CORP BORG
A downloadable game
Corp Borg is a rules-light, office-crawl OSR tabletop RPG. While inspired heavily by MÖRK BORG aesthetics and gameplay, it's a standalone game - all you need to play is this book.
The world of Corp Borg is bleak, bloody, and brutal, exactly like corporations are. They rule the world of Corp Borg, as they do in real life, but are a bit more obvious about summoning demons, making blood sacrifices, and performing occult rituals.
On 104 high-quality pages you’ll find:
- 6 classes, like The Salesman, The Engineer, or The Designer
- 6 evil conglomerates to bring down
- Office tools to fight with, like a paper cutter blade, keyboard, or a coffee mug
- Hordes of enemies including mindless colleagues, bloodthirsty managers, and eldritch demons
- Additional gameplay mechanics and a slightly adjusted fighting system
- Tons of random tables to keep the adventure going, such as Conspiracy Theories, Corpo Generator, Demon Creator, NPC tables, Incantations and Aracane Fuckups, and more
- d66 Urgent Emails, counting down to the Deadline
- A mixture of art styles from industrial metal to art punk
Players will act as ordinary, low-level employees of some of the biggest and worst companies in both worlds. Armed with office equipment and occultly enhanced abilities, they will face their mindless coworkers, blood thirsty management, and terrifying demons. Their goal? Doesn’t matter. The Deadline is upon them, and they shall perish alongside the whole universe.
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In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $17.99 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Development log
- New update!Jul 19, 2024
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Just curious if there's a sample adventure in the book? I'm a bit pressed for time to create new adventures, but would love to run it at an upcoming convention.
Yes, there is a pre-made introductory adventure included :)
Thanks for the info! Will pick it up!
Thank you very much! I hope you'll like it :) All the best!
Hi! Really want to get this but budget is a bit tight these days... any chance for an upcoming sale? :)
Yes, we will have something special in December! Alongside some community copies! :)
Maybe stupid question, but black page in chapter 3 is gibberish? Or it in some other language/code?
Not a stupid question at all! It's indeed a real text, possible to translate into English! :)
Can you give at least hints in PM? I suppose you just need to replace symbols with english letters, but I’m not native English speaker, so it hard for me to guess.
Feel free to join our Discord - there are some people who solved and might give you some hints! To be honest, I'm note even sure how I would approach it. I know the solution but I don't know the best way to go about it ^^'
I guess this is also a decent start? https://www.wikihow.com/Decipher-a-Secret-Code
I just solved it but found a typo, has that been reported already? First word in the fourth to last line :)
Congratulations! Thank you <3 And yes, the typo is a known issue - but I actually find it funny for Those Who Lurk Below to make typos. They don't Grammarly in hell :D
Can you share please? Cause I really don’t get it, and not really want to work on deciphering. Asked on discord, but people just ignored me. If you care to share, I suppose you don’t want to post it here, so here my mail ogr-sp@mail.ru
I just came across this in my local gaming store and bought a copy for our group. I love having the physical book at the table but I like using PDFs during prep; do you have a program where you provide a digital copy for physical versions purchased? I have saved my receipt if you need the proof of purchase. Thanks for making a great product, my players are going to love the 11th Annual Corporate Gathering...
Absolutely no problem at all! Drop me a line at pawelkicman@heltung.online and we will get it sorted.
Shouldn't there be community copies available for a game themed like that ;)
Let's not get ahead of ourselves... yet ;) I can't say more at this time but for sure watch this space!
Yeah, my problem is that I'm not american, US$ here is very, VERY expensive and I don't even have an international credit card to buy on itch.io. I can only grab community copies and free games here, it sucks.
Hi there!
I'm planning to add some community copies here, so watch this space! :)
All the best,
Paweł
Thank you <3
Hi! I bought the physical version in a spanish store, but the book doesn't have any character sheets in it. There's a way of getting those? Or the Screen Inserts without buying everything again in digital? Thank you! (:
If you join the discord for heltung storytelling
https://discord.com/invite/UUEQqh7k
You can search it and find the sheets there as well as lots of other 3rd party content and discussion
Is there an updated Discord invite link? This one appears to be expired. Thanks!
Here it is! https://discord.gg/BfTrXrcpHA
Hey, if anyone is buying a physical copy of this game, I recommend not buying from World of Game Design (WOGD)
I ordered the physical book on Aug 8th (19 days ago) and still has not shipped.
I've tried to contact them and they answered the phone once and said a few more days, then nothing, then messaged on fb and discord and got an email saying it was shipped but all they did was create a label, tracking just says usps waiting for item.
Avoid.
Sorry that happened, I'll ask them what's the situation there, maybe I'll be able to help.
Thank you! Yeah it looks like it was finally dropped off at the post office today, but I feel like I had to bug them to do it. Originally they said they were behind because of gencon, which I was cool with but then nothing for 5 days and then I had to keep messaging them and they added a tracking number but the tracking tells you when it is scanned into USPS and it wasnt until almost a week after an email where they said that they "ensured my order was shipped out".
I'm all for being patient with delays but almost a month to ship and then giving me the run around left a bad taste in my mouth.
But I'm excited for the book and I know none of this is your fault, just distribution issues. Thanks again!
Here's my review of Corp Borg: Corp Borg is one of the most creative Borg games that has come out yet. The creator takes the banality of office work (something many of us can relate to) and expertly infuses it with Mork Borg metal powered horror. It is a beautiful looking book with great art and the format is much easier to read than many Borg books while still retaining the Mork aesthetic. The game has a hell infused stock market, an arcane coffee machine and you can kill with a stapler. If this doesn't convince you of this game's greatness, nothing will.
Hi, is there an update on physical copies being available in the US? And would those be available here or through a retailer? Thank you!
Hi there!
In a few days it should be available through https://kartellianvaults.com/ and https://store.wogd.com/
Amazing, thanks!
Hoping that non-backers will be able to get physical copies soon. This is great.
Thanks! And yeah, absolutely, depending on where you are based you'll be able to buy a physical copy this week, the next or by the end of May! :)
https://store.wogd.com/products/corp-borg-hardcover?_pos=1&_sid=9ddb69483&_ss=r
Any updates on the print release for the US?
Yes, it's now all packed and ready for the international shipping to the US fulfillment centre and should be send next week! :)
Is this for non-kickstarter?
https://store.wogd.com/products/corp-borg-hardcover?_pos=1&_sid=9ddb69483&_ss=r
When are non kickstarters going to be able to order physical books?
In March for the EU/UK/ROW, depending on different factors it might be early April for the US. But no longer than that.
hell yeah! From this itch page or?
https://store.wogd.com/products/corp-borg-hardcover?_pos=1&_sid=9ddb69483&_ss=r
this is one of my favorite borg hacks. A lot of these games live and die by their ability to find their own voice & vision and corp Borg excels. The setting is super rich and evocative, elevating the expected corporate horror stuff to even more horrifying heights. The art and layout evokes Borg-likes while still being innovative and very sound. After this, I’m on the hook for whatever yall are cooking next.
It means a World, Champ, coming from you <3
I missed out on the KS - definitely on the lookout to order a physical copy as soon as they are available on wide release!
https://store.wogd.com/products/corp-borg-hardcover?_pos=1&_sid=9ddb69483&_ss=r
Any plans for a physical release? Obviously not every game is gonna have one but I'd be interested.
Absolutely, the book is being printed right now! :)
One of my favourite BORG-games so far. Can't wait to DM it.
The lore is very inspiring and somewhat terrifying. The more you read about corporations the more and vastly you imagine in-office intrigues, horrors and dramas. And dark comedy as well.
If you look for references to understand the bizarre and occult world of Corp Borg, try playing/watching playthroughs of the Yuppie Psycho PC game. I feel the same vibes.
Thank you for this gold nugget.
Ooooh, thank you so much, that's really motivating! <3
I am very impressed with this extension! Many thanks to the author, it turned out to be very atmospheric and too believable)
Thanks so much! Yeah, after 7 years in a corporate environment, I know really well how horrible it can be. Even worse than what's in the book!
CORP BORG comes highly recommended. The skill an artistry are on more than on point - and most importantly, it's a wonderful addition to the "BORG" movement. Happy to have it on my digital shelf.
Thank you! I'm so glad you like it. <3