How it works:

  • Every three months, the Storytelling Collective team will announce a tabletop roleplaying game system we'll be studying that quarter

  • All participants will receive prompts, and questions to guide their reading

  • In collaboration with the StoCo team, a facilitator with expertise on that quarter's game system will host live calls and online discussions

  • Participants are part of an online community where they can ask questions and share thoughts about our current read

  • Toward the end of the quarter, participants will receive writing prompts to put their new knowledge into practice!

Everything you need to successfully learn new TTRPGs

You'll get worksheets with guided reading questions, live calls with expert facilitators, and access to a private community where you can ask questions and share thoughts

Current Read: SHADOWDARK

Quarter 4 (September-November 2026)

In Shadowdark RPG, you and your group of crawlers use magic, steel, and wits to delve into mysterious ruins, lost cities, and monster-infested depths.

Wondrous treasures and long-forgotten secrets await you! But don't let your last torch burn out, or you could be swallowed by the Shadowdark...

5E players will find what they've been waiting for: an intuitive and complete TTRPG that serves as a seamless bridge into the heart of the Old School Renaissance. Old-school gamers will find a system that is familiar and nostalgic, but with major quality-of-life upgrades that modernize the old-school experience.

Your legend awaits, crawler.

Lift your blade, light your torch, and plunge into the unknown depths of the Shadowdark!
Learn more about Shadowdark RPG
A chaotic scene of robots, eyeballs, and other teenage sci-fi mischief shaped like a pizza!

Benefits of being a Bookwyrm

Your membership includes a multitude of resources to aid in your TTRPG writing and development

  • Expert Guidance

    Learn directly from experts — sometimes even those who helped make the games!

  • Discounted Resources

    Get free or discounted copies of the ttRPG books we'll be reading

  • Community Support

    Study with fellow ttRPG creators who are learning alongside you

📚 Reading Schedule

Here's what we'll be reading over the next few months!

Month

Gamebook
January-February Making Enemies: Monster Design Inspiration for Tabletop Roleplaying Games by Keith Ammann
March - May Draw Steel (MCDM)
June - August Daggerheart (Darrington Press)
September - November Shadowdark (The Arcane Library)
December Indie Showcase

Want to pitch your game as a Bookwyrms read? Email [email protected]. 

Plus, your membership gives you access to all of our previous reads 📚

Access our rich library of recordings, downloads, and resources from our previous reads, including:

  • Call of Cthulhu
  • Blades in the Dark
  • Good Society
  • Vampire: the Masquerade
  • MORK BORG
  • Pathfinder 2e
  • Starfinder
  • FATE
  • RuneQuest
  • Hunter: The Vigil
  • Dreams & Machines
  • Slugblaster

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