Get an overview of what’s in the latest editions of Cozy Companion, and see what parts we particularly enjoyed exploring at home in today’s review covering volume 29!

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• What is Cozy Companion?
• What about Cozy Companion is TTRPGkids covering?
• Cozy Companion Volume 29 (creepy x cozy)
• Where to find Cozy Companion

What is Cozy Companion? 

Cozy Companion is a monthly magazine by Snowbright Studio that covers what’s going on in the world of cozy games and themed activities. It’s got TTRPGs, recipes, experiments, video games, artist interviews, board games all centered around a particular theme (like nautical exploration, tea, or summer).  There’s digital or physical copies available, and there’s no AI!

Getting this magazine in the mail feels like when I was a kid getting a magazine full of fun puzzles and little games or getting a new little book about a special topic… except this is polished in a way that is engaging for adults too while still being interesting to my kid.

What about Cozy Companion is TTRPGkids covering?

I’m going to be highlighting the TTRPG elements in Cozy Companion and some of the activities from the magazine that paired well with those TTRPG elements. There’s more to the magazine than that (like cozy video games and board games), but I’m focusing on just the TTRPG and activity side of things because… I am TTRPGkids!

Cozy Companion Volume 29, October 2026

Monthly theme

Cozy Companion Volume 29’s theme is about the intersection of creepy and eerie with cozy bvibes!  There’s a themed recipe and craft along with some very fun art, stories, and reviews to check out!

TTRPG review of the month

The TTRPG review of the month was for A Conversation With Death, which is a 2-player TTRPG where one player takes the role of Death and the other takes the role of the recently departed. The two play a game of chess, which progresses the roleplaying and question-asking between the players as pieces are taken.

The review in Cozy Companion is wonderful since it really showcases what’s possible in the game by having a play-by-play with questions bouncing between Death and a mortal who is having to face questions about his life fulfillment, if he was good, and where control over one’s life really lies.

For this one, my kid (8 years old) would honestly probably really like this AND I do cover material for all youth, including teens, so I wanted to still cover it here, even if it might not be considered generally “little kid” friendly.

With kiddo, we’ve read Mort from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld together (with maybe a couple small parts left out because of age) to help kiddo handle some fears of Death after kids were saying stuff at school and Halloween started to get to them one year. So, my kid would probably see this as Death from Discworld and would want to be the one playing Death, for sure.

That said, this one is probably REALLY going to depend on the players because of the subject matter. Some younger kids might handle it really well but some adults might not, so this one is probably more person-to-person than age based in terms of who it might want to play.

Themed recipes and crafts

This month’s recipes and crafts were Halloween themed with a fun recipe for making pumpkin shaped breads with fancy butter and a plush cat stuffie!

For the recipe… I am famously bad at making tradional raised breads, and I was running a little short on time (magazine came while I was at Gamehole Con, and the one weekend between then and Halloween was already booked), so I did not make the bread YET. I’m planning on making these with some help from my spouse for Thanksgiving this year (he is REALLY good at making bread) and will hopefully be able to drop an update photo here at that time.

I did, however, make the fancy butters to have with a good loaf of bread from a farmer’s market. One was a cinnamon spice one and the other was a savor butter that I made with sage! Both came out great, and I’m making that sage one again for when we do the pumpkin breads in November.

For the craft, this was a cute mummy cat stuffie made out of felt! Again, we were a bit short on time this month and it required some extra supplies that we didn’t have on hand (mainly the safety eyes), but kiddo LOVES cats and stuffies, so I do want to do this one together and can hopefully post an update photo after we’ve had a spare weekend for crafting. The cool thing about this one is that it is all hand stitched and the steps are super easy to follow, so this seems like an extremely doable craft.

Other highlights

I really enjoyed the art throughout the magazine this month. It’s by artist Marcie Driessen who has a unique creept/cute style, and she has a wonderful interview about how she got started, what’s it’s like to create, and advice for new artists. Based on this magazine, I’m honestly really considering hiring her for a future project (probably 2028 until I get there, but still…) and am keeping track of her name because her pieces are adorable with just the right amount of eerieness baked in.

Find a copy of Cozy Companion!

I hope you enjoyed this overview of Cozy Companion volume 29 and that it gives you a good idea of what to expect in future issues if you want to sign up too! It’s been a nice surprise every time, and I love being able to pair hands on activities and learning with TTRPGs, both on my own and with kiddo. I hope you enjoy getting to check it out too!

You can subscribe to Cozy Companion here to get future editions of the magazine.

AND… check out here if you’re looking for a digital copy of a previous issue!

ALSO… check out my previous Cozy Companion reviews here.

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