Wandering Dreams 2e
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🌙 Wandering Dreams 2e — A Solo Journaling RPG of Memory, Mystery, and Transformation
Wandering Dreams 2e is the newly expanded second edition of a solo storytelling RPG about wandering through haunted landscapes, unravelling memories, and becoming something other than human.
You play a Wanderer - someone who has entered the Dream, a surreal and shifting world of rotwood forests, collapsing ruins, divine silence, and blood-drenched streets. Explore evocative Realms, including The Hunt, Silent Devotion, and Rust and Ruin, each offering unique beings, artifacts, conditions, and transformations.
Inspired by Bloodborne, Dark/Demon’s Souls, Castlevania, and MÖRK BORG, this second edition refines the original with tighter rules, modular realm systems, a legacy mechanic, transformation paths, and an open-ended structure designed for poetic horror and personal myth-making.
To play, all you need is a six-sided die, a pack of standard playing cards, a journal, and time to reflect. You'll draw prompts, discover relics, encounter beings, and shape your Wanderer’s journey across a dreamscape that remembers every scar, sacrifice, and story.
There are no stats or hit points — only what you choose to carry, abandon, and become. The Dream reacts to your presence. Over time, it changes — and you change with it.
Perfect for solo players seeking mood, mystery, and quiet dread — whether you want a single evening of reflection or an evolving world across sessions.
Light a candle. Open your journal. Let the Dream take you in.
The Dream awaits. And it knows your name.
All art done by the amazing Perplexing Ruins.
ðŸ’Wandering Dreams 2e is free for all owners of Wandering Dreams (1e).
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(Last updated March 11, 2026)
Development log
- Community Copies AddedJul 18, 2025
- Fixed Version UploadedMay 04, 2025
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really beautiful, just like the last one. I came back to Wandering Dreams whenever i needed some inspiration, so finding out there was a 2e was a real delight! Its beautifully put together and the dream realms are so atmospheric and that perfect combination of eerie and dreamlike and terrifying. Really excellent work and well worth picking up.
Two things I DID notice was that the silent devotion Things table has the swarm of bees from the rotwood dreaming in it’s wild card slot! After that, I noticed every realm after rotwood dreaming (astral collapse and silent devotion) also requires a mushroom circle for its ritual. I don’t know if that was intentional if they’re connected realms but I thought i would point it out.
I'm very glad to hear you are enjoying the game. I really wanted to extend the "creepiness factor" with it, and am always happy to hear others feel like it actually worked!
As for the tables; I believe that these are errors on my part. The actual requirement are there, but the lord behind it is wrong. I'll get that updated ASAP. Appreciate your eyes on this!
This looks amazing. Can’t wait to play, on many levels, in many ways. I’ve been looking for a dream component to my other solo campaigns, and this one looks like it will work perfectly.
Question: have people come up with additional realms?
No additional realms, that I know of. I hope that what is included provides a good starting point for your solo campaigns!
It does, thanks. I have this vague idea that I want a dream world that is kinda like the Fey (but not the Fey). People can get glimpses of it through dreams--and monsters can cross over from the dream world into the mortal one. I have not found any ruleset that really captures what I was wanting, but I think *Wandering Dreams* does very nicely. Thanks again!
hi! This looks great and i want play it but... the Rust and ruin realm ends abruptly with the events table with nothing more!
I see what you mean! Weird, must have been an export issue. I'll re-do it and publish the changes right now.
This looks wonderful! The bottom of the pages say 'Wandering Souls'. Is that right?
Oh yeah, that is wrong. Haha
I'll fix it and upload the changes soon.
I just started playing the original Wandering Dreams so this 2e version is very exciting! I'm looking forward to playing.
This will give you A LOT more stuff to play with. Enjoy!