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Cannibal Carnage

Concept: “Track down the cannibals and search a dungeon of grotesque abominations to retrive the Book of Flesh.”
Content:
A fleshy, bloody, body-themed dungeon
Writing:
Primarily devoted to physical descriptions of rooms and situations (primarily monster-based) within
Art/design:
Designed for reading and prep before play rather than heavy in-game usage
Usability:
Does not use standard Mörk Borg terminology or stat presentation; requires consistent reference to core rulebook

Carnival of Desecration

Concept: “A great carnival stretches out before you. It has been recently set up and the carnival barker outside promises nothing but disappointment.”
Content:
A series of carnival encounters inspired by Triple Live Möther Gööse at Budokan by Green Jellÿ
Writing: Playfully grim and sardonic, just like we like it
Art/design:
“Art and Layout by no one.” Sans serif all day, baby.
Usability:
Adventure flow is largely at the GM’s discretion

Chässe-Galerie

Concept: “Based on the Quebec’s tale of the Chasse-Galerie”
Content:
A there-and-back-again scenario involving a pact with the devil on New Year’s Eve
Writing:
Provides copious background and sketches for encounters along with mechanics for using the flying canoe
Art/design:
Text heavy with some illustrations of key characters and concepts
Usability:
Provides lots of options for the GM to work with according to need or taste

Clamdash!

Concept: “For a few hours each year, the seas beneath the glaciers of Kergüs retreat, revealing salted dungeons in their wake. Within these waterlogged tunnels of ice – the CLAMS.”
Content:
Grab your CLAM-picking gloves—an audience with Anthelia awaits the winner
Writing:
A briny feast for the senses with Karl’s signature sense of humor
Art/design:
Easy to read with ample visual cues for navigating each room’s description and for moving back and forth between descriptions and map
Usability:
The CLAMS are barbed, and the tide waits for no scvm

Cold Dead Fingers

Concept:  “Mere days ago a terrible thunder shook Kergüs as a colossal stone plummeted through the clouds and into the frozen surface of the lake.” 
Content: A mist-shrouded, gold-prospecting, frozen lake crawl.
Writing: A instructive and elegant hex crawl that rewards exploration consistently with meaningful choice. 
Art/design: A single column, segmented plaintext layout, with color coatings and established GM advice.
Usability: Currently in prototype, expect legibility to go down as style goes up.

Coldying

“There is a dimmed light in a distance, down in the valley. Will you make it? Will you keep The Package safe and alive?”

Conquest of Cthulhu

“You must journey to the Temple in the heart of the Mountains of Madness, deep in the Bergen Chrypt to align the stars and weaken Nechrubel by raising R’lyeh from the Endless Sea and awakening the Great Old One, Cthulhu.”

Court of the Black-Hearted Gnome (Dwór Czarnego Gnoma)

Concept: “Like Scorched Ruins the Black Gnome Manor protrudes from the city. Once the gesture of his hand overthrew the kingdoms, now it only rules over the remnant of his deformed mansion.”
Content:
Contains setup, gossip, hooks, random encounters, minor loot, and the dungeon itself
Writing:
A balanced mix of description and mechanics, all fairly concise
Art/design:
Solid design, both graphic and typographic
Usability:
Adopts Rotblack Sludge’s extremely efficient dungeon presentation

Court of the Grand Executioner

“A pit where the inquisition throws heritics deserving of the worst of fates”

Craving the Green

Concept: “A treasure is to be found in the ruins of the old castle on the mountain. […] Getting there will be pretty easy, but what you’ll find in the treasure might make the way down a bit tricky…”
Content:
A clever bait-and-switch—and then murder
Writing:
Besides stat blocks for the 2-headed lizards, includes copious background and instructions for the GM
Art/design:
Use of color aligns the text with the graphic and provides conservative emphasis to help the GM quickly navigate the document
Usability:
A unique, rules-lite dynamic for navigating and resolving the central conflict

Croak!

Concept: “A collection of frog-based tropes”
Content:
An encounter setting with stats for frog-men, special items, and a frog-man class
Writing:
Straightforward in its descriptions and exposition of mechanics
Art/design:
Relatively conservative but with plenty of color and character
Usability:
More of a toolbox for the GM to use rather than a prefabbed adventure

Crossing the High Fens

Concept: “A treacherous region, unrelenting weather, and creatures out to get you. This not the place you want to be, but it is the place you need to cross to get there.”
Content:
A hazardous hexcrawl packed with locations, encounters, and mechanics for weather and hypothermia
Writing:
Concise and to the point (by necessity, since it puts a lot of content into only a few pages)
Art/design:
Graphics (particularly page borders) add a sense of character and place
Usability:
Well organized, typographically conservative and easy to read

Crypt of the Antropophage

Concept: “Deep beneath the catacombs of Graven-Tosk, behind a blood-stained door, a madman works alone…”
Content: “a blood-soaked dungeon of death and depravity”
Writing: Gory, gonzo, goofy, and peculiarly congruent. With a timer that’s sure to rupture a blood vessel or two.
Art/design: Bloody crimson spot illustrations garnish a spread of vibrant red and white text.
Usability: Blood tokens and the map are recommended but not required.

Crypt of the Ten Fates

Concept: “Help your players be more badass…or kill themselves in even more creative ways!” 
Content: Advanced “What’s in the box?”
Writing: Includes “Insert Travel & Ritual Sacrifice Montage”, and ten miserable fates.
Art/design: Yellow, black, and pink in a practiced, simple, and humorous style.
Usability: Very yellow, not to be taken seriously. 

Cthork Borg

Concept: “Gloomy gilded age struggles against cosmic horror”
Content:
A full adaptation of the Mörk Borg core system for weird, investigative horror in the early 20th century
Writing:
An appropriate mix of clear instructional text with more evocative descriptions
Art/design:
More traditional layout and design than some releases, but the colors and illustrations establish the setting and tone well
Usability:
At 120 pages, a bit heftier than the norm

Additional supplements for this conversion are available on the creator's itch page.

Cultist Zombies

“Lore for the zombies, 7 new monsters fully illustrated, a table of random mutation for the zombies (or your players if they pray to the right entity), a dungeon! full of deadly traps scary monsters and super freaks”

Cuore di Cane/Dog's days are over

Concept: “‘Old tales are told about the Sepulchre beyond the marshes. It's said to be haunted by the spirits of the dead,’ she murmurs... ‘Many set out to plunder the dead, and none ever return.’” 
Content: A heart-crushing, marsh-trudging, corpse-raising sepulcher crawl.
Writing: A sense of sanctity embodies its dungeon descriptions, contrasting the poverty and desperation of the Galgenbeck alley rumors which frame the adventure.
Art/design: Desiccated gray-scale memento mori highlight a structured top-down map and tidy two-column layout.
Usability: Illustrated and plain maps are available separately. Adventure is presented in both English and Italian. 

Curse of the Rotting Sun

“They say Father Sun left this world years ago, but that is untrue. He descended from the sky and plunged into the earth. Somewhere in Wästland Sun is alive and slowly rotting away.”

Damned in Darkness

“A chaotic dungeon dash through gore fueled horror”

Daughter Destroys Dragon

Concept: “The mountain, called "Mountain Crown" by the townspeople, has long been home to dragons, who occasionally appear in the city and steal away treasures. 
In other words, treasure is sleeping in that mountain.”
Content: A dragon kidnapping, treasure, and a demon exorcism.
Writing: A twist on a traditional fantasy adventure narrative.
Art/design: Engaging and dynamic sketches highlight characters and locations.
Usability: Simple concise adventure structure with randomization elements to enhance improvisational gameplay. 

Dead by Dawn

“The Necronomicon. Written in blood and bound in human skin, it granted power over death itself. As the world began to fall apart, the location of the book was forgotten, and it hasn’t been seen since.”

Death

“Enter into the St. Verhu Acadamy and discover the dark secret lying below.”

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

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

Death Ziggurat in the Forest

Concept: “King Sigfúm the Kind has heard news of a suicide cult... (bring) him the cult leader dead or alive.”
Content: A cult leader knapping forest crawl.
Writing: A table of general locations, encounters, and treasure classes to outline your own adventure.
Art/design: Gray as a tomb, with a backdrop of the Sarkash forest, and headstone-reminiscent serif fonts. 
Usability: Available in printer-friendly-ish gothic gray. Separate png with a numbered map. 

Demons and Wizards

Concept: “A rivalry between a Wizard and a Demon has been going on for aeons. You are tasked with getting rid of the Demon once and for all.”
Content:
An abstract, table-based adventure
Writing:
Features strange, psychedelic events and imagery
Art/design:
A wall of words subtly delineated into bite-size bricks with plenty of color and some images to keep the page lively
Usability:
Navigation is a little challenging, but related content is kept in close proximity

Der Turm des Totenbeschwörers

Concept: “Soldiers from Schleswig confiscated – and then lost – the necromancer’s most treasured relic, the Swordfishtrombone. It is now up to the PCs to find it.”
Content:
A devious hexcrawl inspired by Tom Waits
Writing:
Clear, concise expression of rules and encounters
Art/design:
Laid out for easy use with plenty of Mörky design choices and touches
Usability:
Calls for use of MBC titles, but GMs can easily substitute alternatives if these resources aren’t available

Descended like a dove...

Concept: “A puzzle ridden adventure with a very different enemy waiting at the end”
Content:
A four-room dungeon with an ironic take on Christian iconography
Writing:
Clearly describes the surreal dynamics of the dungeon and puzzle solutions
Art/design:
Typographical choices make the dungeon easy to read and reference; illustrations and other design elements contribute to the overall atmosphere
Usability:
For expediency, GMs should review thoroughly before playing

Devil’s Tomb

Concept: “A dungeon by Johan Nohr […] made using the MÖRK BORG digital dungeon generator.”
Content:
Eclectic bordering on an acid trip, but strangely charming
Writing:
Stitches randomly generated features together in interesting ways
Art/design:
Map breaks perspective to efficiently depict three-dimensional space
Usability:
Navigating the two halves of the sheet simultaneously can get tricky; number the rooms with your own blood

Down and Out in a Schleswig Sanitorium

Concept: “Recently the staff has all been murdered by a patient gone rogue. That suits the King’s ends well enough.”
Content:
Clever scenario, especially the conclusion
Writing:
Disturbingly descriptive at times, humorously irreverent at others
Art/design:
Adapts Nohr-esque style to express its “sterile” environment
Usability:
Well organized by category, but involves some flipping/scrolling/shuffling

Down Below

Concept: “‘I need a hardy group to check the district’s Drainage Works beneath the city.’”
Content:
An elaborate sewer crawl filled with NPCs, plenty of treasures, and even more hazards
Writing:
Includes lots of atmosphere and characterful monologues/dialogue for NPCs
Art/design:
Optimized for clarity and quick navigation and reference
Usability:
Provides plenty of details, clues, and dialogue for the GM to use or adapt; a potentially long adventure

Down the Altamaha(-ha)

Concept: “The king’s cartographer has deciphered the horn’s coordinates – but of all places, it had to be in the Altamaha. Who would be foolish enough to go there?”
Content:
Boating, fishing, treasure hunting, and gruesome death in one package; some interesting interconnected elements and connections to other 3rd-party adventures
Writing:
Straightforward and descriptive with an undercurrent of humor
Art/design:
Clear, easy-to-navigate layouts with some nice illustrations
Usability:
Nonlinear but not particularly complicated

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

Fae and Whimsy

Concept:  
“In ancient woods deep and wide
where beasts of old are by my side
I the fairy king full of ire
declare this war, my one desire.” 
Content: Three fae enemies, twelve new Miseries, one fairy crown, and a war to tie them all together.
Writing: Misery with a hint of whimsy, challenge with a hint of capriciousness.
Art/design: Graceful and organic line art supplements a heavy serif text.
Usability: Printable as a human or fairy-scaled booklet. 

False Prophecies

Concept: An album of dungeon synth and dark ambient tracks with accompanying adventure
Content:
A physical manifestation of the Sword of Hailstone game app
Writing:
Provides mechanics for navigating the frozen wastes and lore and stat blocks for what you’ll find along the way
Art/design: Masterfully puzzles the game content into the relatively small space of a fold-out cassette case
Usability:
Pairs well with Sword of Hailstone materials, which include a fold-out hex map

Fate's Folly

Concept: “Slowly, slowly, the wheel begins to turn, dragging you into its unending journey.” 
Content: An abbreviated tour of the wheel of fate.
Writing: Six randomized stages of a fool’s journey, manifest as (potentially) miserable encounters.
Art/design: Select tarot imagery presented to provide inspiration and context for each new chamber.
Usability: For a satisfying evening trapped by temptation and diversion, also available in plain text. 

Fimbulvinter

“Set in the northern town of Kunsama, where the villagers are trapped in eternal winter, have turned to cannibalism to survive, and are plagued by Unfortunate Undead”

First, Do No Harm

Concept: “You’ve been dispatched to fetch Erling from the Raven’s Claw Sanatorium, a patient who is scheduled to be hanged at daybreak on the steps of the Basilisks’ basilica for their crimes of devil worshiping.”
Content: A mystery in a haunted house style asylum, complete with sanity mechanics.
Writing: A transportation of cinematic haunted asylum horror to Mörk Borg.
Art/design: Abstracted text dungeon utilizes typographic elements to imply the structure and functionality of each location.
Usability: Mixed perspectives in an abstract format leave encounter design occasionally open to interpretation. 

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

Flails at Chrimbo

Concept: “Your insane sister apparently sent the children Flails this Christmas. Flails!”
Content:
A sandboxy, randomized crawl through streets beset by flail-wielding tykes. (Yes, it is as dark and hilarious as it sounds.)
Writing:
Multiple tables for different types of encounters, suggested destinations, and a grim finale
Art/design:
Primarily textual, but well-organized to do its work effectively
Usability:
Facilitates linear flow through the document

FLESHEN CHRYPT

Concept: “To delay the inevitable Miseries, you must survive the dangers of FLESHEN CHRYPT!”
Content: A flesh fueled tome crawl.
Writing: An instructive, condensed slurry of fleshy flavor.
Art/design: At once mildly grotesque, and comically irreverent. 
Usability: Uncrowded design and visual cues make for a highly functional 1-page dungeon. 

For the Rich & Foolhardy

Concept: “Enjoy this dungeon I made in a few hours”
Content: A siege beast scrap-crawl.
Writing: A direct and accessible style with thematic core mechanics.
 Art/design: Gritty maps, illustrations, and script that blend smoothly
Usability: Elongated text may hinder reading. Siege Beast included in Powderburned Scoundrel.

For Whom the Deer Haunts

Concept: “Deep in the woods of Kergüs, you befall a small tribe of earthbound. Their Chieftain, Krüll, warns you of an accursed  kinsmen – a Wendigo – hiding among them, slaughtering a man every night.”
Content:
Provides a hook, suspects (with a fun alibi system), and culprit
Writing: Conveys the necessary information concisely but effectively
Art/design:
A gritty graphic character with strategic shocks of color
Usability:
Allows GM to customize scenario to taste or need; includes a twisted twist on the reward

From Bloody Angels Fell Venemous Truths

Concept:
“The graves are disturbed
The weeping won’t stop
Delve deep
Delve true
Die”
Content: An angel weeping, zombie bleeding tomb crawl.
Writing: Compact mechanics with descriptive fragments to embellish at the table.
Art/design: Simple polished black and yellow dungeon. Text boxes separate locations, encounters, and creatures.
Usability: Easy to reference. Pre-reading enhances understanding.

Frozen Hellscape

“Ever wanted to go to the frozen, colourless wastes of Kergus? Fancy introducing your party of renegades and hopeless vagabonds to an oversized, selfish gangster running the underside of Galgenbeck?”

Frozen Kingdom of the Furnace Mizer

“Climb up to the snow buried Kingdom of the Furnace Mizer where the strange smoke billows out from forgotten steeples.”

Frusna Norr

Concept: “By greed, courage, or stupidity, you find yourself mounting the Frozen Steppe; should you survive, its contents are yours. Beware, though, for it is said the King still holds Frostkeep, and he dislikes unannounced guests.”
Content: A frigid castle crawl.
Writing: A series of tangible room descriptions and intangible encounters detail the sombre history of this frigid place..
Art/design: A lightly textured black and white layout with dynamic typographic elements and sharp spot illustrations.
Usability: Also available in an untextured print-friendly version.

FVCK THIS I’M OUT

Concept: “A mashup based on Rugose Kohn’s 30 Days of MÖRK BORG”
Content:
A randomized bridge crawl with monsters and other hazards
Writing:
Concise and witty (hopefully)
Art/design:
Dominated by a strange landscape and its denizens
Usability:
Works best as a two-page spread
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