The Wretched
I’m proud to announce the release of The Wretched, a solo RPG inspired by the films and music of John Carpenter and the music of Nine Inch Nails.
The Wretched is a solo journaling RPG played with a deck of cards, a tumbling block tower, and a microphone.
You are the last surviving crew member of the intergalactic salvage ship The Wretched. Adrift between stars after an engine failure, your ship was attacked by a hostile alien lifeform. The crew are dead.
You thought you had won. You launched the creature out of an airlock, and that should have meant safety.
It didn’t.
The Wretched comes as a printable PDF complete with a unique soundtrack written and recorded just for the game. There’s also a print run strictly limited to 25 copies.
You can buy The Wretched from itchh.io:
April 21, 2020 @ 4:43 am
Have you thought of ways to still fail without the tower? I would mostly play this at night with my family asleep, and having a tower fall wouldn’t be great. I’ve been kicking around a die roll, but it doesn’t have that same sense of building dread.
April 21, 2020 @ 7:41 am
Hi Jason,
There’s still a fail state without the tower. The tower represents your ship’s integrity, but the Kings in the deck represent the creature getting closer to you. If you draw 4 Kings at any point, you succumb to the creature and fail.
It’s a less intense game, but failure is still the most likely outcome.
Hope this helps!
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February 4, 2023 @ 8:03 am
I’d like to get a hard copy (in the distant future) but live in the u.s., 1) can it be bought with u.s. cash, 2) can it be shipped to the u.s.?
February 4, 2023 @ 8:50 am
Yes, I ship to the US. You can get it here: https://loottheroom.uk/product/wretched