-trapped seashells. Like, “What if we train a bear to be a femme fatale special agent, give it a LOT of cocaine, and drop it in his yard?” levels of less conventional. Exactly that level, actually.

You are that bear.

Despite the speed with which you took to the role - and the cocaine - the mission was ultimately scrubbed. You retired after several years of classified service and, having long since grown used to humans, settled down in a small town to enjoy your nice government pension. It was a peaceful life, doting on the neighborhood kids, sitting on the porch swing, and enjoying mystery novels.

Then someone stole your bees and their cocaine-laced honey.

The Game

Cocaine Bear Grandma is a solo journaling game based on the Hints & Hijinx solo mystery game system by Pandion Games. The rules will guide you, but you are in control of where the story goes.

To play, you'll need:

  • a journaling method
  • a set of polyhedral dice (d4, d6, d8, d10, d12)

Time to play: 30–90 minutes. 

Content:

The game PDF consists of the rules, 22 locations to investigate, 36 complications, 36 potential clues, and a character sheet. 

A Google Doc version of the game is available here for use with screen readers.

License: Released under CC-BY-SA 4.0. You are welcome to take this game and make it yours, hack it, or make something totally new with its mechanics, even commercially.


Purchase

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In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $5 USD. You will get access to the following files:

Cocaine Bear Grandma v1 (A5, color).pdf 11 MB
Cocaine Bear Grandma v1 (A5, b&w).pdf 7 MB
Cocaine Bear Grandma v1 (half-letter, color).pdf 6.4 MB
Cocaine Bear Grandma v1 (half-letter, b&w).pdf 4.8 MB

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Library / Education copy

If you work or volunteer at a library or in education, or would like to make this game available in those settings, these copies are for you. If you like it, please consider rating it and/or leaving a comment. Thank you!

Thematic copy

If you are a beekeeper, secret agent, grandmother, or bear, these copies are for you. If you like it, please consider rating it and/or leaving a comment. Thank you!

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Hints and Hijinx creator here! This is definitely one of my favorite games to come out of the system. Almost Bedtime Theater really took the spirit of hijinks and knocked it out of the park.

The story, clues, and locations are all spot on. The writing is top-notch, and the layout is gorgeous.

Absolutely pick this one up.

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Thank you! I'm delighted to hear you enjoyed it!