The Dream Shrine
A downloadable game
SWEET DREAMS
You wake up in a bed on a bamboo platform on the back of a 300' tall woolly mammoth. Pink sky and orange desert surround you. Elephant-shaped balloons drift lazily out of a hole in the mammoth's back. Enter the Dream Shrine, master its challenges, escape with your life. Just hang on to your teeth...
The Dream Shrine is a compact dream-world escape-room style adventure module for Old-School Essentials, Cairn, or other fantasy role-playing games. It is the first collaboration between Brad Kerr (Hideous Daylight, Wyvern Songs) and Skullfungus (Isle of Ixx, Down and Out in Dredgeburg).
Contains the bonus adventure: "Forest for the Trees."
Physical copies available from fine online retailers.
Winner of "Best Adventure - Short form" in the 2025 Ennie Awards.
Featured on Questing Beast (spoilers abound)
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $9.99 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Development log
- Official soundtrack44 days ago
- Dream Shrine out nowAug 05, 2024
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I saw the art and was like wow and then realized it was skullfungus (hi former co-worker). Great stuff!
Hi there! I am interested to run the adventure for my nieces, but is there a version of the map without the numbers?
Ran this last night in about 3 and a half hours using Knave 1e. We had a blast, it's a very well deserved Ennie win and makes it really easy to have a fun, scary, weird time with your friends.
Thank you Bodie!!
What are the amount of sessions this typically takes? Too long to squeeze into a one shot and do it justice?
I've run it 4 times and each game clocked in around 3 hours. Very one-shot-able.
Awesome, thanks!
Hey Brad, congratulations!
I know that the physical options are pending, but is it possible to pay now, pick up the PDF now, and then get the physical copy later rather than paying twice or waiting?
Hi! Thanks for your interest! I don't really do direct sales and most retailers seem to be out of stock (Cairn Store might still have some copies) so buying digital is probably your best bet if you want to play quicker. It might take a few months for me to do a reprint.
Great Adventure, congrats on the award!
Congrats on being a Ennie's Winner!!!!
Congrats on getting an ennie nom (that was fun to say)
How many pages is there? Tia
24 pages, A5 size paper
Is there a level recommendation for this?
nm, found elsewhere: Levels 1-3.
So hot!
Too much fun for waking mortals!