Tomebound Tactics
For libraries
Tomebound Tactics is nearly alone among mobile games: its content supply chain is real books. Players level up by studying books they hold in their hands. Libraries are not an audience for this game — they are where it is played.
The pilot
We are running the pilot with one Wisconsin public library at a time, for one eight-week epoch. A single partner first lets the pilot be shaped by a real library's calendar, collection, and readers before the next library is invited. Each pilot library gets:
- A canon display, curated by the library's own staff: we provide the epoch's canon shortlist, and the library selects the titles it holds or chooses to acquire, and arranges the display in its own way.
- A poster and QR card linking the display to the game.
- One optional study-night event, run by the library, in its own way.
The pilot is measured without any patron data: QR-attributed signups per library, aggregate canon circulation if the library is willing to share it, total canon studies, and staff feedback. No payment either way, no exclusivity.
Privacy, stated plainly
- No player location is collected, stored, or displayed, ever.
- No library-card or patron data is collected, by the game or by the library for the game.
- No free-text chat exists in the game.
- Sponsored titles are always labelled as sponsored.
School libraries are out of scope for the pilot, pending a separate policy review. The pilot covers public libraries only.
Summer reading and teen programs
Epochs can align with summer reading programs and teen/YA programming: the epoch canon is a reading list, and the game rewards finishing books. Alignment is optional and shaped by each library.
Express interest
If your library would like to be considered for the pilot, write to castspells@tomeboundtactics.com. Tell us the library, the town, and whether a canon display or a study night interests you.