Mork Borg

Video KtjAJuKUbDM The Dungeon Dive Review at 0:40 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

broadly accessible despite grim subject matter
strong atmosphere and chaotic, deadly tone
flexible framework for solo or group play

Cons

rules-light can be cryptic without supplements
some players may find the world relentlessly bleak

Thematic elements

doom, despair, ritual horror
grim-dark, post-apocalyptic occult gothic fantasy
dark, brutal, atmospheric

Comparison games

Kingdom Death: Monster

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Events — world-shaping events triggered by dice rolls that drive campaign progression
Omens and scripted world events — world-shaping events triggered by dice rolls that drive campaign progression
OSR-inspired, modernized rules light system — fast, lethal play with a focus on atmosphere, omens, and grim peril

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my Mork Borg hobby has actually split into two separate but equal hobbies
this is absolutely incredible I love this supplement
I am a book collector in general and I read a lot
the endless demon deck is a fantastic tool for solo play

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Rules-lite and fast to play
Atmosphere and tone strongly support storytelling
Good integration with bestiaries as fiction-inspiring tools

Cons

Text can be dense and cryptic at times, requiring careful reading

Thematic elements

doom, nihilism, eldritch horror
A grim, decayed dark fantasy world with a harsh, nihilistic atmosphere
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Comparison games

Bestiary
40 Fiends

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Quotes (from this video)

Beware that's such a fantastic opening to a bestiary
I can highly highly recommend bestiary
this deck of cards is awesome I love this
you shuffle up and draw a monster and then that is the monster you will fight

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

evocative mood and tone
strong support for solo play
flexible OSR-inspired framework
rich implied lore and artifacts

Cons

heavy bookkeeping and rule lookup can be daunting
requires adaptation of OSR materials for seamless use

Thematic elements

apocalyptic doom, gothic horror
grim dark fantasy world
grim and brutal, with mythic overtones

Comparison games

Gardens of Yen

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

d20 resolution — core system uses a d20-based resolution with modifiers and situational bonuses.
getting better progression — no traditional levels; characters improve via a 'getting better' chart and stat advancement.
milestones — adventures are structured around milestones that drive progression and determine conclusion.
Narrative Choice — encounters are generated via tables, with depth and location modifiers influencing outcomes.
Narrative-driven encounters — encounters are generated via tables, with depth and location modifiers influencing outcomes.
Omens and luck mitigation — omens provide ways to mitigate bad luck or adjust outcomes.
solo play framework — supports solo play through a framework akin to Solitary Defilement.
Track Advancement — no traditional levels; characters improve via a 'getting better' chart and stat advancement.

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Gardens of Yen is kind of a... it's a point crawl system where you generate random locations and encounters through these very range and other worldly Gardens of Yin and it's really interesting.
The Gardens are constantly shifting and morphing in the way that you play this game.
I thought it would actually be a really good companion piece, a really good setting to use for Mor manual.
forgetting things is one of my superpowers.

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none

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two books there's Mech Borg which is a role playing game and then there's steel somm I think is what it's called which is like a miniature game based off of The Forbidden somm engine and so I was just like well I don't want the RPG but I'll I'll buy the other one so yeah I in in theory I'll see it some towards sometime towards the end of the year
if you like eisenhorn I strongly suggest Bloodlines and the rest of the Warhammer crime line H um
I built and painted my scaven blood bow Team this week they were a lot of fun but yeah the age shows
the stormcast Eternal res sculpts are uninspired I mean I it's a lot more of the same really you know what I mean and the rules previewed of a weird board gamey vibe that doesn't really click
do you think that the price hikes and the lack of availability of models by GW is hurting lgs's more than GW itself
stores are going to have to eventually get to a point where if they just can't get too much GW stuff they're going to have to start thinking about diversifying and starting to do some uh games like you know start bringing in models from like War Games Atlantic start bringing in like Star grave models and frost grave models and things like that from Northstar
the reason I don't like plastic cement is because sometimes I have to go back and remove an arm or take the thing off of the base or something like that and if it's plastic cement it's really almost hard to do that because it actually is melting the plastic to the plastic
GW price hike hit the critical level for me players around here buying 3D printers even the very hardcore 40K players that frowned at me when I mentioned 3D printers are buying 3D printers
basically the only big company out there is GW I mean everybody else is you know like they're they're sitting on I think and this is admittedly it's a lot of the retail people but they've got like five or six thousand employees but again half of those well maybe not half almost half of those I think are are are retail employees so there's that but still even if you take half of those people out you've still got 2,000 employees let's say
GW is weird in that they are like I said before I was talking about how Distributors are like the kind of the middleman between the stores and the manufacturers and the Publishers GW is one of those companies that yeah you can buy it from Distributors and you'll pay normal distributor prices but if you buy it directly from GW then you get it for a slightly better price but you have to jump through a bunch of Hoops to become like approved to be able to buy it from their store
you know at some point maybe down the road we'll work with like a sculptor that we like and do like maybe some stls or something like that do like a partnership but I don't see us ever really selling plastic models that's really expensive and also very very timec consuming
the stormcast eternals had 40 just Heroes just individual heroes in that line so there were twice as many heroes in stormcast eternals than there were entire War Scrolls in the iron in the iron Jaws or whatever so yeah you know there there was way too many of those guys
I think it's twofold I think it's partially there's been some change in not leadership per se but change in uh people working there that are some of those folks are a little bit more interested in t in in in in tournament stuff like you go back 10 years GW did not give a crap about tournaments
when a company gets that big it's not good for the game company it may be good for the shareholders it may be good but it's not it's bad for the games and it's bad for the players just in general when the choices have to be made because somebody on a spreadsheet was able to point at it and go this will make the line go up that doesn't necessarily make a better game it makes a better product as far as bottom line it doesn't make a better game
GW always tries to make it sound like they're doing you a favor by raising prices by the amount that they are and not a little bit more pray I do not I've I've altered the deal pray I do not alter it further indeed
see the thing is the cards are produced separately from the it wouldn't matter if you were in Denmark or even here in the states the they're printed at two different facilities sadly uh that's one of the problems with the cards but there's nothing we can do about that
see that's not supposed to happen we paid a lot of money to get those things shipped out and it sucks that some places that it got to then also there was another fee that's I apologize about that

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positive

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none

Cons

none

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

RPG — Mentioned as an RPG game being played.

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The goal of the game is basically that we're working together to prepare our village for winter.
In Winter rabbit I'm looking at sort of cultural ideas... in the sense that like we may be looking at stories that are fictional but they tell something about a particular time period a particular culture and a particular set of values within that culture.
I want to make sure that we hired Cherokee artists to do the art because I wanted to make sure that everything was as authentic as possible.
It felt very validating because I have done a lot of background research and a lot of work to bring this game up to where it was and presenting that to our cultural consultant and having them go through and go actually this is all really good.
The Forex framework is very much built on a sort of colonialist capitalist kind of idea so the you know uh what are they uh explore expand uh exploit exterminate like very hard core colonialist kind of ideas.
I want people to see an art style that is not Southwestern... but also they can look at it and go yeah this is this is this is Native American art but it's different.
I want it to be a solid entry in the hobby game market... but then also something that people within the culture can see and appreciate.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

Extremely Positive

Pros

Simple rules for fast gameplay.
Easy to play solo.
Great solo rules (Solitary Defilement).
Overflowing with cool world-building.
Generous third-party licensing.
Inspiring art and layout.
Lots of humor in the over-the-top darkness.
Easy to generate characters and dungeons.
Supplements add useful content.
Inspirational.

Cons

The art style and graphic design can be a hurdle or roadblock for some.
Fonts can be difficult to read.
Characters can be very squishy and die easily.
The core game rules are very simple/threadbare on their own.

Thematic elements

Chaos, dark fantasy, black metal
Morborg universe

Comparison games

Iron Sworn
Solitary Defilement
Alone in the Crowd
Ferriator
Solitary Depths
Pirate Borg
Castaway
Ronin
Mark Emanuel
White Box

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

D20 Roll High — Uses a simple d20 roll high system to meet or beat a target number.
Exploration Rules — Includes rules for exploring dungeons and wilderness.
modular adventures — Can be combined with supplements like Solitary Defilement, Alone in the Crowd, and Ferriator for more depth.
Moves System — Uses a system of moves similar to Iron Sworn but simplified.
Oracles — Provides oracles for determining events and complications.
Player-Focused Rolls — All rolls are player-focused, making it easy to play solo.
Third-Party Licensing — Generous third-party licensing allows for many user-created supplements.

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Quotes (from this video)

It's Fun to Go Alone. This is the top 10 solo RPGs.
As a matter of fact, I've done an episode on uh solo analog dungeon crawl.
And boy howdy did I fall in love with this game.
This is a game that that treats the kind of spirituality and folklore and mythology of the Japan in a very very respectful nature.
Holy crap, what a game. I love this game. It is so much fun.
This game is super super simple.
The simplicity can be a little confusing because as you're reading the rules, you're kind of like, 'Oh, wait. That's it. I don't get it.'
Morgborg, man, what a game. I love this game so much.
The solo rules that made me understand solo role playing.
The generosity liberal thirdparty licensing.
Scarlet Heroes really is the game that made solo role playing click with me.
This is an all inone solution with some of the best, most useful solo oracles and rules I have ever played.
The urban adventure rules in Scarlet Heroes handle that really well, better than just about any other game I've played.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

Enjoys reading it

Pros

Humorous tone
Spectacular layout and artwork

Cons

Host has not played it

Thematic elements

Humorous RPG

Comparison games

Forbidden Psalm

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Role-playing Game — The host enjoys reading the RPG but has not played it.

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Still just don't really like the newest edition of War Cry or sorry not War Cry, Killteam.
It seems like it's not about trying to kill the other guys. It seems like it's more about just like it doesn't seem like a war game.
There's also a lot of tokens to keep track of and stuff like that and that seems to get even worse in um Shatterpoint.
Infinity rules are free.
This is the essentials start here box and it's like 40 bucks and it comes with six models, three per side. It comes with six dice. Evidently, there's a ruler in there. There's card stock or cardboard chipboard like uh terrain, printed terrain. There's a card stock mat. Uh, there's cards. There's also the fancy book about how to get started and all that stuff. And uh, it just seems like it's a really good deal.
Just started playing Notorious, which is really easy solo RPG. Basically a Star Wars bounty hunter uh hunting targets on a planet based on Ronin.
Uh subscribe to Vince Venturella on YouTube. Vince Venturella and Sam Lens. Sam Lens artwork. I would definitely subscribe to both of them.

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neutral

Pros

none

Cons

none

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none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Moves — The system uses moves that can be applied to combat.

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one of my least favorite things in a solo RPG when I sit down to play is it is combat.
Oftentimes combat just gets so tedious for me.
You know, your hero's turn, you roll your D20, and you miss. And then the enemy rolls their D20, and they miss.
And I often just get really bored with uh combat in solo RPGs.
But, you know, I look at combat like these are, you know, you're you're you're you're playing heroes most of the time.
You're playing people who are good at what they do.
And they should be able to always do something good on their turn just to kind of, you know, progress the heroic narrative that we are so interested in.
character death to me is not fun. It's not exciting, especially when I'm playing solo because I want my characters to progress.
Narrating the outcome for me is always more interesting than just ticking down points of damage until one side dies.
And so I do like just kind of combat simulation where you don't go through each roll one at a time applying damage and it just it just kind of alleviates some of that tedium that I do find.
When I think about interesting combat in a game, in a tabletop game, I prefer it from a more narrative side, rather than from a tactical or skirmish side.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

rules-light system that supports high thematic immersion and quick storytelling
strong balance of structure (dungeon crawl framework) and open-ended roleplay
dynamic encounters with potential for rich, tension-filled fiction and surprising outcomes
integration of unique artifacts and cursed items that spur storytelling and drama

Cons

high lethality can be punishing for solo play without careful pacing
some mechanics require rapid bookkeeping (misery, special rooms, camping) which can slow down play if not streamlined
depends heavily on the player's ability to improvise—might feel loose for players seeking a stricter system

Thematic elements

cosmic horror, decay, ritualism, and morally ambiguous monsters
grimdark subterranean exploration: tombs, chapels, crypts, and underground lairs
first-person solo narrative with heavy emphasis on atmosphere and player-driven fiction

Comparison games

Scarlet Heroes
Dungeon Degenerates

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

2d20 dungeon crawl resolution — Roll 2d20 for moves, modified by the number of special rooms found; outcomes determine progress and encounter results
camping/rest recovery — Camping actions allow rest and HP recovery via a DR 12 check, restoring hit points
combat and weapon resolution — Uses a strong melee weapon (e.g., zweihander) with DR-based to-hit and armor to mitigate damage; high lethality and die-hard stakes
misery calendar — Roll a d6 for misery days before entering the dungeon; miseries introduce ominous prompts and mood shifts
occult treasure and artifacts — Defeating encounters may yield occult treasures (e.g., vampiric dagger) with powerful, narrative-driven effects and potential addictions
special rooms system — Each dungeon contains four special rooms; discovering them increases the likelihood of finding the next one, funneling toward a climactic room
tentacle graft and presence checks — Grafted tentacles can influence encounters; presence and agility checks determine if the graft acts autonomously or influences outcomes

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the rules are so simple and it is so easy to add theme to add atmosphere and to add fiction to everything that happens
this is a perfect system for people just getting in to solo role playing
the funnest things in morkborg is the spells is using the powers because they are absolutely powerful and crazy
everything the rules are so simple and it gives you a lot of room to role play and to create your own fictions

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Beyond Solitaire Podcast 158: Will Thompson on Winter Rabbit

Let's Play Mork Borg! With Mork Manual, The Gardens of Ynn, Solitary Defilement and more! (solo RPG)

Mork Borg

Beyond Solitaire Podcast 158: Will Thompson on Winter Rabbit

Let's Play Mork Borg! With Mork Manual, The Gardens of Ynn, Solitary Defilement and more! (solo RPG)

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