UPDATE #7 FINAL 24 HOURS BEGINS! GM SCREEN UNLOCKED!
about 1 year ago
– Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 05:30:32 PM
Hey Degenerates,
Just... what the heck. Over $40,000? What is this, the grim darkness of the far future? Anyway, thank you so much for hitting that pledge button so hard I am now on the hook for a GM SCREEN.
I don't have a graphic for a 5-panel GM Screen so we're just going to have to go with the ol' question mark for the time being until I can get Matthew back under lock & key in the Scribble Dungeon
Anyway, 5 PANEL GM SCREEN is now available in the Add-Ons. As always, if you're CATACLYSM (ALL-IN) you will get this thing for no extra charge and no extra action. I'll add it to your order manually.
NEW STRETCH GOALS
This is it, you don't get any more!
$50,000 - FOUR MORE EXTRA PAGES OF DUMPSTER DRIVERS (total 20) - A new class and gear!
If you blow through these in less than a day you're even more mad than I thought!
FINAL COUNTDOWN
I'm going to hop onto YouTube in 23 hours, at 6 PM Central US time, to see out the end of the campaign at 7 PM.Join me to watch the clock tick down to destruction.Will there be last minute late pledges? Will mutant Skraelings burst into my house and be murdered by my cats, Goblin and Taylor (pictured below)? Find out tomorrow!
They're terrifying combatants.
SHOUT OUTS
So I didn't expect to be doing any more shout-outs, so I didn't arrange any cross-promotion with anyone else, so I'm just going to look at my friends list and see if they've got any projects.
SICKEST WITCH CORE
Oh yes,Severed Books has the Sickest Witch Core book coming out. Sickest Witch was a fantastic hardcover Mörk Borg variant, but it's nowit's own game, with some very cool sounding dramatic rules.
HOWLING OF THE UNFORTUNATE DEAD
Absolute indie author, game designer, and MÖRK BORG ICON, John Baltisberger (aka Kaiju Poet, aka owner of Madness Heart Press) is continuing the misadventures of Dödz Bringare with the second novel set in the Dying Lands, Howling of the Unfortunate Undead. John is, honestly THE MAN, and you should definitely back his project.
Anyway, that's all I have for you... See you tomorrow for the big finish!
...I'm so tired.
Update #6: The Final Death Race Begins! Solo Borg and other shout-outs!
about 1 year ago
– Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 01:18:28 PM
Hey Degenerates,
You all are amazing! We hit $35,000 and now ROAD COMBAT GRID 2: SPORE COLONY AND RED FOREST is on the table. This treacherous A3-sized pathway through the most dangerous corners of the Wasteland will certainly mark epic moments in upcoming Wasteland Degenerates campaigns! The digital copies will be attached to all orders, but find the physical playmat in the Add-Ons (as always, CATACLYSM (ALL-IN) backers will get the physical version for no extra charge).
The Last Haul: GM Screen stretch goal!
As we roll into our last few days, I want you to know that, if we reach $40,000, you are in for a TREAT. The GM SCREEN will have blockbuster samplings of art from Wasteland Degenerates publications, and all the rules necessary to run a session with no hassle. I must say that a Wasteland Degenerates GM Screen would be the ultimate capstone for the campaign. Let's go for it!
INTERVIEWS!
Changing gears a little, I was asked to interview on the Diecast Breakdown Podcast on Monday, March 31st at 8 PM Central US time, which is both a departure from my usual gaming comfort zone and also a super cool opportunity to talk about the intersection of the diecast hobby and RPGs. I know a lot of Wasteland Degenerates players are also big into Gaslands and diecast conversions.
You might already know that I went on Games with Dave last night and had a great conversation! We talked over a range of topics, from the Wasteland Degenerates setting, to mutations to the kinds of monsters you might face in a session, to an explanation of the pledge levels. Go check it out!
SHOUT OUT: SOLO BORG!!!
I constantly get asked about whether or not Wasteland Degenerates can be played solo. It's one of the reasons I wrote Enter the Dismal Armory and Blood on the Bleak Road, but I've always known that solo play was a huge aspect of the modern Mörk Borg audience.
ENTER SOLO BORG...
Have to say, I'm excited to see where Patrick goes with this. I'm a big fan of his previous video game projects, so things are definitely looking interesting from where I sit. I'm particularly interested in the handy ring-bound option, which seems ideal for solo play! Check it out!
SHOUT OUT: BANKRUPT:CY
It's no secret that I think Christian Eichhorn is THE MAN when it comes to quality 'Borg content. His latest offering is a reprint of his first three 3rd party Cy_Borg supplements, CVLT of the Hadron Lamb, Darknet Filth, and gutter_PVNKS, all of which are bangers, into a single glorious hardcover! Even better, he removed the AI-generated art from them and is releasing them with all human effort! That's commendable!
So commendable that I'm buying them... again! You should check them out, too, since all of them are perfectly compatible with Wasteland Degenerates!
Anyway, that's all I have for you today! Let's gun the engine one last time and head for the final stretch goal! Keep it weird!
UPDATE #5: New Add-On! Games With Dave 3/27! LIVE Hangout 3/25! KORG!!!
about 1 year ago
– Sat, Mar 22, 2025 at 07:55:53 AM
RAD CITY MUSIC BRAWL Add-On!
We just hit $30K, and I'm super excited to be on the hook to write you a new mission with the help of one of my favorite people, Brian Colin (Vast Grimm), on art and layout! I actually don't know how long this one is going to be yet, but I do know that it's going to be a riot! Rock and roll, zombies, and a keytar chainsaw! What else do you need?
Anyway, this is in the Add-Ons as of now, and all backers at the Digital Collection tier and above will get the .pdf for free. Remember, those who backed the CATACLYSM (ALL-IN) tier do not need to choose this as an add-on; the physical version is included in the package!
NEW STRETCH GOAL - GM SCREEN!
If somehow we hit $40,000, we'll produce a GM screen much like the classic Mörk Borg A5-size panel screen.
GAMES WITH DAVE 3/27!
I'm appearing onDave's fantastic podcast on Thursday, 3/27 at 8 PM Central US/9 PM Eastern. Dave was one of the first podcasters to give me a chance for the Jumper Cable Edition, and it's great to be back for Round 2! Fight! I mean interview!
LIVE HANGOUT 3/25!
Come hang out with me and talk Wasteland Degenerates stuff with me over on YouTube on Tuesday, March 25th at 7 PM Central US time.
SHOUT OUT: KORG!!!
Caleb Engelke, aka dungeonhavoc, made the incredible Factions of Cy zine that I backed last year, which I highly recommend for adaptation to Wasteland Degenerates. He's got an incredible solo game update to one of his best known works,Classic Korg v.1! Korg is great to sit down with and play when you've got a few minutes but no friends to roll dice with. Caleb is a really cool guy and I want to see what else he comes up with...there are only six days left in the campaign, so go have a look!
That's all I've got for today. Time to hit the road!
Update #4: HALFWAY POINT - The Only Way Out is Through!
about 1 year ago
– Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 10:54:18 AM
Hey Degenerates,
We've already got spot gloss and debossing on the cover (it's going to look great!), and we're in such close proximity to unlocking a sweet bookmark ribbon for the book that we might have gotten it by the time I'm finished writing this... but, more important than that, we're within striking distance of a full zine written by yours truly, with edit and layout by Würmmaster Brian Colin!
STRETCH GOAL #7: Rad City Music Brawl -The music dies, rock is eternal!
Rad City used to be a sprawling metropolis, but huge swathes are now radioactive no-man's lands. Other sections got hit by meteorites. The Rad City Music Hall had been in a radioactive area, but recently some Eisenreich scouts had returned to say that the Geiger counters had mostly cooled down around the venue.
As Degenerates, it's your job to take the dangerous work nobody else wants to do... this time it's a hunt for a classic guitar for a legendary rock & roller whose past is about to catch up with her. Can you get to the axe before the dancing zombies close in on you, or will it become a battle of the bands?
Physical copy automatically included with the CATACLYSM All-In Tier.
STRETCH GOAL #8: Road Combat Grid #2: Red Forest & Spore Colony!
NEW! If we hit $35K, we'll create a new Add-On road grid for races through the most dangerous environments possible: The Red Forest, near the glowing crimson Rift, swarming with Ampulex ruby wasps, and the Spore Colony, with giant mushrooms covering the road and threatening zombification if travelers are infected by the wafting spores. Drive at your own risk!
I can't wait to complicate your degenerates' lives with the special road rules on this two-sided play mat!
Physical copy automatically included with the CATACLYSM All-In Tier.
SHOUT OUT: TC Modern Battlemaps by Tom Cartos!
I just wanted you to stop what you're doing and go check out the holy-crap-that's-awesome battle map bookthat's currently also Live in Kickstarter. I've seen the promo maps, and there's definitely some synergy with Wasteland Degenerates. Have a look!
Even better, there's extra punch-out assets to represent cars and road obstructions that I can DEFINITELY think of uses for...
How great is that? Here's the link again, so go get yourself some terrain for your Degenerates' exploration!
Last Words & Links
Anyway, that's all I've got for you this time. Remember to join the Discord and/or the Facebook group and share your wasteland adventures with the rest of the class!
See you on the highway!
Update #3: Announcing DUMPSTER DRIVERS Zine of One-Shots!
about 1 year ago
– Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 06:47:23 PM
Over 220% funded in 1 week!
Hey, Degenerates, I'm so happy to announce that we're almost to the fourth stretch goal, to bring Phil Jensen (Trapped Within, NECROVENGE) in to work with myself, Zac Goins (Pirate Borg), and Brian Colin (Vast Grimm) on a new book of one-shot missions...
Welcome to the junkyard at the end of the Earth!
After the end, robotic waste management trucks just kept hauling a larger and larger amount of the cities' detritus to a designated landfill, which grew larger and larger until it filled the horizon and started spilling into the wasp-infested Red Forest. This is The Slough.
Now degenerates, Gas Hogs, and treasure hunters brave trips into the Slough to find all of the toys of the Before times. Be careful, Degenerate, or you might end up paste on a RADBORG's dump truck bumper or host to a wasp's egg sacs.
Find DUMPSTER DRIVERS in the Add-ons now!
New Stretch Goals!
While we haven't quite met Phil's goal, I figure we will after people check out DUMPSTER DRIVERS, so I'm looking past that. Next up:
$25,000 - COVER UPGRADE Debossing and spot gloss
$27,500 - BOOKMARK RIBBON!
$30,000 - RAD CITY MUSIC BRAWL, an Add-On mission zine written by yours truly!
I've had Rad City Music Brawl in my head for months now and I can't wait to get the opportunity to get it on out there for you!
CROSS-PROMOTION!
WRAITHBORN. I was amazed. I was petrified. I was compelled to shout out...
Paging through the Kickstarter for Wraithborn, I just felt an uneasy sense of inadequacy, for everything that Hamilton and Theatre Macabre has created here is intense, lush, detailed, and altogether TOO MUCH IN THE BEST WAY! Playing a range of cursed inhumans with their own factions, politics, and magical systems, Wraithborn is doing something different with the Mörk Borg formula we are all used to by now. Check it out! CHECK IT OUT NOW, DAMN YOU!
Anyway, Degenerates, that's all I've got for you this time. Thank you so much for sticking with me on this journey, and I'll see you out in the Wasteland!
