Friday, March 22, 2024

OSR Review & Commentary The Wretched Bestiary by ML Straus For The Expended Wretched Rpg

 " The Wretched Bestiary, by ML Straus is now available at The Red Room store, Giant Slayer Games and Big Geek Emporium. In spite of the Wretched prefix this 314-page book was designed to be used in any OSR game. " 




"Sure, it has a fair amount of Wretched supernatural and alien monstrosities, but you will also find in it dragons, orcs, goblins, undead, giants, trolls (and slime, of course). With a stunning (perhaps even brave) cover by Jae Tanaka complemented by the interior illustrations of Jeremy Hart, bringing to life both the wretched and the classic denizens of fantasy realms." 

https://moordereht.com/product/wretched-bestiary

The Wretched Bestiary by ML Straus is a huge collection of monsters that serves as a great overview of the Wretchedverse rpg monsters. Wretched Bestery codifies and classifies all of the monsters in the Wretched family of rpg's. 
What makes the Wretched Bestery so good is the fact that horror games lives and die on thier monsters. And this supplement is packed with animals & monsters including those from the Beyond. 
And the Wretched Bestery contains creatures everywhere from urban legends as well as Crytids to mythological monsters. This puts the Wretchedverse rpg on another level because it sets up the entire game with potential NPC's and enemies with literally unlimited game potential. According to 
The Red Room (Miguel Ribeiro
 The Revised & Expanded Wretched Rules will; "
More than 600 pages, containg the revised core rules and a selection of optional rules from all the Wretched settings."





























 And what does this have to with the Wretched Bestery?! Everything the book expands on many sections from mundane animals to full on dragons then dives into creatures from the Beyond. The Wretched Bestery does the job of really grabbing the DM and applying great creatures for thier imagination. The artwork &  illustration headers by  @jeremyhartillos the artwork in the Wretched Bestery is a step up from other Wretched products in many ways.


Artwork in the Wretched Bestery really sets up the imagination for exactly the sort of horrors that we're going to be facing in a Wretched adventure. The Wretched Bestery works well because of competant layout, solid writing, good writing & easily readable fonts. The Wretche Bestery does an excellent job of not only settting up the monsters. But also has solid adventure hooks, ideas, & more for incorporating the Wretched horrors into your games. And the Wretched Bestery has a solid grasp of using these monsters within your own Wretched Rpg fueled campaign games. Grab this one!

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