Editing Wretchedverse (section)

=Wretched Epoque=
The Wretchedverse does [[Historical Fantasy]] with this setting, based out of the Belle Epoque - that 43 year period between 1871 and 1914 prior to World War 1. This was a time dominated in the real world by governmental turmoil both overt and covert, and rapid technological advancement, so the game concerns itself mad scientists, secret societies, conspiracies, otherworldly things and horror. This is the time period between [[Steampunk]] and [[Dieselpunk]], filtered through the Wretchedverse's trademark cynicism and bleakness.

Confused? Well, yeah, the Belle Epoque is a bit obscure outside of Europe these days, but this is the era of a lot of early science fiction, horror, crime and pulp novels - Edgar Allen Poe's works, Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, H.G.Wells, H.P.Lovecraft, Frankenstein, Arsene Lupin, these are just a tiny fraction of the novels written here.

Luckily, the corebook thoroughly breaks down what the deal is with the Belle Epoque, as well as notable figures and events from it.

Aside from the corebook, the Wretched Epoque contains these [[splatbook]]s:
* ''In The Mouth of Hell:''' An adventure in which Aleister Crowley unwittingly releases a powerful chaos demon in Portugal.
* '''(In)Sanitorium:''' An adventure in which a newly constructed sanatorium & spa resort inadvertently becomes overwrun by Lovecraftian horrors.