Pirate Borg! First Look

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  • Опубликовано: 11 янв 2025

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  • @Fellfire
    @Fellfire Год назад +106

    I for one would not mind more pirate stuff, and I don't think I'm alone in this!

    • @ruolbu
      @ruolbu Год назад +4

      A quick little pirate session on the side... I can see that working.
      Maybe as a spin off of season 3, just happening in the same world, no need to include big callbacks

    • @NarTheNecromancer
      @NarTheNecromancer Год назад +2

      Agreed! I hope he's not too discouraged from playing another pirate game on the channel because he's "already done it". I'd love to see another pirate themed season or even a spin off.

    • @xionkuriyama5697
      @xionkuriyama5697 Год назад

      Honestly I just want more of the original style of content again--though he's probably waiting until he finishes Five Parsecs.

  • @CamManTheWise
    @CamManTheWise Год назад +36

    I think Captain Nikula deserves a season of his own!

    • @samsolitaryroll
      @samsolitaryroll Год назад +4

      Right, he is an even better choice for this system than Carlos

    • @Balmonec
      @Balmonec Год назад +3

      I second that, I'd love a mini-season adventure of Captain Nikula. Maybe even a prequel - how did Captain Nikula manage to find the original map to the Soul Cage, anyway?

  • @DaveThaumavore
    @DaveThaumavore Год назад +26

    Thanks for this walkthrough. Luke really has put together a beautiful game with this one. Please hit me up if you wanna record a one-shot! You have my cutlass, sir!

    • @MeMyselfandDieRPG
      @MeMyselfandDieRPG  Год назад +15

      Yaaaar, me matey! Sign me up to the freebootin’ crew of the SS Thaumavore!

    • @AdriRaven
      @AdriRaven Год назад +5

      I am absolutely on board with this notion.

    • @messi10goat864
      @messi10goat864 Год назад +4

      I'd love to game with you, your energy is amazing!

  • @romanista77
    @romanista77 Год назад +43

    Personally, I really liked “Cy-Borg”.
    Much like “Pirate Borg”, it really nails the genre.
    Maybe a “Cyberpunk” season of Me, Myself, and Die?

    • @animatorFan74
      @animatorFan74 Год назад +6

      Cyberpunk season would be amazing.... but he also did just do Blade Runner, so that might scratch that itch?

  • @deezntz70
    @deezntz70 Год назад +5

    This video was basically 12 minutes of you flipping pages and going "YARRR SO COOL!!". lmao, love it.

  • @chasestreet8082
    @chasestreet8082 Год назад +8

    I'm a big crunch guy myself, but I love everything about Mork Borg, Cy_Borg and Pirate Borg! There is just something about these games that make you forget they are totally rules light, because they're just plain fun.
    After having backed WAY too many RPG Kickstarters (over 200 at this point), I have finally managed to bring my expenditures on that platform to nearly a halt. However, the one system I still continue to back things for is Mork Borg (and the other games based on it). Who knew that there would eventually be a rules light game that I love as much as my crunchy games?

  • @Skulliver-t8q
    @Skulliver-t8q Год назад +5

    The core rules on how to fight, shoot, heal, use magic and do social or brainy things are on like, 4 -6 pages of this book. Being rules light means you get multiple splat book expansions worth of content in a one book game. There is so much content and as a GM, I have been having so much fun finding out what the hell is going on at the same time as the players. Not having super crunchy rules means I can "chaos surf" the awesome things that can arise. Charts have provided amazingly cool events and encounters in a way that reminds me a lot of Ironsworn. There are very few "hard points" and being able to have everyone at the table explore and discover as a group is wonderful.

  • @artistpoet5253
    @artistpoet5253 Год назад +34

    Just as a game with lots of rules can be pared down to its essentials, making it 'rules light', a light game can be built upon with any number of homebrew and borrowed rules.

    • @kasperv967
      @kasperv967 Год назад +1

      Agreed! I'm a big fan from running Cy_borg as theres enough structure to give me basic guidelines, but I've been able to add tons of homebrew without it feeling oddly tacked on.

    • @AceneDean
      @AceneDean Год назад

      @@kasperv967 have you put any of these homebrew rules in a form that is easy to share? I'm very curious.

    • @kasperv967
      @kasperv967 Год назад +1

      ​@@AceneDean Haha, I'm afraid it's a horrendous mess of hashed together Cy_borg, ICRPG, and Barbarians of the Ruined Earth.
      Some of the easy slot-ins though to give some inspiration are:
      1. Dying (Last heroic stand): On negative HP: Roll D4 to determine rounds until death. Player may still take actions and move, but all rolls are at disadvantage. Another player may attempt to bring them back to 1 hp by testing Knowledge vs DR (10 + how far into the negative they are. -10 or greater = instant death)
      2. Weapon Classes:
      Infantry (small arms): Deal Half damage to vehicles
      Explosive: Deal regular damage to infantry, double to vehicles (same double as already in the book)
      Vehicle (heavy caliber machine guns / autocannons): Deal full damage to vehicles, double damage to infantry targets.
      3. Monsters / "Magic" / "Scrolls": I just go through OSE / 1e / 2e / anything OSR related really and re-skin whatever looks cool. Scrolls become "nano-boosters", spells follow the same nano power rules of test presence to activate, and monsters get reskinned to mutants or cyber-monstrosities. The imagination is the limit!

  • @johnfrancis3203
    @johnfrancis3203 Год назад +21

    You're thinking about this all wrong. It's not that you just did a pirate season... it's would you enjoy and would *we* enjoy another pirate season and idk about anyone else but my FAVE season has been the pirate one soooo

    • @thehermitthetower1126
      @thehermitthetower1126 Год назад +2

      Edburt is my favorite character across all seasons, and I agree season 3 was my favorite so far as well.

    • @johnfrancis3203
      @johnfrancis3203 Год назад +3

      @@thehermitthetower1126 Riiiiiight? More pirates! More the pirate cap'n. More Edbert. More Carlos for the people who want that. More ghosts! Tell me it wouldn't be a blast! We could even reunite Simon and Arne...

  • @cybermerlyn2
    @cybermerlyn2 Год назад +14

    I thought I was done buying any more d20 games. Then I read this book. It is concise. Every page is crammed with useful information. With just enough added pirate goodness you get a setting, the Broken Caribbean. So good...

  • @emanoelmelo
    @emanoelmelo Год назад +3

    "Rules light, flavor heavy" as they say.
    Many of these new rules light systems are based around a streamlined ruleset to open up space for other stuff, like rich settings, faction systems, compelling carousing rules, etc

  • @thehermitthetower1126
    @thehermitthetower1126 Год назад +8

    I dunno, Carlos was a popular character. The end of that campaign is really tooled up for a supernatural pirate adventure.

  • @ErictheCleric-RPG
    @ErictheCleric-RPG Год назад +12

    Life is too short to not play what you’d want to on the channel. I definitely think you should run this on the show and I’m sure we’d all be happy with more pirate gameplay videos especially since this system looks so good! 👍🏼 Maybe a mini series instead of a full season if you’d be so inclined?

    • @Skulliver-t8q
      @Skulliver-t8q Год назад +3

      Seriously, do it. I think you would LOVE the setting and really just tear into it. How about generating a one shot based on the charts and 2-3 rando PCs. If it samples well in views, continue on.

    • @dranorter
      @dranorter Год назад +2

      Five Parsecs was going to be a miniseries and ended up longer than he thought. :) Maybe a Carlos one-shot. Which like so many one-shots, might get split in two.

  • @borgy1337
    @borgy1337 Год назад +13

    Limithron (Luke) started out doing naval maps for 5e on his Patreon and after the success, Pirate Borg was born. Currently at 6k backers on KS and Backerkit.

  • @toddzircher6168
    @toddzircher6168 Год назад +1

    Your gushing love for the material is contagious. 🙂

  • @alexroman6424
    @alexroman6424 Год назад +9

    You could definitely run a mini-series of Pirate Borg, maybe with the overarching 5 Parsecs campaign rules if you want more meat on the bones.

  • @gegegebebebe5087
    @gegegebebebe5087 Год назад +3

    Up up and away, to the Featureless Grey Plainwaters for a ship fight introduction. (=

  • @SingularityOrbit
    @SingularityOrbit Год назад +6

    DUDE. Pirates are an established part of your setting now. Do you really believe for even a second that we aren't all excited by the idea of further seagoing adventures with Simon, Arne, and Edbert? This looks exactly like what I'd expect them to be dealing with if His Tentacular Wizardiness seeks revenge for being denied his freedom.

  • @TheNabcore
    @TheNabcore Год назад +7

    Please do a series on this. I want more pirate stuff xD

  • @MelRiffe
    @MelRiffe Год назад +5

    Ordered a copy on the strength of this review. Thanks, Trevor. ❤

    • @waykreid
      @waykreid Год назад +1

      Same! About 5 minutes in. Yo ho!

  • @Rich_H_1972
    @Rich_H_1972 Год назад +13

    I much prefer Pirate Borg and Cy_Borg over Mork Borg. That latter feels very light and more a triumph of esthetic over any real substance. The other two books (esp. Pirate Borg) are far easier to read and contain more useful information - they actually have some weight to them. Would highly recommend both to people even those, like me, that aren't fans of the game they are based off (Mork Borg).

    • @jasonnewell7036
      @jasonnewell7036 Год назад +1

      I agree. Mörk Borg really needs a bunch of the supplemental booklets to feel like a more complete game. Pirate Borg is much more self contained.

    • @dranorter
      @dranorter Год назад +1

      Thanks for saying so! I'm not a fan of Mork Borg's impossible-to-read approach to graphic design (tho I'm fine with the lite setting).

  • @lzrdkng
    @lzrdkng Год назад +3

    im not even really that big a fan of pirates but your enthusiasm is making me want to play a pirate game lmfao. I wonder if i can be peter pan...?

    • @Skulliver-t8q
      @Skulliver-t8q Год назад

      I don't know about being Peter Pan but, I will tell you you can play an intelligent animal such as a Parrot or Monkey...or a Chicken. Not an anthro thing. No, a chicken. A truly gifted chicken.
      "Gain the ability from one random relic & one random ritual. When you are killed, the ghosts of a hundred chickens swarm your assailant, ripping their spiritual soul from their flesh. "
      So, if you ever thought " I dunno about pirates, but I do fancy being a magical poultry grenade" this is for you.

  • @jomiran1000
    @jomiran1000 Год назад +3

    I use the Borg books to theme Iron Sworn. Mark Borg for Iron Sworn, CY_BORG for Starforged (I use Delve rules to simulate netrunning), and I plan to mash Pirate Borg with Sundered Isles.

    • @dranorter
      @dranorter Год назад

      Sounds great! Do you play Ironsworn solo or with a group? We tried it GMless once, which mostly worked but didn't really sit right with the whole group.

    • @dranorter
      @dranorter Год назад

      I checked out your vertical videos PSA, amazingly well done!

  • @greatwhitedonkey
    @greatwhitedonkey 7 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for the great video! I would totally watch a solo Mork/Pirate/Cy Borg specific campaign as a spinoff :D

  • @omegaomtv
    @omegaomtv Год назад +9

    Rules light is gold, no need for unnecessary complexity. Reduce all fractions to its simplest terms. This game does it perfectly. So does many other freeleague games.

    • @omegaomtv
      @omegaomtv Год назад +1

      I might add, I say this too because it makes it easier to gm.

    • @kasperv967
      @kasperv967 Год назад +1

      totally! I love the Borg series for how direct and flexible the rules have been in playing.

  • @jalahjava_
    @jalahjava_ 8 месяцев назад

    Man, with all this excitement I really think you'd have some fun running this. I'd personally love to see more pirate stuff from you!

  • @darjr
    @darjr Год назад +5

    Love it! Running it for Talk Like a Pirate Day!

    • @Skulliver-t8q
      @Skulliver-t8q Год назад

      Same. Good luck fellow Harbormaster!

  • @simontemplar3359
    @simontemplar3359 Год назад +5

    Season 3 was amazing! After watching that, my players and I decided to add a pirate element to our game. Super cool!

  • @kidneykid
    @kidneykid Год назад

    I would not care if your entire channel was devoted to only pirate stuff I would watch every episode of anything you do with Pirate Borg!

  • @rolconcosas
    @rolconcosas Год назад +4

    Mork Borg and CY_BORG are also great, both on group and solo (I'm currently running a CY_BORG solo campaign with Mythic 2e), would be super cool to see your impressions on them too!

  • @samsolitaryroll
    @samsolitaryroll Год назад +3

    Hmm... A evil campaign with Carlos as MC using this would be cool. Seeing you this excited over Pirate Borg, I wouldn't mind another pirate themed plays. But it's up to you.
    EDIT : I saw another comment on this video and I agree with it. Captain Arro Nikula is perfect for Pirate Borg campaign.

  • @FinArborist
    @FinArborist Год назад

    Do it. Do it. Do it! Please, pretty please! I really enjoyed the pirate adventure you did.
    I do believe, your audience would really enjoy another pirate adventure.

  • @_mawburn
    @_mawburn Год назад

    Pirate Borg is such a great game. I was able to throw together a game in literally minutes without really reading the book first. I played in 1 online con game a few months before, but that was about it.
    I'm not a big fan of Mork Borg itself, but this game got me on to the whole Borg series of games and I enjoy quite a lot of them!

  • @dranorter
    @dranorter Год назад

    What makes this one exciting is just how excited you are. :)

  • @himurogentoku7117
    @himurogentoku7117 Год назад +3

    I love Pirate Borg!

  • @edwardromero3580
    @edwardromero3580 Год назад +2

    I love Pirate Borg! It’s one of the best looking games I’ve seen in a long time.And I love your enthusiasm about it. I had the same reaction when my kickstarter copy arrived. SO GREAT!

  • @brianbutcher3330
    @brianbutcher3330 Год назад

    I agree. Another pirate theme would be awesome

  • @Buzzregog
    @Buzzregog Год назад +1

    It really is amazing - Cy-borg is also pretty spectacular.

  • @lindaschweiner200
    @lindaschweiner200 Год назад

    I would love another pirate series! It was great and I think another would be very welcome! Look how many different versions of dungeon-type shows there are and they're still very popular! Don't limit yourself just because you 'already did that'. Please reconsider it because this looks GREAT!

  • @Bargletheinfamous
    @Bargletheinfamous Год назад +1

    Hell yes! Waiting for this to show up in my mail

  • @adiosgringo8200
    @adiosgringo8200 Год назад

    Now you have me very interested. You have to do another Pirate adventure with these rules. Looks fantastic.

  • @zindayn
    @zindayn Год назад

    I love all the different systems I learn about on this channel. I'll never get tired of it.

  • @saynoir
    @saynoir Год назад +1

    I have the book too! Love this Mork Borg hack!

  • @Slydeish
    @Slydeish Год назад

    You could do a Pirates of Dark water themed game with this book where even the ocean is trying to eat you alive and navigating it is hell at times, better have the wind on your back. Pirates of Dark water was my favorite cartoon as a kid though it didn’t last, like all great things. I love your content Trevor!

  • @bloodrunsclear
    @bloodrunsclear Год назад

    I couldn't get my group interested in Cy-Borg or Mark Borg...but PIRATE got mentioned and we were off to the races :)

  • @thebeatls09k
    @thebeatls09k Год назад

    Please more pirate stuff! That was one of my favorite seasons!!

  • @Acmegamer
    @Acmegamer Год назад

    Like you Trevor I tend towards crunchier systems but I love Mork Borg based material. Great video. :)

  • @AbadonBIack
    @AbadonBIack Год назад

    Gorgeous book! More pirates is always a yes for me. I'd love to see you try either Pirates in Space or Magic Pirates similar to One Piece.

  • @jamesharrison142
    @jamesharrison142 Год назад

    I mean it looks awesome...loved the flip-through - I'd be happy seeing a pirate borg-game at some point: but I'm sure whatever you choose will be excellent!

  • @MichaelYoung-i9x
    @MichaelYoung-i9x 8 месяцев назад

    Please run a campaign and I have an idea for a Captain. He is Captain One-eyed Jack in command of the Barnacle. His eye patch keeps switching from one eye to the other every day (it is a magical eye-patch, allowing him to see things far away).

  • @grumpyinbrooklyn6347
    @grumpyinbrooklyn6347 Год назад +1

    This book looks fantastic!

  • @metallsnubben
    @metallsnubben Год назад

    ...I would probably want a bit more "rules sauce" as well but this is looking pretty damn awesome

  • @peterdickinson4599
    @peterdickinson4599 Год назад

    Great game. Got my copy through KS a few months ago. Have only had the chance to run two one-shots. But they were both for groups of players who had never played an RPG before. All seemed to enjoy.

  • @Spacemutiny
    @Spacemutiny Год назад +1

    This is awesome! I’m buying this!

  • @donc7664
    @donc7664 Год назад

    That intro remix of black sails....mmmmm. Pirate Borg is the only thing I ever backed on kickstarter and Its pride of my collection.

  • @Mr_Chori
    @Mr_Chori Год назад +1

    So... When is happening this Captain Nikula or Carlos spin off season? Hahaha great video

  • @animatorFan74
    @animatorFan74 Год назад

    Looks so awesome.... would definitely love to try this myself.
    I might try Mork Borg first and see how that goes. I absolutely love all the artwork and everything... gorgeous book. :)
    And as you say, so many sic and awesome details... looks so fun. :)

  • @wbbartlett
    @wbbartlett Год назад +1

    Trevor's enthusiasm alone has sold this to me! I had written it off as a Mork Borg variant (the aesthetic of which is a big turn off for me).
    Was good to hear the Black Sails-like S3 theme again too :)

  • @odolowa1
    @odolowa1 Год назад

    I was thinking just the other day that pirates are an under represented genre in rpgs

  • @keithmathews4605
    @keithmathews4605 Год назад

    Today on, "Expand your vocabulary" with Trevor Devall... I gained a fondness for the word ameliorate. This made my day :)

  • @YannMiollan
    @YannMiollan Год назад

    Love season 3's theme song at the end

  • @JanHoos
    @JanHoos 5 месяцев назад

    I just got this gem and would love to solo this before I can get a group together ^_^

  • @Skulliver-t8q
    @Skulliver-t8q Год назад

    DUDE, rules light or not. PLAY THIS. Embrace the glorious random nature of what the charts give you. I'm three sessions deep and it's amazing. The sandbox adventure included is really great and the naval rules are fantastic as well.

  • @davelanciani-dimaensionx
    @davelanciani-dimaensionx Год назад

    Any of the "XXX-Borg" may be "rules-lite", but I think it's the FLAVOR that defines these games. The general rules of play are simple, but the rest of the charts and informational guides are what spell out the real "feel" of the game. "Evocative" is the correct word! Mork Borg(please give it a try!!), Cy Borg, and Pirate Borg play the same, but feel very different. And the books themselves are "art books" that you can just look at. It's all about the atmosphere, and these games HAVE IT. Oh, and someone needs to recommend the Sea Shanty's to the "pirate metal" band Alehouse. I'm sure they could do a whole album of those songs!

  • @alternativezen
    @alternativezen Год назад

    I'm always okay with more pirate stuff! If you don't feature it on a series then I will. But would prefer if it was you :P

  • @user-to3ny1yj7s
    @user-to3ny1yj7s Год назад

    Pirate Borg is amazing! It’s fast but leads to great stories. Well worth trying out!

  • @ramsomwared8915
    @ramsomwared8915 Год назад

    I always liked the artwork in the books even if they are not for me due to being too lightweight to my tastes (I use systems like SWADE for almost anything and soon, Scarlet Heroes for the low fantasy sword and sorcery vibes.)

  • @Mandalorian2814
    @Mandalorian2814 Год назад

    I've always enjoyed Freeport & I've run 50 Leagues from Savage Worlds. Truly enjoy the plot point. Very flexible and a setting that can grow. I'll gave to check this out.

  • @simontemplar3359
    @simontemplar3359 Год назад

    League of free who... 😁 Happy belated Christmas!!

  • @duieb
    @duieb Год назад +2

    Hi Trevor. You really inspired me with the pirate theme of season 3. I just started a new campaign with a pirate theme, using Shadow of the Demon Lord rules (you should check it out, it's awesome). I even have captain Nicola as a main NPC😅.
    When will we get season 4???

  • @schemage2210
    @schemage2210 Год назад

    i'm getting the feeling that something "borg" seems to be the TTRPG equivalent of "souls-like" video games. Interesting stuff.

  • @KirieTrend
    @KirieTrend Год назад +1

    You know like popular series got a spin-of or gaiden short series...
    Well... know you have something to solothrough cap'n Nikola with in his own spin-of
    Or you know... *cough* Carlos for that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern feel
    Just saying ;)
    P.S. It's a treat to hear series 3 theme one more time

  • @liamtaylor4955
    @liamtaylor4955 Год назад

    That's a nice book.

  • @ianmoore1220
    @ianmoore1220 Год назад

    mausritter would be interesting to see you try solo, im planning on doing that myself be interesting to see

  • @G-Funk42
    @G-Funk42 Год назад +1

    Hey Trevor, if you think you might dig some Mörk Borg clones, you should check out a 'zine-style one called Planet Motherfucker. You'll get a laugh out of reading it, if nothing else. Just as rules-lite as Pirate Borg.

  • @quench100
    @quench100 Год назад

    Have you seen the Dragon Age RPG, Trevor? You might like it. It's got a Warhammery feel to it 😄

  • @MrTurtleThief
    @MrTurtleThief Год назад

    You weren't exaggerating haha, that would've been perfect for season 3! When you turned to sea shanties we had the same reaction lol

  • @mightyeroc7284
    @mightyeroc7284 Год назад

    You need to go back and read Mork Borg, just as awesome as Pirate Borg.

  • @joshuaward5498
    @joshuaward5498 Год назад +1

    I mean. Can one play too many pirate games? I don’t feel like there’s a limit.
    Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

  • @wingusryu8289
    @wingusryu8289 Год назад

    I am planning to pick this and Cy_borg up soon.
    If you are looking for something in this vain in a new genre check out the Western Rpg Frontier Scum

  • @DeletarTepes
    @DeletarTepes Год назад

    I had to buy this halfway though the video lol

  • @williamatkins3465
    @williamatkins3465 Год назад +2

    I'm fine with another pirate game.

  • @davidtravis1384
    @davidtravis1384 Год назад +1

    Being rules light actually makes Pirate Borg more fun. It doesn't take twenty games to learn all of the different conditions and rules that you find in rules heavy games. You just sit down, start rolling and you're off to a great game. I felt the same way about Pirate Borg as you do. When I first saw it I thought this is it. This is the kind of game I've been looking for for a long time. It's a great game to play!

  • @no_you_hang_up
    @no_you_hang_up Год назад

    God it looks great

  • @estrathmeyer
    @estrathmeyer Год назад

    You don't have to do a whole season. What if you did a Pirate Borg one shot? :D

  • @ggFDAggFDAcls
    @ggFDAggFDAcls Год назад

    "Any good book has a good index" *cries in DCC*
    Why did they have to put 42 pages of Ads behind the index?

  • @bizzy5439
    @bizzy5439 Год назад

    I was also not a fan of Mork Borg as I thought it was a bit pretentious and way too stylized for me. THIS is very fitting for what I'd enjoy 💀

  • @serene_shepherd
    @serene_shepherd Год назад +1

    Show of hands: who’d watch a Pirate Borg S4? Let’s see…ah…well, I guess that’s just about everyone.

  • @TortugaDMStudios
    @TortugaDMStudios Год назад

    So, what you're saying is you need to do a side project like you did with Blade Runner? Eh?!

  • @Eron_the_Relentless
    @Eron_the_Relentless Год назад +1

    With its plethora of random tables and rules covering far more scenerios and more generic classes, Pirate Borg outclasses both Mork Borg and Cy Borg.
    Just looking out for you, I don't think you'll like the others as well as this one.

  • @chapter7309
    @chapter7309 Год назад

    12.09.2023 - "I just did the pirate thing"
    20.12.2021 - the pirate thing

  • @shaneintheuk2026
    @shaneintheuk2026 Год назад

    The system sounds like something to avoid but a nice setting and useful random tables. I really hope that we get back to solo RPG play throughs soon.

  • @wileydutkiewicz3569
    @wileydutkiewicz3569 Год назад

    It was kickstarted. Check out another borg style book called Ronin. Hell yea! I love this game! And still better than Shadowdark.

  • @cupboardgnome5744
    @cupboardgnome5744 Год назад

    I haven't played yet, but this review really sold it to me! Game is now on order, as well as the card pack 🙂💰🗡️🎲☠️🦜