I am completely new
Prepare the first table
See what human players do, how the connected AI Tread Master runs the world, and when the Chronicle Engine resolves uncertainty.
See how play begins →
The Library
Choose the book that answers your question.
Read the complete Player’s Handbook, Tread Master’s Guide, and Bestiary as illustrated web editions.
Where should I start?
Start from the thing you want to do.
You do not need to read all three books before the game makes sense.
I want to make a character
Begin Character Discovery
Describe a person in your own words and choose their Practice. The Tread Master writes the life behind them, and you read it back and correct it.
Discover a character →I want to understand the AI
Inspect the Tread Master’s guide
This public AI-facing reference explains how the connected Tread Master must present truth, preserve player purpose, and steward a Chronicle without steering a plot.
Open the AI reference →I want creatures and ecology
Open the living world
Meet peoples, wildlife, Depths life, small fey, and encounters described through ecology before danger.
Enter the Bestiary →
IFor every player
Player's Handbook
The player-facing path through the Tread: its world, Pulse, Depths, seven Lineages, eight Practices, action, Character Discovery, and the economy.
For the AI Tread Master
Tread Master's Guide
The public operating reference for the connected AI that stewards a living Chronicle without steering a plot or taking player authority.
IIIFor the life of the Tread
The Bestiary
A baseline of peoples, ecologies, dangers, wonders, and living evidence—never a closed roster of combat units.