FAQ

Vegout Voyage puzzle game books are for adults! Adults who enjoy brain puzzles, online detective , Dungeons & Dragons-style role plays, international travel, cultural discoveries, lifelong learning, and rewarding pastimes will enjoy the Vegout Voyage experience.

Vegout Voyage journeys always aim to be family-friendly, that said, readers under 16 should understand that we may encounter mature themes or nuanced perspectives from time to time as we virtually travel to different parts of the world, and that parental discretion is advised.

Vegout Voyage is beginner-friendly and suitable for all puzzle skill levels. Gentle hints are sprinkled throughout the guided journey so that readers of any puzzle comfort level can conquer each page with confidence.

If you are brand new and want a quick orientation, head over to Cadet Training. It is my lightweight web-based free game that introduces newcomers to what Vegout Voyage is about. Those who complete the game may or may not discover a surprise mystery coupon towards the end as a reward 😉

There has always been a lively and engaging niche community of us adult puzzlers! There are loyal and active fan bases for word puzzles such as Crosswords and Spelling Bee. Rivaling that popularity is logic games such as cryptogram and Sudoku. Geography buffs will be delighted to learn about geo-games like GeoGuessr. And I'm sure we all have heard of or been invited to one or two trivia nights.

Have you tried the NYTimes' Crossword or Wordle? Magazines like Games World of Puzzles and publishers like Penny Dell are classics if you prefer an offline experience. Something that has given our adult-child niche a lot of visibility in recent years is the Murdle series by G. T. Karber. If supporting up-and-coming indie artists is your jam, Kickstarter has become a major hub for fresh new games. There are also mystery and escape room subscription boxes such as Finders Seekers, and less narration-heavy ones like Kubiya Games and Puzzlecrate.

Puzzle people hang out everywhere from tabletop meetups to Discord groups! Recently, I started following the #WQuers crowd on BlueSky and have been discovering phone apps and web-based new games constantly.

Many of us crossover to jigsaw puzzles. You know, I'm something of a jigsaw puzzle expert myself. 1000-piece one color puzzles? Done it. Edgeless with no visual references? Piece of cake. 3D models? I'm constantly short of shelf space! Seriously, send help. Since starting Vegout Voyage, I've also learned that a huge portion of cozy puzzlers overlap with arts & crafts groups who are into coloring pages , origami, and the likes. On the other hand, gamers who enjoy storytelling are big on RPGs, TTRPGs, and LitRPGs like Dungeons & Dragons.

All of these are for grown-ups! It's a big, joyful world once you step inside. Come join us!

Oh my gosh, absolutely, welcome! Thank you for your interest! I'm always recruiting voyagers who might want to help in the following ways:

1 Game Tester: Are the puzzles too hard? Too easy? Do the puzzle designs make sense? Are the instructions clear?

2 General Early Reader: You'll be asked to provide honest feedback, which may include a short survey with questions like: Are the puzzle answer keys correct? What elements do you like or dislike? You are also encouraged to leave a review on Amazon—pretty please!

3 Cultural Sensitivity Reader: Are the travel and country details accurate? Is there anything offensive or culturally insensitive? (Upcoming destinations for 2026-7 include Barcelona and potentially one more location TBD.)

If this sounds like fun, please don't hesitate to reach out and mention your interest in being an early reviewer.

Okay okay, I heard you!

Due to my utter inability to draw or color anything, this idea didn't crossed my mind at first. However, after getting to know many of you—both online and in real life—who enjoy relaxing, off-screen coloring pages, I'm definitely considering it.

Give me some time to figure out how to produce it properly and to start small. It'll happen. That's a promise!

For my books and other larger-scale publications, I'd prefer to feature Leto only when it genuinely ties into themes of exploring the world or fostering new perspectives. That said, I'm totally with you on swooning over the Alexander-Skarsgard-of-Felines! I'm happy to include him more on social media and in newsletters!

From the man himself 👇

Greetings, esteemed humans. I'm Leto, a 15-pound, big-boned pandemic baby, skilled in morning opera. When I'm not singing, I'm practicing public speaking. I radiate dog-like energy and require daily exercises. I'm not the most suave with body coordinations, but I maintain lightning-fast zoomies. As a distinguished adult alpha male, I will not stoop to the indignity of cat costumes. To know more about me and my feline kind, I highly recommend Jackson Galaxy's videos.

At the moment, since I'm just starting out, I focus on places I'm familiar with. On top of that, I am partial to popular tourist destinations—not just for their entertainment value, but because they're more likely to have plenty of online resources that are accessible to English-speaking readers.

All of them!

There are so many legendary tourist spots on my bucket list that I can't wait to visit and write about! Paris and London seem to be top contenders right now based on your feedback and book reviews.

I'm equally excited to shine a spotlight on lesser-traveled destinations. Are you someone, like me, who is curious about getting up close with chimpanzees at a Sierra Leone sanctuary? Or window shopping in Tuvalu for local handicrafts with shells and feathers? Or perhaps I can interest you in a day-in-the-life of researchers stationed in Antarctica?

The world is our oyster! Where would you like us to go? It fills my heart with joy when you suggest locations for future books, so please feel free to reach out anytime!

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Yes I do! This request has came up often enough that I've now made a dedicated page for custom projects and commissions!

Whether you're a fellow small business or an individual, whether you're working on educational materials or marketing campaigns, I'd love to chat about how I can gamify your key messages and bring them to life in a fun and engaging way.

Yes! I offer a 15% per sale affiliate program. Please don't hesitate to ask me for details or head directly to my sign-up page hosted by the Impact platform:

I welcome consignment opportunities with local gift shops, independent bookstores, and similar retail partners.

If you're a fellow small business owner, creator, or artist, I'd be delighted to explore product swaps, cross-promotions, or other collaborations.

So yeah, meet me outside! Ah no I mean, on my Contact Page! I answer all my messages myself—no AI chatbots.

Unlike many writers I deeply admire who have felt profound literary callings since childhood, practical little me had the stress of paying a San Francisco Bay Area mortgage front and center when I left tech during COVID.

As a cross-cultural kid with an academic background in international survey research, I found travel to be the perfect topic to spotlight the diverse world I've seen and felt throughout my life. My humble hope is to broaden awareness of diverse perspectives and voices in the US.

At the same time, nursing my corporate burnout made me determined to prioritize joy, wellness, and leisure. Puzzles have been a lifelong hobby of mine, so, to put it bluntly, in the end I made it my business, literally, to shove my puzzle obsession into as many faces as possible haha.

In a nutshell, I really just combined a few things I know how to do. With zero knowledge in publishing, marketing, or e-commerce, the concept took a few years of refining before coming together in real life. What I've built now gives me the autonomy to implement my own ideas, and I couldn't be more excited for what's ahead.

There are so many wonderful and affordable online resources out there that I'd argue puzzle-making has never been more accessible, even if you're starting from zero.

I started out with tools like BookBolt for activity books and Niranjan Pradhan's Instant Puzzle Generator. I've been ambitiously eyeing but procrastinating on exploring The Game Crafter for print-on-demand board games. A growing wave of educators are jumping on the gamification train now. Genially and Discovery Education Puzzlemaker are two popular choices for educators to create their own puzzle games.

As a lifelong puzzler who only recently jumped ship to the design side of things, I'd be remiss not to encourage any designer to both create and play. Test your own puzzles, swap with other puzzlers, and join puzzle communities. Best of luck!