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

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Current Read: MAKING ENEMIES

Quarter 1 (January - February 2026)

In Making Enemies, Ammann explores everything that goes into creating monsters from the ground up: size, number, and level of challenge; monster habitats; monster motivations; monsters as metaphors; monsters and magic; the monstrous anatomy possessed by real-world organisms; and how to customize monsters for your own tabletop roleplaying game adventuring party to confront.

No longer limited to one game system, Making Enemies shows you how to build out your creations not just for D&D 5E but also for Pathfinder 2E, Shadowdark, the Cypher System, and Call of Cthulhu 7E. Including interviews with some of the most brilliant names in RPG and creature design, Making Enemies gives you the tools to surprise and delight your players—and terrify their characters—again and again.
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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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