S1:E34 – Cthork Borg with Richard Kelly - Aberration

RPG Reanimators

Episode Notes

In this episode, we hack apart another game system, Cthork Borg, with its mad scientist creator Richard Kelly. Cthork Borg is a low-prep cosmic horror RPG set in the gloomy jazz age. As it's name suggests, it's an aberrant mutation from the Mork Borg core ruleset with some interesting changes by Richard that help it feel fresh, wriggling, and fun for GMs and players looking to try something a bit lighter than Call of Cthulhu, but still fully capable of delivering horrors at the table. We also talk about a lot of different games & systems in this interview:

• It's Alive! Cthork Borg APs
• Where to find Richard Kelly: https://kumada1.itch.io/cthork-borg ; https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/382082/cthork-borg
• Stygian, a game of Lovecraftian RPG inspiration: https://store.steampowered.com/app/779290/Stygian_Reign_of_the_Old_Ones/
• Free copy of the Mork Borg Bare Bones edition: https://jnohr.itch.io/mrk-borg-free
• Richard's recommended games to check out:
• Behond the fence, Below the grave - https://t-akw.itch.io/beyond-the-fence-below-the-grave
• Mendicant Spell Vixens (not "Menda Can't Spell 'Vixens', as I have now learned) - https://kumada1.itch.io/mendicant-spell-vixens/purchase
• Hollow Halls - https://rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io/hollow-halls-shallow-grave-edition
• T.H.A.W. - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/477078/thief-healer-arcanist-warrior

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