The Wandering Library: Expanded Edition
A downloadable game
Greetings, Librarian!
Welcome to the new edition of The Wandering Library, a solo journaling RPG expanded from the one-page original.
What is it?
A journaling role-playing game is a storytelling game where you take on the role of a character (or multiple characters) and simply create a story through journaling. In this game, you will be a Librarian who owns and runs a mobile Library, travelling across different locations, encountering a range of people and events.
How do you play?
To play this game you can either use dice, or simply pick and choose from the provided lists of prompts to answer. You may use any method you like to record your answers, whether that's writing, drawing, creating audio files or however you prefer to be creative. The prompts are there to help guide and inspire you as you tell your story.
What's new in the Expanded Edition?
The original game had six locations and a table of 36 prompts. In this new version, each of the original locations now have their own sets of twelve prompts, and a new location of "On The Road". Additionally, there are brief descriptions of nine potential characters for you to meet, and four optional sponsors to support your Library. There are also some helpful questions and small tables at the beginning to help you create your Library and consider more about your Librarian.
Overall, the one page game has turned into 25 pages, and 84 prompts (excluding a few optional extras)!
Copyright © 2025 AP. (AP. Cartography) All rights reserved.
Writing, art, layout by AP.
With many thanks to those who have been a constant source of support and encouragement, and to everyone who has enjoyed the original one-page version. Without you, this expanded version may never have been created.
This game has been inspired by a love of books, storytelling and a sense of wanderlust.
100% Human Made
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of £8 GBP. You will get access to the following files:
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Thanks so much for this game. It's fun to journal with. In the original version, you needed to roll to decide where the library was going. It gave me a nice game loop to work with in journaling but this version doesn't explicitly call that out but wanted to share in case the author or others want to play this way too.
After I complete my initial setup, I roll a D6 for a location mapped below:
Roll 1 - Hilltop Village
Roll 2 - Lake Town
Roll 3 - Mountain Village
Roll 4 - New Village
Roll 5 - Port Town
Roll 6 - Woodland Town
I will then roll for that town's tables to get a new scenario to write about. Once done writing, I'll reroll for a new town. If I get the same town, I give myself the choice to reroll for a new town or for another scenario in the town. Anytime I get a new town, I then roll for "on the road" so I can write about what's happening while on the road.
Thank you for sharing! That's a great way to play it. :)
This looks great! Congrats on a beautiful edition! :)
Thank you so much! :)