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Greetings Lost Dreamers! Have you seen the glory of the Bleeding Eye? Faiths and cults play a major role in the Painted Wastelands. The Sect of the Bleeding Eye makes an appearance in this adventure. Today, they have conquered the City of the Ever... (Read More)

Greetings Lost Dreamers, you have made it.  The end of this Kickstarter campaign is upon us! At 4 am (Mountain Time) the Painted Wastelands Kickstarter will close. While that feels like the end, it is in fact, only the beginning. I recently struck a... (Read More)

Greetings Lost Dreamers! Welcome to the penultimate day of this Kickstarter.  Today I want to review what we have coming your way.  Regular CoverBeautiful regular cover by Tim MolloyEvery backer will receive a digital PDF of the Painted Wastelands.... (Read More)

Greetings Lost Dreamers, do you hear that? It is the sound of music wafting over the pastel desert.  We have just unlocked more music produced by Morbis Wretch. This is a digital stretch goal designed to give you some cool synthy tunes to play in... (Read More)

Greetings Friends of Grint Fleebo!  Grint Fleebo is one of the many characters players can meet in the Painted Wastelands. He is met by the party along a trail in the mountains. Some pilgrims use this mountain pass as a short cut along the... (Read More)

Greetings Lost Dreamers. Are you here seeking absolution?  We are closing in on the end of this Kickstarter. I have had so much fun showing what we have created. The fun part about running a Kickstarter is getting to know each of you and forming a... (Read More)

Greetings Lost Dreamers!  The Strange Parade is a constant part of Tim's artwork and an arterial flow of bizarre entities constantly moving through his world. Where do they come from? No one knows. Why are they traveling? It doesn't matter. Where... (Read More)

Greetings Lost Dreamers! In the Grim Dark Future there are only Stretch Goals!  Thanks to your incredible support we have unlocked another stretch goal! Tim and I are so grateful for your constant support and kindness. Writing and creating art can... (Read More)

Greetings Lost Dreamers, would you like some ExXxtra Spicy Pork Rinds or a brochure?  Over the next few days we are going to take a journey down the Jugular Gulch, a river red with blood.  Your River Voyage Begins HereAt the Visitor Center, players... (Read More)

Greetings Lost Dreamers, are you ready to rock?! HELL YEAH YOU ARE!  Squelching Mollusk doing their best to melt some faces.One of our 4 dungeons sits on the bleeding edge of reality, it is the remains of a once great palace of the Oneiri Kingdom.... (Read More)

A very unique looking roleplaying game sourcebook is entering its final Kickstarter week for Sharktopus Games. In The Painted Wasteland, player characters will embark on journeys across a weird and dangerous dreamscape designed for Old School Essentials. The project is past the 700% funding mark and you can score a copy of the physical book (plus digital and physical stretch goals) for a $55.00 pledge or grab just the PDF (plus digital stretch goals) for a $35.00 through August 31st. Expected delivery for digital releases is this December with the physical releases to follow next March. (Read More)

Greetings Lost Dreamers! Come closer so that we can listen to the whispered secrets of dreams.  The Painted Wastelands is set in a dreamworld, it is strongly influenced by Little Nemo and Alice in Wonderland. Your players find themselves lost in... (Read More)

Greetings Lost Travelers! I bear news from very distant lands!  The Painted Wastelands has Arrived in Australia! As part of this project, Tim and I had prototypes made. We wanted to have something real to show you. It's also a test, a scrimmage... (Read More)

Greetings Lost Dreamers!  HISSSSS!!!We continue to huff the sacral ectoplasm as deeply as we can and peer between the cursed pages of The Painted Wastelands!  Today I'm here to tell you about the Moist Ones. These ancient and strange beings are... (Read More)

Greetings Lost Dreamers!  We have unlocked our next stretch goal, which means all PHYSICAL backers will receive TWO different stickers in their packages! A couple of days ago (feels like months ago) we had a small election and the votes came in. ... (Read More)

PRAISE BE GLORIOUS DREAMERS! REJOICE! THOU HATH BEEN CHOSEN TO SERVE THE BLEEDING EYE! HAVE YOU SEEN THE BLEEDING EYE? WON'T YOU JOIN US?The Bleeding Eye Cult appeared in several Mr. Unpronounceable comics. These profane cultists daubed psychoactive... (Read More)

Greetings Lost Dreamers, hand over all your ectos and nobody gets hurt!  This band of swarthy raiders patrol around Area 0405 and the bordering hexes. They are a group of raiders led by their bandit king. They tool around in their personnel carrier... (Read More)

Greetings Lost Dreamers, have a seat and relax in the shade!  A good hexcrawl needs a community, a place for players to obtain news, go carousing, sell their ill-gotten merch, and spend their ectos. In the Painted Wastelands, that's the Sorcerer's... (Read More)

Meow meow Lost Dreamers! This is a polite and traditional greeting in Meowspeak.  As Tim and I discussed new classes we could introduce for Old School Essentials, the one that excited me the most was the Cat. Cats play a prominent role in HP... (Read More)

Greetings Lost Dreamers! Drink this can of Wizard Gulp! soda and taste what the future holds! These beautiful gardens drift and float on the eddies of the Liminality. There are several plot hooks and leads that help draw players throughout the... (Read More)

Greetings lost dreamers! Prepare your soft spongy brains for a deep infodump.  Some of you may already be fans of Tim and his comics. If you've followed him on Instagram or Patreon you've seen some of the adventures of a necromancer named Mr.... (Read More)

Dive into the weird world of The Painted Wastelands, a mind-melting RPG adventure module designed for Old School Essentials. (Read More)

Greetings lost dreamers, welcome to your nightmare!  Every story needs a villain. The Painted Wastelands seems like a gentle, playful place where desert weirdos peacefully smoke ectoplasm and chill out to synthy music. But beneath this facade of... (Read More)

Christopher Willet, author of AEON: Ancient Greece, and the artist Tim Molloy have a colourful sandbox adventure live on Kickstarter. The Painted Wastelands is a smoke-hazy hexcrawl designed for Old School Essentials. The Kickstarter asked for $5,000 and with three weeks to run there’s more than $30,000 pledged. You can see progress on the pitch page. (Read More)

Greatings lost dreamers! Inhale the ectoplasmic mists with me and take a peek behind the curtain of reality.  Today I am here to tell you all about the Oneiri Tribespeople. These strange wanderers come out of a region called the Glitch Lands that... (Read More)

Greetings lost dreamers! What an amazing week it has been. Monday was our best day since day one, and Tim and I are so happy you are here. Your support for this project means a lot to us.  And thanks to your incredible support we have blasted... (Read More)

Greetings lost dreamers!  The Painted Wastelands is a small corner of Tim's world. It sits on the raggedy edge of reality, and is sometimes called the Outer Dreamlands. It is a strange place built on the logic, or lack of logic, of dreams. Tim first... (Read More)

Greetings Lost Dreamers!  I wanted to share with you the last few add-ons. Every All In pledge backer will receive the referee screen, and a set of the ectoplasm dice. Anyone can add these to their pledge anytime.  The Referee screen was drawn by... (Read More)

Greatings Lost Dreamers!  Thanks to your incredible support, I'm proud to announce that we have unlocked another stretch goal! All physical backers will now receive an awesome sticker designed by Tim Molloy. That means that Hardcover Pledges,... (Read More)

Greetings Lost Dreamers! The Deck of Strange Things is a beautiful deck of 22 tarot cards illustrated by Tim Molloy.  Every all-in backer will receive a set of these cards. Anyone can add these cards to your pledge anytime. The first card: The... (Read More)

Greetings Lost Dreamers! I'm here with another peek behind the scenes! How did Tim and I develop this component of the Painted Wastelands? Ectos are paper currency used in the Painted Wastelands. Every All-In backer will receive an envelope with 250... (Read More)

Greetings lost dreamers!  Chris here, and we wanted to share with you the amazing hexmap Tim drew. As I was writing I used a hand drawn map that I sent to Tim. He took it and ran with it! Each hex comes with a detailed encounter. The four major... (Read More)

Greetings lost dreamers! Thanks to your unbelievable support, we have blasted through our first stretch goal! We are bringing you music by Morbis Wretch! The idea for this stretch goal came from Tim and I discussing the type of music we like to... (Read More)

Greetings lost dreamers!  I reached out to Gallant Goblin to create a preview video for the Painted Wastelands and he did a great job! I really enjoyed this video and I hope you did as well. He gave a very detailed look into some of what's inside... (Read More)

Greetings Lost Dreamers! After several folks reached out to me, and I did a little research I added a Limited Edition Gold Foil Cover pledge level. This comes with only one copy of the book and any add-ons you wish to apply. I was mistakenly under... (Read More)

Greetings lost dreamers! We did it! What an amazing start! Tim and I want to thank each of you who supported the Painted Wastelands and brought us to this point. We are so grateful for your support.  This project began when I stumbled across Tim... (Read More)