The Cog That Remains

Mecha, giant robotic weapons of war, fly among the stars and stride across battlefields controlled by pilots—brave, terrified, determined, desperate—who will write the history books with beam fire and missile barrages.

That is not your role.

You are the Chief Mechanic. It is your job to repair, maintain, and maybe even upgrade a Mecha in-between missions. In doing so, you keep the Mecha in the fight. In doing so, you keep the Pilot alive.

At least, that’s the goal.

In reality the supplies are never as plentiful as they should be, the allies not as dependable. You, better than anyone else, know how fragile a Mecha can be. You know that the Pilot is not yet a legend, but an all-too fallible human being. You’ll do the best you can, it’s your job after all, but you’re all too aware how likely it is that when it comes to this weapon of war you’ll be...

The Cog That Remains.

The Cog That Remains is a Wretched & Alone game of a mecha mechanic and their (probably doomed) attempt to keep their machine intact and its pilot alive. Using a tumbling block tower to represent the state of the mecha and cards to add to the story and present challenges for the mechanic to deal with, the player will see if they can get to the end of the war without tragedy striking.