In this scenario, the PCs take the roles of agents of the Criminal Brigade tasked with investigating a sensitive case: The abduction of a wealthy family’s young and only child. It should take place in late 19th century or early 20th century Paris, as in most Wretched Époque scenarios. You can purchase it at The Red Room Store or Big Geek Emporium.
Our friends at the Nedrcognito podcast reviewed Wretched Époque. You can listen to it here:
If this piques your interest, we remind you that we released a new scenario for Époque yesterday (Tears of Belphegor): https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/423692/Tears-of-Belphegor
And here’s a discount code for Wretched Époque: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?discount=9f91aa3259
In the Mouth of Hell – Released (DrivethruRPG and BGE, Lulu coming later)
A scenario for Wretched Époque or other investigative horror games set in the Belle Époque. It can also be easily adapted to fit other Wretchedverse games, such as Wretched Country, Wretchploitation and Wretched New Flesh.
On the night of December 8th 1901, British occultist Ambrose Fanshaw was murdered by a Portuguese friend, poet and student of occult lore, Artur Corvelo, while staying in Portugal. Fanshaw was thrown off Boca do Inferno (Mouth of Hell), a steep cliff near Cascais, by his associate Corvelo.
Teodoro Albergaria, the lighthouse keeper of the nearby Santa Marta phare, witnessed the murder and testified in court. Even though Fanshaw’s body wasn’t found, Corvelo was trialled, convicted of murder and jailed. However, the poet mysteriously vanished from prison two months after being sentenced. The police are flabbergasted by the scholar’s vanishing act. But the real story is a little more convoluted than that…
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/413484/In-the-Mouth-of-Hell?src=newest
Coming soon from the Red Room: In the Mouth of Hell, a Wretched Époque scenario (and by soon, I mean next week, tomorrow we’ll release All Bets are Off)
On the night of December 8th 1901, British occultist Ambrose Fanshaw was murdered by a Portuguese friend, poet and student of occult lore, Artur Corvelo, while staying in Portugal. Fanshaw was thrown off Boca do Inferno (Mouth of Hell), a steep cliff near Cascais, by his associate Corvelo.
Teodoro Albergaria, the lighthouse keeper of the nearby Santa Marta phare, witnessed the murder and testified in court. Even though Fanshaw’s body wasn’t found, Corvelo was trialled, convicted of murder and jailed. However, the poet mysteriously vanished from prison two months after being sentenced. The police are flabbergasted by the scholar’s vanishing act.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/399586/Wretched-Epoque
Since Wretched Époque made it to Silver Seller and (In)Sanatorium was well received, I decided to put Space on hold one more week and get one more Wretched Époque scenario ready: In the Mouth of Hell will be one of our next releases.
The Goat Lady is now available as a black and white softcover at DrivethruRPG
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/409419/The-Goat-Lady
It’s also at Lulu..com: https://www.lulu.com/shop/miguel-ribeiro/the-goat-lady/paperback/product-mn72z2.html?q=the+goat+lady&page=1&pageSize=4
(In)sanatorium is available at Lulu as a softcover: https://www.lulu.com/shop/s%C3%ADlvia-clemente-and-miguel-ribeiro/insanatorium/paperback/product-2pvrmz.html?q=&page=1&pageSize=4
Something Wretched This Way Comes available as a softcover at Lulu: https://www.lulu.com/shop/miguel-ribeiro/something-wretched-this-way-comes/paperback/product-5p7jp2.html?q=&page=1&pageSize=4
In Wretched Depravity available as a softcover at Lulu: https://www.lulu.com/shop/joe-coombs-and-miguel-ribeiro/in-wretched-depravity/paperback/product-vz8q6g.html?q=&page=1&pageSize=4
Good news: Wretched Époque made it to Best Silver Seller at DrivethruRPG. Thanks to everybody who helped make this happen. And… there will be more entries in the Époque line soon.
(In)Sanatorium Released (Drivethru and Big Geek Emporium)
A Lovecraftian scenario for the old-school horror game Wretched Époque, by Silvia Clemente.
Through the small French town of Royat flows a stream of miraculous water. Still, the spring’s history is also connected to ancient ghost stories, and the locals prefer to avoid it just in case. Until the day an eccentric Russian prince is cured of his long ailment and decides to share the water miracle with the world, building a unique avant-garde Sanatorium & Spa Resort.
However, the townspeople were actually right by fearing those ancient tales; something ancient, unnatural and dangerous lurks in the shadows of the sanatorium and the preternatural cure may come with a heavy price. The answer to this mystery is in the water.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/412465/InSanatorium
(In)Sanatorium, a Wretched Époque scenario by Silvia Clemente, will be the Red Rooms’ next release. Coming soon.
Through the small French town of Royat flows a stream of miraculous water. Still, the spring’s history is also connected to ancient ghost stories, and the locals prefer to avoid it just in case. Until the day an eccentric Russian prince is cured of his long ailment and decides to share the water miracle with the world, building a unique avant-garde Sanatorium & Spa Resort.
However, the townspeople were actually right by fearing those ancient tales; something ancient, unnatural and dangerous lurks in the shadows of the sanatorium and the preternatural cure may come with a heavy price. The answer to this mystery is in the water.
(In)Sanatorium, a Lovecraftian scenario for Wretched Époque by Silvia Clemente, is the Red Room’s next release. Under the small French town of Royat, supposedly miraculous waters flow. Still, the spring’s history is also connected to ancient ghost stories, and the locals prefer to avoid it just in case. Until the day an eccentric Russian prince is cured of his long ailment and decides to share the water miracle with the world, building a unique avant-garde Sanatorium & Spa Resort. But the townspeople were actually right; something ancient, unnatural and dangerous lurks in the shadows of the sanatorium and the preternatural cure may come with a heavy price.
Wretched Époque: Wretched Époque takes place in the period known as the Belle Époque. This is the time and the fictional place where Umberto Eco’s Simone Simonini crosses paths with Jacques Tardi’s Adèle Blanc-Sec, Edgar Allan Poe’s Chevalier Auguste Dupin and Maurice Leblanc’s Arsène Lupin, amidst anarchist bombings, the echoes of the Dreyfus affair, the catastrophic side effects of secret societies conspiring in the shadows and the mysterious results of experiences conducted by mad geniuses. Not yet pulp, not quite historical, it is neither the right time nor the right mood for Steampunk or Dieselpunk. Welcome to the wretched times of Nouveaupunk!
