Breaking Into Mork Borg... Should I Continue?

Variety is the spice of life, or so the saying goes, and I've found that rings very true in my line of work. Because while I am more than happy to keep working on popular game lines, or to write series of stories and books, there comes a point where the brain needs a break. Even if you've been eating finely-cooked steak, you can only have it for so many meals in a row before you start craving some pasta, pizza, or chicken tacos just to shake up your status quo.

While I had my palate somewhat limited a while back (and I talked about it in Why I Will Have Fewer Community Created TTRPG Products Coming Out), I recently decided to step outside my comfort zone and try something new. I've had a real itch to step into some grimdark storytelling, and Mörk Borg really hit that sweet spot for me. Which is why I wanted to talk about 100 Prophecies and Proverbs From The Black Basilisk, as well as what I'd like to do in the future, if folks wanted to see me keep walking down this road.

We see in part, and thus is the mirror of prophecy darkened...

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There Are Dark Winds Blowing...

While I've been aware of Mörk Borg for some time now, I first gave it a full read about a year ago when I wrote my review The Unrelenting Cruelty of a Dark and Dying World: Looking At Mörk Borg. I was aware of it by reputation, of course, but it wasn't until I read the full text that I realized that for all its darkness and doom, the game's tongue is (at least as written) planted very firmly in its cheek. And while I can certainly appreciate those efforts, I wanted to err more on the side of the darker lore, and to provide some serious resources for Game Masters who wanted to lean more toward the dark aesthetic of the game.

To that end I wrote 100 Prophecies and Proverbs of The Black Basilisk. While I encourage everyone to go take a look at it, the basic idea behind the supplement was to provide some of the supposed prophecies spoken by Verhu, the forward-looking head of the basilisk, and to offer some history and interpretations of those prophecies in the event players wanted to build their backstories around them, or a Game Master wanted to use them as the plot for their game. Because even though you may be days away from utter extinction, there are plenty of prophecies in this list that might prolong that inevitable darkness... at least long enough for your characters to enjoy a few more sunrises.

Now, this isn't the first release from Azukail Games for Mörk Borg. The company has also put out the class The Morbid Bone Picker, as well as Expanded Tables For Mörk Borg in the past. And while Adrian was willing to let me push forward with this latest release, he'd also pointed out that this game wasn't exactly a big seller in terms of numbers... but I had to try for myself to see what kind of results it would net.

So, if you'd like to see us put out more Mörk Borg stuff going forward, consider checking out any of the three lists I've linked in this post, and stay tuned for an audio drama for a grimdark tale from this dying world that will soon appear on the Azukail Games YouTube channel! Also, I have an idea for a campaign for this game that takes inspiration from the game Fear and Hunger... so if that's something you'd be interested in seeing me create, let me know in the comments so that I can figure out whether it's something I should pursue, or if it's something I should put up on the shelf for a rainy day.

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