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The Wandering Library
A downloadable game
You are the proud owner of a Wandering Library. Whether you bought, built or inherited it, it is your home. Travelling as far and as wide as you desire, your days are spent encountering an assortment of customers, exploring new locations, and tending to your beloved home of books.
This is a solo journaling RPG, a game designed to generate prompts for you to answer in as much or as little detail as you would like. All you need is two six-sided dice and your preferred method of journaling. Using the tables provided, you will explore locations and meet different people, recording your adventures and encounters as you travel in your Wandering Library.
All art, writing and design is by AP.
Font used: Folklore, by Aesoterik.
This game was made for the One-Page RPG Jam 2023 and may be expanded upon at a future date (update: the Expanded version is now available here!). Any and all feedback is highly appreciated and welcome.
If you enjoyed this game, why not check out The Wandering Tea Garden?
Translations
Italian version available here, translated by Camilla Zamboni.
Spanish version available here, translated by El Bastion del Dinosaurio.
Russian version available here, translated by Niknskov.
Brazillian Portuguese version, translated by Jeff Neves, is available to download along with the English version.
German version, translated by Ludiosis, is available to download along with the English version.
If you are interested in providing a free translated copy of this game, you may do so provided that you do not change the format, style, or concept of the game, and that you maintain the copyright information. If you do create a translation, please send me (AP) a link to it for sharing here so people can read in their preferred language (if available), and please provide a link to the original game also, thank you!
Download
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Development log
- Expanded Edition Now Available!27 days ago
- Another Expanded Edition Update55 days ago
- German Translation Now Available!73 days ago
- Expanded Edition Progress Update96 days ago
- Brazilian Portuguese translation now available!Jul 30, 2025
- Expanded Edition in ProgressJul 07, 2025
- Spanish Version Now Available!Jan 21, 2025
- Italian Version Now Available!Sep 01, 2024
Comments
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Thank you so much for this awesome rpg! If you would ever like a Dutch translation, I can help out :D
You're so welcome! Please feel free to make a Dutch translation! You can drop me a link to it once it's done and it'll be added to the list, or you can email me a copy to add it to the downloads. :)
ap.cartography.art@gmail.com
I loved this solo rpg! It's really nice how accessible and easy it is, as you can dive right into playing! As someone who's newer to games such as these it's great!
I made a storyline about a privileged elf who took up being a Wandering Librarian to give back to her community, and her library is in the shell of a giant snail who also loves books ;)
It was great fun and I'd recommend this to anyone who loves books, solo rpgs, and whimsical magic! <3
Aw thank you so much and I absolutely love the sound of the story you made with it! I'm so glad you enjoyed it so much!
This was really fun! I liked the freedom for the player to write whatever kind of story they wanted (I ended up doing a horror playthrough), and I thought the prompts were all really solid!
Aw thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed it and had such freedom to tell the story you wanted!
Wow, I discovered about solo journaling rpg today and this was my first game.
I still didn't finish playing it, because it's 2AM in my country and I was going to sleep, but I wanted to make a comment before.
I loved this game so much, it's so cozy and simple, the kind of game I was searching for! This type of ttrpg is amazing, specially because I don't have a lot friends to play with me when I want to play and becauss I don't know why but I don't feel so comfortable playing ttrpg in groups.
Fun fact: I'm studying to be a librarian, so the game captivated me since the moment I saw it in a youtube video.
Aw that's amazing, thank you so much for your comment and I'm so glad you enjoyed it so much! Good luck with your studies!
^-^ thanks!
Hi 👋☺️
I just purchased this lovely game (yeah, haven't played it yet, but I know it's lovely), I didn't know such thing as journaling RPG existed, I'm thrilled!
I'm a former translator looking to go back in the field, so I'd love to contribute and translate the game to French. Would you be OK if I added it to my portfolio? (I'd credit you, of course!)
Hello! Aw thank you! And yes that is absolutely fine. Let me know a link if you post it on itch or somewhere else and I can add it to the list to direct people to it. :) Thank you so much!
Teehee, working on it, very happily ^^ Love the theme, and love going back to my linguistic riddles! French is a latin language, so very bi-gendered, and making the language neutral is a veeery touchy subject! I'll try to it seamlessly, invisibly neutral, so it'll probably take a few days!
Ooh, good luck with it! And I hope you enjoy playing the game (eventually xD) too! There are so many wonderful solo journaling RPGs out there so I hope it helps you to go and discover more. :)
I'm combining this game with my 30 day exercise challenge because a librarian still has to lift heavy books, squat to tidy up lower shelves and explore the area. In the back of my notebook, I'm compiling a list of made up book titles and authors for added details. Already, this game is blooming into a whole rose garden of ideas! Thank you for making this available for us! 💝
Aw that's amazing! So glad you're having such fun with it!
Thank you! I came across this on Pinterest. I brought it to a family vacation, and we used this as a writing challenge. With three generations we rolled our dice each day and then each wrote a short story in our preferred genre and style. We even made crossovers, in which our characters and Libraries met each other. While I didn't tip you when downloading, I just made up for it, after we all had so much fun with it!
Aw that sounds amazing! Thank you so much and I'm so glad you all had lots of fun with it! I love the idea of the libraries and characters meeting across stories. Thanks again!
Hi!
I really enjoyed your solo journaling RPG "The Wandering Library" and decided to translate it into Russian so more people could play it!
Thank you very much for this wonderful game!
Translation link - Блуждающая библиотека by Niknskov
Regads,
Thank you so much! I am so glad you enjoyed it and thank you for the translation! :)
Thank you very much for the game, as I commented I translated it into Spanish and it is available at the following link
https://el-bastion-del-dino.itch.io/la-biblioteca-errante
Regads,
Thank you so much! :)
One of my first, and still my favorite. I enjoy making the libraries (yes, I have a many) and exploring the little worlds I make when playing. Helps me come up with little cozy stories.
Aw thank you, I'm so glad you're enjoying it so much! I love that you have made many libraries and cozy stories!
Out of respect for you and the game - that and I haven't been giving permission, I haven't posted anything online. That is fun anyway, to keep it a secret!
Well you are more than welcome to post things online if you want to! I would ask that if you do, to include a small credit so folks know where to find the game, but otherwise feel free to share what you create from it as you wish! It's not necessary to, but if you do please share it here too so I can see as I'd love to see how and what people create from this little game. :)
I would always credit and link when I can, though I am unsure of where I would post online though. Thank you for the permission.
I have figured it out!
https://patreon.com/mossycatslibrary?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm...
Yay! Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to reading more about your libraries!
Hi!
It's a simple game with tables that go perfectly along my other journaling games. Leaves enough room to add your own flavour to it.
Thanks! Hope you have lots of fun with it!
Hello there! I truly love this small little solo journaling TRPG you created, and I have translated it into Italian. I wanted to reach you to ask a few questions, along with your permission to share the Italian version of "The Wandering Library" (absolutely free of course) with link to your page and of course proper attribution. What is a good email or contact to chat with you?
Thanks so much! :)
Camilla
P.S. Please see my Itch page to see other translations I have done, including "Last Tea Shop" with the author's permission.
Hi Camilla! Thank you so much for your message and I'm so glad you loved the game. You're more than welcome to post the Italian version and you can contact me by email at ap.cartography.art@gmail.com for any questions! :) Thanks again, AP.
Thank you so much for your kind reply! I will be in touch soon. :)
CZ
i'm fairly new to solo rpgs and i've only just started this one but i am absolutely loving it! thank you so much :)
Aw you're very welcome and thank you!
Thank you! I hope you enjoy it when you do play it, and would love to hear what sort of Library you make!
Does this game support Wigfish education & conservation...
It does now with the Wigfish Hovercraft Book lending service.
Help a Wigfish today :)
Love it! We must educate the masses about the wonders of the Wigfish and how to protect them.
Very nice little game. For some reason I immediately went for a Ghibli-like world. Thanks for the fun!
Thank you! That sounds wonderful. Howl's Moving Castle was definitely a source of inspiration for this. So glad you're having fun with it!