1.0Games, Crafts, and Thoughts from Mortainehttps://www.mortaine.com/blogMortainehttps://www.mortaine.com/blog/author/admin/The Wretched: Actual Play - Games, Crafts, and Thoughts from Mortainerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="swOL3lUCNU"><a href="https://www.mortaine.com/blog/2025/07/23/the-wretched-actual-play/">The Wretched: Actual Play</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.mortaine.com/blog/2025/07/23/the-wretched-actual-play/embed/#?secret=swOL3lUCNU" width="600" height="338" title="“The Wretched: Actual Play” — Games, Crafts, and Thoughts from Mortaine" data-secret="swOL3lUCNU" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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This fictional work is an “actual play” from the solo journaling game called “The Wretched” by Chris Bissette. Content warnings: strong language, horror, hopelessness, alien attack, stranded in space, fecal matter, dead bodies, pet death. Played on July 23, 2025. The premise of the game is that the player is the sole survivor of an […]