Mörk Borg by Ockult Örtmästare Games and Stockholm Kartell

[@TheAVeidt]

I love this game. The setting, the atmosphere, the rules... We had a blast with the introductory dungeon and I will definitely run it again.

[@cristianjohan2124]

instablaster.

[@mikenolan73]

Recently picked up a copy of this book. For once I don't mind adding another rpg rulebook to my pile. Even if I never get to run it the book is such a lovely work of art that just reading it is a pleasure.

[@rickeymariu1]

You are the reason I play Mork Borg, and I basically only play Mork Borg now.

[@BudsRPGreview]

My condolances.

[@larskrantz1463]

woW! I feel proud being a swede! The game seems great!

[@FantasticDimensions]

You have much to be proud of. Check out Symbaroum or Vaesen for some more beautiful Swedish games if you aren't already familiar!

[@freddaniel5099]

Just ordered Mörk Borg on your recommendation. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Double Viking!

[@BudsRPGreview]

Great stuff! \m/ \m/

[@GiuseppeRedscarf]

Got my copy in the mail a couple weeks ago. Must say, I'm impressed. Gonna run it tomorrow!

[@adrianjones6554]

Fantastic review. As ever. And I didn’t even get to the end before I ordered it. RPGs and metal. Can’t beat that. Thank you.

[@paulh3892]

This is just oozing with style and personality!

[@bovrar2nd861]

Was looking for a in-depth review of this book, glad I found you channel. Seems like the Dark Souls of Tabletop RPGs, I like it.

[@BudsRPGreview]

Yeah, pretty much.

[@tigerwomble1457]

Another great review. I really like your pared back style. No nonsense.

[@BudsRPGreview]

Cheers!

[@erikbuchanan4648]

I don't know how well this book sold but I hope it inspires more games like this. To me art is a key component for enjoying a role playing game. There's a world of difference between a game designed with the art being integral and one where an illustration is just dropped in at every other page. Though the tone is completely different Andy Hopp's Low Life is another favorite game where the art informs the reader as much as the rules. Reading rule books like these are akin to stepping into a different universe.

[@reallivebluescat]

Your hands are very expressive I must say!

[@BudsRPGreview]

They kind of have to be.

[@davidbrennan660]

I was expecting them to start transforming.

[@martinl2410]

That's what she said.

[@kejsarmakten]

Great review. Bought it based on this and just ran the first scenario. Great book quality and design. Lots of fun

[@MrSvyllo]

As a fellow swede I really like this 👍

[@hoodieinfestation]

Great video on a rad game! Excellent primer on the game itself and the world.

[@greenthousands]

The title and cover of this game came into my life unsought for, and I immediately looked for information. Your review convinced me to buy a copy, and I do not regret it! This is something I needed in my gaming, I just didn’t know it!

[@BudsRPGreview]

\m/ \m/

[@neilwalker5494]

I was on the fence about this cheers Bud

[@audiblesharpness]

There's some cool stuff in here, and I really dig the kvlt aesthetic, but it's a little bit more style over substance than I like. Might still get it though, looks like it could be suitable to run a very metal one-shot every once in a while.

[@BudsRPGreview]

The style gives it substance. It proves you don't really need rules for everything.

[@symatt]

A 10. Wow. Nothing I could say to that.

[@BudsRPGreview]

I was right all along.

[@misomiso8228]

Incredible book. A bit dark.... But awesome.

[@BudsRPGreview]

It's a LOT dark.

[@FantasticDimensions]

I double vikinged a long time ago! I accidentally bought two of this book, so once I've got some games on the channel I'll do a promo giveaway. Love this book!

[@forsomereason3713]

What a gorgeous piece of art! :O

[@strangebeer]

You have sold me on this. Off to purchase a real one.

[@BudsRPGreview]

It's a completely different beast in print.

[@markgrehan3726]

Looks very interesting and top marks on the pronunciation front I suspect that if I ever run or play this there would be a lot of half coughed muttering of the names. :)

[@BudsRPGreview]

Mark Grehan to be honest, I did ask them how to phonetically pronounce everything beforehand.

[@joecoo4615]

Trying to work out if this worth the asking price In comparison to Warlock and Warpstar by Fire Ruby Designs Which is priced at a similar tag ( Excluding Postage ) It's leaving me feeling that this lacks content. Though the art style is glorious.

[@TheFearlessFew]

This was great, can you do the other two official supplements?

[@BudsRPGreview]

I don't own them, and Mork Borg didn't send me anything else.

[@jchart01]

Wow! Yeah, I dig it. Unfortunately shipping to my home is usually too expensive to consider. I could have a fairly nice printshop edition made from a PDF though. Is it an A5-sized book?

[@BudsRPGreview]

Well either that or I have GIGANTIC hands. ;)

[@barbarianater]

Do monsters have something similar to stat blocks? Btw another great review as always

[@BudsRPGreview]

Not really, but all the pertinent things you need are present. It is HP, Morale, Armour, Attack/Damage and "Special" which includes their special abilities.

[@barbarianater]

@@BudsRPGreview i see. Thnx again

[@davidbrennan660]

The game Cthulhu plays.....excellent.

[@BudsRPGreview]

Wut?

[@severusdeath]

In the vein of this book and Cha’alt, what other books fall into this genre?

[@BudsRPGreview]

I don't think this book is anything like Cha'alt to be honest. Cha'alt is gonzo in extremis, whereas this is doom metal.

[@DooDooSpaghetti]

did the book come with a yellow ribbon marker and a pull out map and a pull out 1-page adventure pamphlet ? i got one from amazon but it said nothing about these being included.

[@BudsRPGreview]

Yes. Did yours not?

[@ALvIn0H-f6y]

It’s stuff from the kickstarter, the book you bought is therefor without the map etc

[@BudsRPGreview]

@@ALvIn0H-f6y There you go!

[@BasementArtScott]

Minor thing. Morbid was a Swedish death metal band that Dead played in, before joining Mayhem, the Norwegian band that his story revolved around (also, check out Live in Leipzig if you haven't).

[@Soth_rol]

It would be great if you activated subtitles for us non-native speakers!

[@BudsRPGreview]

I'll see what I can do.

[@BudsRPGreview]

OK - that should have English subtitles now.

[@Soth_rol]

@@BudsRPGreview cool! thanks!

[@ALvIn0H-f6y]

My dad made this Per/Pelle Nilsson

[@BudsRPGreview]

It's the game that inspired a thousand clones. We're hoping to have your dad and Johan on our podcast at some point after Gen Con.

[@shawnmccuen6908]

Combined with Frostbitten and Mutilated?

[@BudsRPGreview]

Whatever floats your boat.

[@shawnmccuen6908]

@@BudsRPGreview I ordered the physical copy. Very excited to receive it. Thanks for the review Bud.

[@gehinkun]

Good Ös there, british person! Best / Swedish person

[@BudsRPGreview]

I do try.

[@gehinkun]

@@BudsRPGreview you did good! whät Im missing is ä pläytest öf the gäme. Is it äny fun tö pläy ör shöuld I just buy it för deliciöus ärt?

[@BudsRPGreview]

@@gehinkun Any game is only as fun as the players and GM. I have played it, and it was a lot of fun.

[@ctvtmo]

Such an interesting video. An excellent review of a product that just looks horrible. This gets at how hard it is to review an item because of one's bias. I loath metal, gore and uneven ugly fonts but to what extent should one's presuppositions come into play? Of course one should acknowledge them but no one is truly neutral.

[@Astronaut_FX]

I think this raises a couple of really good points about TTRPGs in general, and especially, how we review and evaluate them. First, are we reviewing the book or the game? Because let's be honest, they really are two different components. For any TTRPG, when you sit down at a table (real or virtual) to play a session, the books themselves become reference, if used at all. Once you get into a session, all of the imagery and setting from the pages of the book are to a large extent, no longer really a factor. What's left is a group of players navigating the GMs scenarios and the mechanics of the game. In other words, you don't play the game's arwork; you play its ruleset. As an example, I played a game with a group a couple of weekends ago. It was a game I had never played, but I did buy the PDF in advance and read through all but the GM section to prepare. I enjoyed the artwork, and the game mechanics were refreshingly lightweight. But as we got into playing, I found myself thinking, "huh, now that we're into it, aside from some of the differences in the dice mechanics, this doesn't feel any different from playing D&D." In other words, none of the artwork or aesthetic of what I saw on the pages of the PDF really found its way into the gaming session. It enhanced the enjoyment of reading through it, but really did nothing for the gaming session itself. So that being the case, I feel like sometimes game reviews end up being more heavily focused on what realistically becomes one of the least important elements within a play session. I mean there's nothing wrong with liking the aesthetics of a game book, or the artwork within a game book. I myself have my personal favorites. But when you really stop to think about it, when you sit down to play, how much do the aesthetics and/or artwork of the book(s) really matter or even end up being relevant to the session? Watching Bud's review, I do kind of like the aesthetic of this book and am somewhat intrigued by the ruleset. And I really enjoy watching his reviews, as he is one of the best. At the same time, in practice, it seems like for a GM, this book's aesthetic (which is rather chaotic) would make it a nightmare to find anything when you need it during a session. I don't recall seeing either a table of contents or an index, and personally, I would be hard pressed to rate any game book a ten that didn't have at least one of those elements. And as I've mentioned, just how much of the aesthetic, or as Bud mentions, "the atmosphere" is really going to find its way into the feel of a gaming session? That being said, I'll be buying this book, because I do find it appealing, and will most likely enjoy reading it, even if I never end up playing the game. But if I do ever play the game, I'm skeptical that any of what makes the book itself visually appealing will actually enter into a play session.

[@BudsRPGreview]

@@Astronaut_FX As I said - you will either love it or hate it. I loved it.

[@queenaraphel7154]

ayo lets get this vid to 666 likes!!

[@joecoo4615]

Dead was the singer in Mayhem not Morbid

[@BudsRPGreview]

He was in Mayhem *and* Morbid. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_(musician)

[@joecoo4615]

Fair play I wasn't aware he was in Morbid. Thank you for that.

[@BasementArtScott]

@@joecoo4615 He was in Morbid before Mayhem. They only really did demos.

[@joecoo4615]

MAYHEM : Live in Leipzig awesome album

[@joecoo4615]

Also looking at Year Of The Goat by Morbid seems to be retailing at nearly £80 in the U.K but out my price range that.

[@Wesley_Youre_a_Rabbit]

Lmao I’m NOT spending 35 bucks on a book just to throw knives at it and burn it after the seventh psalm

[@BudsRPGreview]

HE compels you.

[@AAron-gr3jk]

the only way this book could be MORE metal is with knife nicks and half charred as if you rescued it from a pyre

[@itsyagirlVofficial]

It'd be a lot cooler if you did

[@syd4890]

Man, this is too depressing. The author needs more vitamin D or something xp

[@ScannerSloppy]

Zak Smith being ripped off by the jealous hyenas who betrayed him

[@BudsRPGreview]

?

[@ScannerSloppy]

@@BudsRPGreview the artwork and tone is reminiscent of LotFP in general and Zak Smith's work in particular. Mork Borg is a knockoff product for people who like LotFP, but won't admit it in front of their SJW friends.

[@BudsRPGreview]

​@@ScannerSloppy I don't get involved with any of the drama surrounding RPGs, so when the whole Zak Smith thing happened, I had no idea what was going on - this is by choice, as I am too old to care about that kind of nonsense. With regard to the Mork Borg comparison to LotFP - I see where you are coming from, but I don't *entirely* agree. It owes as much to WFRP as LotFP, and I don't agree that it is a "knock off". It has many, many differences and Zak Smith and James Raggi were not the first people to write something dark and/or controversial. Thanks for chiming in though. It's always helpful to hear people's opinions on this kind of thing.

[@ScannerSloppy]

@@BudsRPGreview Warhammer Fantasy is a gap in my knowledge, but I have the starter set coming in the mail. I want to run it for my home group. It seems like LotFP, Mork Borg and even DCC were strongly influenced by WHF. I have high hopes that my group will enjoy it. I'd consider buying Mork Borg if it were on sale, or playing it at a convention (assuming cons ever happen again). But it seems kinda hipster metal, in a way that offends my OG metal sensibilities.

[@BudsRPGreview]

@@ScannerSloppy Old school WFRP was where "grimdark" came from. The starter set is pretty good - Cubicle 7 have done a good job on it so far. I kind of see what you mean by "hipster metal" - but that didn't detract, at least for me, from the book being fantastic.

[@Kzintie]

I really like the review, but I’m sad to say to stop watching after 8 minutes. The constant hand bobbing, opening, and clenching was thoroughly distracting. It’s like you start making a motion like you’re going to point out something on the page, but in the end it’s just to keep your hands busy.

[@BudsRPGreview]

It's not for everyone.