Vast Grimm Review (Ep. 321)
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Professor DM reviews the sci-fi RPG Vast Grimm.
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As a Swede i can confirm, the pronounciation is correct 🇸🇪👌
As another brother from another Swemalian mother, I can also double-confirm that the pronounciation is real good :D
On a related note, as an American, I can confirm how much fun it is to pronounce Norge as NŌRJ during the Winter Olympics, knowing damn well that it's NŌR-guh.
@@shawnryan386 Doing it 'The Thing' style: "It said 'NORDSHH' on the side"
As an American I can confirm that that's NOT how it's pronounced in English.
Correct as it may be, in English Murk Borg sounds truer to its mood and theme. Murk Borri sounds... like tea and biscuits might occur in between verses of the Calendar of Nechrobel.
Wow. I asked a couple of weeks ago for more indie rpg review because all the wotc news was getting stale, and the Professor has delivered! Thank you Professor 🙏
Will keep doing so. Reviews of Mazes and Black Sword hack coming. Warning though: WoTC reports earnings next Thursday and it will be a dumpster fire on which I will need to report. Stay with me!
@Dungeon Craft OH man, I was JUST about to ask if you would do a review of Black Sword Hack! So happy you will!
The publishers can thank you for another sale. This guy.
Let's hear it for Dungeoncraft! Filling the giant hole left when Corey from taking20 disappeared!
He did?
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1he hasn't posted a video for 5 months 😢.. Love Professor DM!!😃
Very similar to Cy Borg (published by the guys that publish Mork Borg). Thanks PDM for the review.
Sweet looking game. Still gonna pronounce Mork Borg like the Swedish Chef though.
is there any other way?
This looks pretty cool. As someone who wants to eventually move fully away from D&D 5E I really appreciate you showcasing all of these really cool games. My local games shop is starting to add way more game tables and expand. They are looking for more and more GMs to run games. I'm hoping to be that GM that runs non D&D games and show people that there is more to TTRPGS than just D&D.
Lots of videos featuring new games on the way including Ragnarok:Fate of the Norns, Symbaroum, Black Sword Hack, and Mazes. Stay tuned!
Oh, that was great! Brian Colin is a friend of mine! I am so glad his game is getting more attention. :-)
Awesome!
Good review! Remember the line from never ending story about the nothing-“was it blackness? No, that would be something- this is nothing….” The universe collapses into nothing…
Thanks for covering alternative RPGs! Check out Pirate Borg which is, you guessed it, "Pirates & Zombies & Magic" based on Mork Borg rules.
I have it somewhere. It's very good.
Thanks for the shout out! Maybe, if the winds blow the right way, some day Pirate Borg will make its way on to DungeonCraft!
looks sweet, honestly this is more up my alley than Mork Borg. And the art looks amazing.
I understand the writer did the art himself. A lot of it is based on his sculptures.
Interesting.
Groovy layout.
Very thematic.
I love Vast Grimm so much, I never thought I'd get a game that could give Call of Cthulhu a run for its money as my favorite.
Thank you!!!
For those who like some of what they’ve seen here but are put off by some of Mork Borg’s design and trappings, I highly recommend checking out Death in Space from Free League. It uses a more fleshed out version of Mork Borg’s system, it’s layout is actually readable without a bunch of low effort photoshop art, and its tone and setting is less “edgelord grimfuck” and more of a traditional high sci-fi.
3:27 xD this looks awesome. Big fan of Mork Börg, want to get Cy-Börg, and this also looks like a great addition to the collection. Ty for the reccomend, professor! 😁
Professor I’m going to need you to get a Swedish friend to record themselves saying that name because out of this entire video the pronunciation bombshell has me the most shaken.
I thought the pronunciation was quite alright.
Every time he says Mork Borg (sounds very like Officer Crabtree's "Good Moaning" from 'Allo 'Allo) it had my brain interjecting with MorkBork (the pavlovian conditioning to only hear it as sounding like barkbark). 😂🤣😂
@@jesperwallin Are you Swedish?
I think there was some confusion in explaining the sound. It is pronounced like "Murk Bory" but that y has the same sound as y in "yard" (not y in happy).
I heard that swedish word "mörk" is basically the same as "murky" in english. The ö/u here has the same pronunciation .
The "g" in "borg" is pronounced as "j"
Ouch, right in the wallet! I actually did not buy murk bori because of all the overtly Satanic imagery... even though I don't think that it's meant to be taken seriously. I just don't like it. This one might be a little more accessible for me. I'm glad that you're showcasing a wide variety of games these days. Especially since WotC has talked everyone out of only playing D&D.
This looks amazing, but I've already got Death in Space if I need to scratch that Mork Borg in Space itch...
Let's be honest I'll probably still buy this 😅😭
I was thinking the same....and the same.
Mothership soon(tm).
Terrific game! One of the things I love about this and other small press games is those charts and whatnot for sure. I like games I can pick up, play the included adventure or generate one in a few minutes.
This sounds amazing! I wonder if I could convince my team to give it a go. Thanks so much for such an inspiring review.
I'm not feeling very good today so watching the Professor's video is appropriate. I think my gut worm just moved.
I hope tomorrow you get a Parasitic Pleasure!
@@creaturecuration2615 Ha!
Lol. When I taped this video I had the WORST stomach virus in my entire life. 3 days. I had to take two days off from school which I never do. Every time I said "cutworm" I felt like going to the bathroom.
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 Feeling the same right now. Hopefully this will be over soon. Take care Professor!
I’m here for more punk rock rpgs
Great review of “Vost Grime” :)
Beautiful looking book
4:14 I see that hammershot!
Edit: sorry Prof DM, I was hearing all your "Myerks" in the video proper, but you nailed it in the intro.
Hate to quibble with the Swedes but while Prof is saying Borg correctly (Bohr-ee), ‘myerk’ is incorrect. There’s no no Y sound after the M like in ‘mjölk’ or ‘björk’
Mörk Borg basically rhymes with Kirk Story if it was said by Scotty from Star Trek
Will correct in the next video.
Does Vast Grimm have any space ship and space travel mechanics? Looks fun!
I believe there are spaceship combat rules.
We just sent the starship combat rules to the printer.
@@creaturecuration2615 Looks super fun, I haven't played a sci-fi RPG since college :D
Another great video! Thanks for all you do.
You're welcome!
I should not have watched this old review. Now I want this.
Thanks for having tested it. Got my attention even if SF is not my usual setting as Moderator (or DM).
Sounds great. Very nice design and layout. A little less chaotic looking than Mork Borg, without losing flavor.
Yeeessss, the würms are spreading!!!! Thank you for the review!
This sounds great! My brother-in-law started a gaming community. We mostly play Warhammer 40K but I think I may have some takers if I were to suggest this. I'm also very interested in the other one you mentioned. "Swedish Death Metal." That was all you needed to say, haha!
Beautiful day in the city today, professor! I hope you go out and enjoy it after having posted this video
Actually, I ran a special game of D&D at teachers union headquarters. Maybe today I'll get outside.
Cool review professor. im about all tapped out in the new books i can buy department but i will eventually pick this up. You should check out THE MASTICATOR GATE PREMIUM EDITION BUNDLE. It has a card deck of 12 head/12torso/12legs monster cards. Freaking genius IMO. Im currently letting the players all draw one card and using them that way for boss fights. The adventure is ok, but the cards are genius. They can be found on drive-thru as well fairly cheap. The cards have some stats in MORK BORG but you could use them in any game. They are called "The Endless Demon Deck" and by my math that is 1,728 random boss fights.
You've ALMOST got the pronunciation right, professor. Drop two octaves, use a demonic tone, and scream "Mork Booooriiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!", and then you've got it.
Rad. Gonna pick this up. Thanks.
I'm having some difficulty hearing that. It is "Buree" like furry, or "Buray" like hooray?
At least I can stop saying Mork Borg and thinking of an assimilated Robin Williams.
Boor-hee.
Great stuff friend 👏 👍
I fell for mork borg hard with no regrets! I will now add vast grimm to my growing list along side another gem death in space 😊
Let me ask you--do you think your players make faster decisions in a rules-light game like Mork Borg? I'm curious.
@Dungeon Craft I have mostly been soloing mork borg but may have two players interested! Don't ask me how many times my gutter born scum and fanged deserter have met their untimely end....
I'd love to see the version of this which isn't grim-dark.
How'd I miss this? I like coverage of SF offerings. The fantasy stuff is good for indy modern takes, but it's quite crowded and I have a pref for an SF setting.
I've got a copy of Cy_borg, I think I'll need to pick up this Vast Grimm! The presentation is more artsy than practical but I like the take.
Thanks!
Ooh! Glad you're shining light on Vast Grimm. I've ran a few sessions, alongside other Mork Borg hacks, for my TTRPG party and they love it.
Edit: They have no idea, but next session they'll be descending through a giant Wurms anus...
Nice!
Good video, being infected by a parasite is honestly a great selling feature
Every RPG book should be digest size.
I agree. What's up with coffee table sized books?
This looks like a great game, thanks for reviewing it!
Thank for watching!
I'm curious to know if the characters can level up and if so, how that works.
Leveling happens at the GM's discretion. I tend to level my players on the fibonacci sequence. So, more often at first, but much slower as time goes on. Also,, there's no "infinite" level, and it's possible for a stat to go down.
Yes. You gain more HP and test against ability scores to raise them.
Awesome!
Now I need to compare this to Traveller.
Traveller is (at least originally) more military sci-fi and Vast Grimm is horror sci-fi.
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 I've been running Traveller for an after school group, for two years, now. I've become familiar with it's system, and mechanics. I now need to see how mechanically similar Vast Grim is to Traveller, or if it is closer to D&D.
I'm Commander Swedish Shepard, and this is my favorite pronunciation on the Internet.
Thanks.
You always get me, prof
Glad you enjoy the channel!
Cool! Feels like Mork Borg's take on how a husk outbreak from the Mass Effect franchise might play out. Also, if anyone is interested in diseases/parasites they should look in Carl Zimmer's "Parasite Rex"!
Thanks for the video.
I thought the scifi book was called Cy- Borg
No that's the cyberpunk version
Vast Grimm and CY_BORG are two different books. CY_BORG is as far as I know more cyberpunk in one big city, not in space. Two different teams more these two books.
Looks like a fun read, but the layout seems hard to reference at the table.
Everything you need to references is on the inside covers.
Are there rules for space ship combats? It didn't appear so. I'd love some simple ship combat rules.
Lot's of good art. I'll stick to Motership but it's nice to get some detail on Vast Grimm.
Btw the cover art is a picture of a clupture not a drawing. That's awesome and cool.
It looks like a ton of fun... So many systems, so little time... 😢
Looks like a winning game.
Sounds fun
That sounds interesting, reminds me of Death in Space which I really like, but... why do you shoot using Presence?!
It's a way to balance the ability scores.
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 I am aware, but... It doesn't make sense and I'm to pedantic to let that slip I fear. 😀
What exactly does compatible with Mörk Borg mean? It bothers me that this game completely ignores space battles even though there are a few creatures in the biestiary that will attack you in space.
"Emo Bot" - Marvin the Paranoid Android reference?
You could play it that way, although one of my players plays as a sex bot, and mechanically attempts to flirt her way through situations. It's glorious.
@@malikissa
Could you make a terminator type human looking infiltration robot ?
@@louisbabycos106 I mean, you can do whatever you want, which is part of the appeal for me. Just give a good story why it exists.
Cy_borg is also quite fun.
Feeding the algorithm
This might be more Alien than the Alien RPG.
Could be.
At least that book looks fairly legible, unlike Mork Borg
Lol. I hear you.
Looks fun!
This looks nice but I already have Death in Space and Mothership and they both do the same thing as Vast Grimm.
I can see that. Mothership is a great game. Love those flowcharts!
@@DUNGEONCRAFT1 the character creation in Mothership is outstanding thanks to those charts. :) I also really like the adventures for Mothership too. Really out there stuff.
Demon dogs!
I kinda like how English people say "Mork BorG" so this caught me off guard!
"I don't give negative reviews."
Wizards would probably disagree with you there.
Lol. Kinda sorta. I slam the company but have never given any of their products a BAD review. Ravenloft and the new Starter Set got a modest thumbs up.
😂 "I don't give negative reviews..." except for Wizards of the Coast 🤔
Never actually given any of their products a BAD review. Two of them I gave marginally passive reviews. But their products are Big Macs in a filet mignon world of independent RPGs.
@DUNGEONCRAFT1 in the brand sense that a Big Mac is the same in Boca Raton, FL as it is Birch Bay, WA, yes. But honestly, most indie games aren't much more than Zines. So, that metaphor only goes so far. In a quality sense, there are very few specific games I'd put in the Filet Mignon category: Index Card RPG, Shadow Dark, 13th Age, and Shadow of the Demon Lord. The only company that consistently serves Filet Mignon is Free League.
I’m 777! Prof. Is great!!!
Will you be doing a review on CY Borg?
No. I think QB did a great review of that. If I agree 100% with Ben Milton and he's already done a video, I refer my viewers to him. I knew he was reviewing Shadowdark and did NOT ask him what he thought because I wanted to remain impartial. But CyBorg seems like a great game.
Merk Borriii ... Gotcha! 😅
But it's so much fun to say MORK BORG with the Swedish Chef's voice...
It kind of is. It's weird how Swedish Chef has not been cancelled. Those Swedes have a good sense of humor.
Indeed! The Swedish chefs in particular. Both of them.
Live these videos
Love you watching them!
So is this the explanation of The Event in CY_BORG?
superb book
What happened to the end comments from Deathbringer? You can’t just end your videos without him. 😄
It's Murk Boorge. >.> I'll fight anyone who says otherwise!
Is this related to Death in Space? I think i'm getting my Swedish rpgs mixed up.
It's not related to DiS
Isn't Mark Borg a Swedish tennis player?
So we should stop sending you games? 😆
Actually, I have a backlog. I previewed and liked "Mazes" during last Origins and I'm struggling to release ether video before the NEXT Origins!
What happened with Deathbringer? 😮
He only appears once a week. On double upload weeks you won't see him.
How to make Mork Borg:
Step 1: make a one page RPG
Step 2: take contents of said RPG and spread it out over 70ish pages.
Step 3: add in a bunch of shitty “art”
Step 4: make the layout unreadable
Step 5: charge $50 for it
Step 5: profit
Brutal but I will leave it up. Some people--many in fact--agree with you. I personally dig it.
Looks interesting, love sci-fi. Deathbringer, you need to work on your sci-fi look.
"Swedish Death Metal"??? Hang on... I know a bit about this... But, those are just words that you just said. Is that Swedish Death Metal? Did I miss something? I'm Swedish... What really is Swedish Death Metal in your ear?
I don't know what it is with games that use the Mork Borg style but I can never retain any of the information in the books. I love the art and presentation but I think it sets off my dyslexia and my brain rejects the information presented.
I know lots of people who get turned off my the art, so I hear you.
Your swedish friends are making fun of you :D As a dane I can confirm that your pronounciation is a bit 'off'. Great review though!
How do I pronounce it?
As far as the Borg books go, this one is probably my least favorite so far. Not to say it's bad, as it's not. The Mork Borg system is fast and fun. However, if I'm going to go with horror/sci-fi, my choice is going to go with Death In Space. These Mork Borg books are always a visual treat, layout-wise, but Vast Grimm is easily the weakest, both in terms of readability and how interesting the layout is. The grimm are interesting, but since anyone or anything can be infected (and getting infected yourself can be devastating) it leads to lots of player paranoia where they don't want to interact with anything, or just kill everything on sight. I think Vast Grimm can be fun in the right hands or with the right player mindset, but if I'm going to take a Borg book out I'm going to reach for Cy_Borg or Pirate Borg.
I don't really like reviews of rpgs.
I appreciate you comments anyway.
I thought Mork Borg was supposed to be doom metal? Or was that just Ultraviolet Grasslands? SotDL seems more Swedish death to me.
The only thing more obsessive and irritating than a gamer nerd is a metal nerd.
🤘🤘🤘🤪🤪🤪
Lol. Kinda funny.
Sorry I could not find a way to email you directly. Is there a way I can send you a few documents (word for windows) that I worked on for 2 hours using chatgpt? I think this is a tool you should look at. I was #$%^%# amazed at the content I was able to generate using this AI... SO FREAKING FAST and so good with only a little of my own human editing needed. I generated 10 secrets(ala lazy DM), room descriptions, encounters, Traps and Puzzles that are fully described with complete descriptions on how they can be solved and disarmed, AND story twists! More than ten complete rooms AND ALL CONTENT NEEDED for A wizard's tower quest in only two hours of work. No it did not just spit out tons of content for me as I drank beer and copy paste txt. I had to use my imagination to instruct it to do its things like asking "please list items I could find in a medieval art room that belongs to a wizard who's wife died because the wizard failed to protect her"... So it is still MY creativity and MY narative. Think of it as a generator like you like to use all the time already but instead of hand written tables it is a digital tool. Anyway AI stories are hot right now so this stuff could be be clicks for your channel at least for a discussion. ;)