Ancient Skin
Concept: “One of you dregs is plagued with a maddening itch and not only that – the skin is starting to rot. They say Mausoleum Knutha, on the edge of the graveyard Graven-Tosk, holds the only known cure.”
Content: A complex and variable (not to mention twisted) crawl through Sarkash
Writing: Efficient but vivid descriptions of locations and inhabitants punctuated by grim wit
Art/design: Marvelous maps; type design helps map the connections amongst locations and items
Usability: Provides checkboxes to track variables (but if you mark this pamphlet, you’re a heathen and you deserve whatever misery befalls you)
Content: A complex and variable (not to mention twisted) crawl through Sarkash
Writing: Efficient but vivid descriptions of locations and inhabitants punctuated by grim wit
Art/design: Marvelous maps; type design helps map the connections amongst locations and items
Usability: Provides checkboxes to track variables (but if you mark this pamphlet, you’re a heathen and you deserve whatever misery befalls you)
*Backer reward for original Kickstarter campaign; special thanks to Johan for providing a copy of this rare little gem
Anzhela and the Caged Skulls
Concept: “The woman cackles madly […] and drops the cages, drawing her sword and screaming with a mad rage.”
Content: English breakfast with a side of TPK; running will only make you die faster
Writing: Text heavy, but creates a vivid atmosphere and provides psychological depth to the antagonist, something not often found in Mörk Borg
Art/design: Excellent, expressive depictions of the titular characters
Usability: Includes an alternative d6-based encounter-resolution mechanic; a bit more complex than some scenarios, but the additional moving parts make for an interesting and memorable scenario
Content: English breakfast with a side of TPK; running will only make you die faster
Writing: Text heavy, but creates a vivid atmosphere and provides psychological depth to the antagonist, something not often found in Mörk Borg
Art/design: Excellent, expressive depictions of the titular characters
Usability: Includes an alternative d6-based encounter-resolution mechanic; a bit more complex than some scenarios, but the additional moving parts make for an interesting and memorable scenario
Basilica of the False Prophet
Concept: “THEM. A lunatic, convinced he is the one true, basilisk. Skulking in an abandoned church on the far side of the western mountain range, he rants and plots against HE and SHE.”
Content: A desperate descent. An unexpected plunge. A shattered hope?
Writing: Miserable and descriptive encounters, backed by elegant mechanics, make a narrative descent into madness.
Art/design: A masterful balance of utility, consistency, and style. Haunting yet austere illustrations and maps fill but do not dominate the pamphlet.
Usability: Pairs well with Western Wall (also by Rugose Kohn).
Content: A desperate descent. An unexpected plunge. A shattered hope?
Writing: Miserable and descriptive encounters, backed by elegant mechanics, make a narrative descent into madness.
Art/design: A masterful balance of utility, consistency, and style. Haunting yet austere illustrations and maps fill but do not dominate the pamphlet.
Usability: Pairs well with Western Wall (also by Rugose Kohn).
BASILISK!
Concept: “The Seventh Misery is at hand, yet there may be salvation for some…”
Content: A dungeon scrawl for filthy scvm who’d do anything to escape the apocalypse.
Writing: Mörk Borg rules returned to Dark Fort style.
Art/design: Characterful and easy to print rules with understated but effective navigation aids.
Usability: Currently under active playtest.
Content: A dungeon scrawl for filthy scvm who’d do anything to escape the apocalypse.
Writing: Mörk Borg rules returned to Dark Fort style.
Art/design: Characterful and easy to print rules with understated but effective navigation aids.
Usability: Currently under active playtest.
Black Bvrn Bridge
Concept: “The box broke inside the [ogre’s] stomach […] covering the Bridge in a cube of anti-light.”
Content: Includes an inventive adventure-specific condition
Writing: Provides context and important details about the scenario
Art/design: Subdued but effective colors; concise but atmospheric map
Usability: Logically and linearly laid out
Content: Includes an inventive adventure-specific condition
Writing: Provides context and important details about the scenario
Art/design: Subdued but effective colors; concise but atmospheric map
Usability: Logically and linearly laid out
Book of Misery
“50+ pages of despair and misery, including more classes, weapons, monsters and adventures”
Börk Morgue #666
Concept: “An unofficial zine for a Dying World with words and design”
Content: Random tables, optional rules for dice & powers & armor/weapons/combat, pointy teeth, monsters & NPCs … and a Börk Morgue & a Maus Borg
Writing: Presented with a personable tone with plenty of wry wit
Art/design: Loaded with Mörk Borg aesthetic elements, color, and some creative layouts
Usability: Adds some deeper complexity in some areas (especially complex) and some irreverent variety all around
Content: Random tables, optional rules for dice & powers & armor/weapons/combat, pointy teeth, monsters & NPCs … and a Börk Morgue & a Maus Borg
Writing: Presented with a personable tone with plenty of wry wit
Art/design: Loaded with Mörk Borg aesthetic elements, color, and some creative layouts
Usability: Adds some deeper complexity in some areas (especially complex) and some irreverent variety all around
Calo’s Book of Monsters
Concept: “Many a scholar, after spending a day with the book, finds that sleep escapes them that night as the haunting vision of the many monsters described in the book consume their imagination.”
Content: 20 monsters as well as a region for them to inhabit and local rumors for PCs to overhear
Writing: Provides lots of exposition on each monster as well as multiple adventure hooks and detailed stat blocks
Art/design: Features detailed black-and-white illustrations against a stylized Mörk Borg-yellow ground
Usability: GMs would be well-advised to read each entry carefully and take note of the copious details
Content: 20 monsters as well as a region for them to inhabit and local rumors for PCs to overhear
Writing: Provides lots of exposition on each monster as well as multiple adventure hooks and detailed stat blocks
Art/design: Features detailed black-and-white illustrations against a stylized Mörk Borg-yellow ground
Usability: GMs would be well-advised to read each entry carefully and take note of the copious details
Cities of the Dying Land
Concept: “A city generator”
Content: Two dozen tables to create a living, breathing settlement
Writing: Tons of little details to add real personality to locations
Art/design: Good use of Mörk-Borgy colors while being easy on the eyes; physical version glows under a black light (awesome)
Usability: Keep a notepad handy; there are too many characteristics to remember unaided
Content: Two dozen tables to create a living, breathing settlement
Writing: Tons of little details to add real personality to locations
Art/design: Good use of Mörk-Borgy colors while being easy on the eyes; physical version glows under a black light (awesome)
Usability: Keep a notepad handy; there are too many characteristics to remember unaided
Corny Groń (Black Peak)
Concept: “Based on Pelle Nilsson’s Dark Fort, but with Polish Carpathians Mountains folklore’s flavor”
Content: Adapts and builds on the Dark Fort concept with wilderness locales, dungeons, and thematic enemies and items
Writing: More elaborate than its source material, but adds more mechanical intricacy and plenty of character
Art/design: Wiśniewska’s woodcut-inspired illustrations create a distinct sense of time and place
Usability: Complex but not overly complicated
Content: Adapts and builds on the Dark Fort concept with wilderness locales, dungeons, and thematic enemies and items
Writing: More elaborate than its source material, but adds more mechanical intricacy and plenty of character
Art/design: Wiśniewska’s woodcut-inspired illustrations create a distinct sense of time and place
Usability: Complex but not overly complicated
Corpsewake Cove
Concept: “There is no nest of scurvy rats as foul or felonious as the pirates of Corpsewake Cove!”
Content: A self-contained, sandbox-style swashbuckling adventure from inciting incident to bloody climax
Writing: Text-heavy but clean, clear, and effective on all levels; includes lots of description as well as stat blocks, tables, and other mechanical components
Art/design: Balances out the verbal elements with lots of vivid, nautically themed designs
Usability: A fair amount of content and moving parts to manage, but nothing a seasoned and conscientious GM can’t handle
Creatures of the Dying World 2
Concept: “a MÖRK BORG compatible bestiary, with lavishly illustrated monsters and an emphasis on folklore over combat stats… designed to function as plot devices and writing prompts to spur your imagination.”
Content: 20 fantastic creatures translated from one dying world to another.
Writing: Light on rules, with greater emphasis on the legends that that spawned them.
Art/design: Original illustrations and individualized design choices lend character to each creature.
Usability: Rumors and legends lend flexibility to determine a creature's abilities.
Content: 20 fantastic creatures translated from one dying world to another.
Writing: Light on rules, with greater emphasis on the legends that that spawned them.
Art/design: Original illustrations and individualized design choices lend character to each creature.
Usability: Rumors and legends lend flexibility to determine a creature's abilities.
Creatures of the Dying World 3
Concept: “...in which he mines the alien world of insects to produce Lovecraftian Things that Should Not Be.”
Content: 19 sanity-shaking creatures. d66 delusional prompts to manage the fallout.
Writing: A thorough mix of indescribable humor and horror. With a fantastical sanity system that won’t take your players out of the game.
Art/design: Impressionistic and inked illustrations capture both the silly and the strange.
Usability: Text which balances between utility and style from passage to passage.
Content: 19 sanity-shaking creatures. d66 delusional prompts to manage the fallout.
Writing: A thorough mix of indescribable humor and horror. With a fantastical sanity system that won’t take your players out of the game.
Art/design: Impressionistic and inked illustrations capture both the silly and the strange.
Usability: Text which balances between utility and style from passage to passage.
Cult of the Bubbling Waters
Concept: “The cult dedicates the last of their wretched lives to procuring and using the luxurious bubble baths in this abyssal hellscape.”
Content: Tenets and random tables for those seeking to enjoy the Warm Embrace
Writing: As with any cult, alternatingly cheery and welcoming or seethingly malicious
Art/design: Primarily text with graphic elements to aid use
Usability: Faster than a real bath and almost as pleasant
Content: Tenets and random tables for those seeking to enjoy the Warm Embrace
Writing: As with any cult, alternatingly cheery and welcoming or seethingly malicious
Art/design: Primarily text with graphic elements to aid use
Usability: Faster than a real bath and almost as pleasant
Dark Fort
Concept: “The catacomb rogue enters the stage.”
Content: A solo dungeon crawler; useful as a generator alongside Mörk Borg’s GM tools
Writing: Clear and concise; primarily mechanical but with bits of effective descriptive text
Art/design: More traditional than Mörk Borg’s, but still atmospheric
Usability: Extremely efficient layout
Content: A solo dungeon crawler; useful as a generator alongside Mörk Borg’s GM tools
Writing: Clear and concise; primarily mechanical but with bits of effective descriptive text
Art/design: More traditional than Mörk Borg’s, but still atmospheric
Usability: Extremely efficient layout
Death and Pestilence
Concept: “Disease is spreading from the Restless Hills, carried by centipedes and beetles.”
Content: A deadly, disturbing dungeon full of pure weirdness
Writing: “Quasi-ethereal necromagical death-tendrils” is an apex example of what you’ll find here
Art/design: Excellently integrates text and graphics into the dungeon map
Usability: A little visually overwhelming at first, but easy to navigate once you have a feel for it
Content: A deadly, disturbing dungeon full of pure weirdness
Writing: “Quasi-ethereal necromagical death-tendrils” is an apex example of what you’ll find here
Art/design: Excellently integrates text and graphics into the dungeon map
Usability: A little visually overwhelming at first, but easy to navigate once you have a feel for it
Death Temple Sztun
Concept: A “hyper-linear murder gauntlet of a dungeon crawl”
Content: Some nasty creatures and permanent effects (including abrupt deaths)
Writing: Concisely creates a strange, ominous atmosphere
Art/design: Maps are clear without sacrificing visual style
Usability: Color and typography strongly supports easy navigation
Backer reward for the Feretory funding campaign
Content: Some nasty creatures and permanent effects (including abrupt deaths)
Writing: Concisely creates a strange, ominous atmosphere
Art/design: Maps are clear without sacrificing visual style
Usability: Color and typography strongly supports easy navigation
Backer reward for the Feretory funding campaign
Deck of Corpses
Concept: “A deck of 36 corpses the GM may turn to whenever the PCs stumble across yet another dead body.”
Content: A heap of bodies, some of whom also have loot
Writing: Some strange and gruesome remains; not for the faint of heart, but definitely for Mörk Borg
Art/design: Conservative but effective
Usability: Includes a unique mechanic involving the official Corpse Plundering table and clock time
Deck of Evil Objects
Concept: “Use this deck when you, the GM, wish to add a random object of evil to the campaign.”
Content: A 15-card deck with 3 additional cards (2 for the Deck of Treasures and 1 for the Deck of Secrets)
Writing: The descriptions will make you want to use these even though the mechanics will probably kill your character
Art/design: Sets the tone well without overcrowding a small space
Usability: Draw a card. Read the card. Repeat.
Content: A 15-card deck with 3 additional cards (2 for the Deck of Treasures and 1 for the Deck of Secrets)
Writing: The descriptions will make you want to use these even though the mechanics will probably kill your character
Art/design: Sets the tone well without overcrowding a small space
Usability: Draw a card. Read the card. Repeat.
Deck of Secrets
Concept: “Use this deck during character creation […] to add background.”
Content: 36 violent, sordid, and bizarre selections to flesh out your characters’ personal histories
Writing: Well-crafted to inspire players’ imaginations and add compelling depth to characters
Art/design: Nice, macabre art on card backs, and textured backgrounds add some visual depth to each side
Usability: Just draw and then despair
Deck of Terribly Broken Bodies
Concept: “Instead of rolling a d4 and checking the table in the core rules, draw a single card from this deck whenever a PC reaches zero HP.”
Content: 38 severe injuries at 4 levels of severity (correlating to the 4 results on the Broken table in the core rules) with different results for different damage types
Writing: Visceral, vivid, and violent (obviously)
Art/design: Overall nice design; use of vivid yellow skulls to emphasize severity is a solid, well-devised feature
Usability: Very straightforward so you can focus on suffering from the wound instead of deciphering it
Deck of Treasures
Concept: “If you need a random treasure, draw one card and roll a single six-sided die.”
Content: 36 items with mechanics for incorporating the canonical Corpse Plundering Table
Writing: Nice descriptions of items and enumeration of their mechanics
Art/design: Relatively conservative but effective
Usability: Straightforward in itself, but requires some reference to the core rules
Content: 36 items with mechanics for incorporating the canonical Corpse Plundering Table
Writing: Nice descriptions of items and enumeration of their mechanics
Art/design: Relatively conservative but effective
Usability: Straightforward in itself, but requires some reference to the core rules
Doorway to Blasphemy
Concept: “In the heart of the filthy marshes, you have come upon a keep overgrown and pulsing with an aura not of this Dying World. The heathen has surely taken refuge in this ruin. You’ll find them through the Doorway to Blasphemy.”
Content: A Mörk Borg adventure and Slipgate into the world of Qvke Borg
Writing: Efficiently describes the many dynamic environmental effects and triggers the define Quake level design in text.
Art/design: Sickeningly detailed map with bold colors that emulate classic Quake texture. Clean text layout with efficient sidebars for each room.
Usability: Surprisingly self-contained, only the explosive rules require Qvke Borg to run. Excellent preview to the full Qvke Borg experience.
Content: A Mörk Borg adventure and Slipgate into the world of Qvke Borg
Writing: Efficiently describes the many dynamic environmental effects and triggers the define Quake level design in text.
Art/design: Sickeningly detailed map with bold colors that emulate classic Quake texture. Clean text layout with efficient sidebars for each room.
Usability: Surprisingly self-contained, only the explosive rules require Qvke Borg to run. Excellent preview to the full Qvke Borg experience.
Escape the Dullahan
Concept: “When the dark rider calls, you have two choices: flee, or join the flight of the damned.”
Content: A deck-based randomized adventure; a creative concept and well executed
Writing: Clean, atmospheric writing with sharp imagery
Art/design: Excellent illustrations and layouts
Usability: Well-organized main sheet, and encounter stats on each card, and available in multiple formats to suit printing preferences
Every God Will Fall
Concept: “d8 Supernatural Hirelings Fallen From Grace”
Content: An varied assortment of divine (presumably) entities
Writing: Backstories and descriptions contribute genuine (often sympathetic) character
Art/design: Illustrations and other design elements equally contribute to characterization
Usability: Yes, please
Content: An varied assortment of divine (presumably) entities
Writing: Backstories and descriptions contribute genuine (often sympathetic) character
Art/design: Illustrations and other design elements equally contribute to characterization
Usability: Yes, please
Fathomless Despair
Concept: “Death is the least of your concerns if you are foolish enough to visit this horrible and dark place. The air and soil are filled with the stench of undeath as a lingering evil makes its presence known to all who explore this desolate land.”
Content: A pocket map of the Valley of Unfortunate Undead. Complete with its creatures, and contents.
Writing: A historical account of the valley’s many ruins and follies, and a brief taxonomy of the undead they left behind. Intended to inspire not direct.
Art/design: Efficient grouping, color coding, and placement accommodate each aesthetic flourish.
Usability: Can be folded to fit in your pocket. Designed to minimize flipping. Pre-record the creature stats to truly optimize your experience.
Content: A pocket map of the Valley of Unfortunate Undead. Complete with its creatures, and contents.
Writing: A historical account of the valley’s many ruins and follies, and a brief taxonomy of the undead they left behind. Intended to inspire not direct.
Art/design: Efficient grouping, color coding, and placement accommodate each aesthetic flourish.
Usability: Can be folded to fit in your pocket. Designed to minimize flipping. Pre-record the creature stats to truly optimize your experience.
Fisk Borg
Concept: “An expansion that adds somber and ominous fishing”
Content: Primarily an optional rules supplement but also includes a new class, fishing gear, hirelings, and a sprawling aquatic bestiary
Writing: Knows that it’s a grimdark fishing simulator and revels in that
Art/design: Combines various image types and styles to create an eclectic visual character; text is laid out for easy reading and navigation
Usability: Absolutely packed with content, but the table of contents and graphic design make it easy to find what you’re looking for
Content: Primarily an optional rules supplement but also includes a new class, fishing gear, hirelings, and a sprawling aquatic bestiary
Writing: Knows that it’s a grimdark fishing simulator and revels in that
Art/design: Combines various image types and styles to create an eclectic visual character; text is laid out for easy reading and navigation
Usability: Absolutely packed with content, but the table of contents and graphic design make it easy to find what you’re looking for
Flails Akimbo
Concept: “The players wake up with a pair of weapons nailed to their hands […] participating in a brutal game.”
Content: An arena-style adventure with special mechanical conditions
Writing: A good balance of exposition and stats
Art/design: Brings a familiar but distinctive character to Mörk Borg’s aesthetic
Usability: Kill your way to freedom
Content: An arena-style adventure with special mechanical conditions
Writing: A good balance of exposition and stats
Art/design: Brings a familiar but distinctive character to Mörk Borg’s aesthetic
Usability: Kill your way to freedom
Forbidden Psalm
Concept: “Vriprix the Mad Wizard bids the desperate, brave and foolish to venture into the ruins of Kergus. He seeks the forbidden psalm.”
Content: A full, stand-alone 28mm wargame based on (and compatible with) Mörk Borg
Writing: There’s a lot of it—which is necessary for a tactics game—but it’s straightforward and clear in its exposition
Art/design: A balance of familiar graphic and typographic maneuvers balanced with the technical clarity and readability demanded by a more complex system
Usability: A more methodical, strategically oriented game, but a good fit for fans of wargames and Mörk Borg
Content: A full, stand-alone 28mm wargame based on (and compatible with) Mörk Borg
Writing: There’s a lot of it—which is necessary for a tactics game—but it’s straightforward and clear in its exposition
Art/design: A balance of familiar graphic and typographic maneuvers balanced with the technical clarity and readability demanded by a more complex system
Usability: A more methodical, strategically oriented game, but a good fit for fans of wargames and Mörk Borg
Forbidden Psalm: Forbidden Wilderness
Concept: “What's that noise? From the tales of old, and beasts of a time forgotten, comes forth a collaboration of the deadliest kind: Geektopia Games, creators of the Fearsome Wilderness board game, and KRD Designs, the mind behind Forbidden Psalm.”
Content: A cryptid hunting expansion for Forbidden Psalm.
Writing: Diverting mechanics and troubling art allow the cryptids to speak for themselves.
Art/design: Simple, effective design that transitions from chalk illustrations to text.
Usability: Drops easily into existing Forbidden Psalm campaigns. Requires Forbidden Psalm.
Content: A cryptid hunting expansion for Forbidden Psalm.
Writing: Diverting mechanics and troubling art allow the cryptids to speak for themselves.
Art/design: Simple, effective design that transitions from chalk illustrations to text.
Usability: Drops easily into existing Forbidden Psalm campaigns. Requires Forbidden Psalm.
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