Take courage traveler! You're lost in The Painted Wastelands.
You are stranded upon the ragged edge of the infinite worlds of dreaming. Prepare your soul to enter a lucid land of sorcerers and endless pastel colored sands. Follow for free: Instantly download the 5.5e preview PDF. Reserve for $4.99: Secure the VIP adventure and dice bonuses, then pledge when the campaign launches.
The Painted Wastelands won the 2025 ENNIE Award for Best Interior Art and the 2026 ENNIE Award for Best Supplement. Now this surreal fantasy hexcrawl has been rebuilt from the ground up for 5.5e as two full-color hardcover books.
Explore an acid-punk dreamworld filled with desert weirdos, ravenous ghouls, teeth-stealing nightmares, strange magic, and the unmistakable artwork of Tim Molloy. No previous Painted Wastelands books are required.
This project includes:
The Painted Wastelands Adventurer’s Guide
More than 148 pages of player-facing material, including 12 new subclasses, backgrounds, species, spells, equipment, and wasteland vehicles.
The Painted Wastelands Campaign Guide
More than 160 pages containing the complete 36-hex Painted Wastelands campaign, along with settlements, encounters, monsters, and magic items.
From Agamemnon Press Publisher of The Painted Wastelands, Empire of Bones, and HELLCRAWL. Follow the project to be notified when the campaign launches in October 13, 2026.
Have You Already Visited The Painted Wastelands? This edition rebuilds the setting for 5.5e D&D while keeping the surreal secret sauce: gorgeous artwork, dream logic, and acid-punk strangeness intact.
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