The FOG OF WORK

The Memo simply said "Fog" on it.

When cast, the fog fills a cubicle sized space, with this effect:
1. Truth mist, makes anyone inhaling it uncomfortably honest.

2. Speeds up work pace by D4 times.

3. Burns off your clothes.

4. Slowly inflates everyone like a balloon.

5. Smells like unicorns.

6. Causes inappropriate hallucinations involving your boss.

>Me and my daughter are doing #morktober together as #ORGTOBER in the world of office-hack nonsense that is MÖRK ORG. Find out more at https://beyondcataclysm.co.uk/morkorg/

You found this cape.

It was stuffed, randomly, behind a long-abandoned locker in the break room. You put it on, laughing at the incongruous idea of combining a cape with a suit—and yet, the instant you fasten it around your neck, something flows into you. A shimmer of superiority ripples in your very soul: it's clear now: You. Are. Incredible.

You end the day standing victoriously on top of the building, a velvet trail fluttering behind you. You, the protector of the workplace, the hero of the second floor!

In fact, your powers continue to grow; in your heart you know you are capable of so much more. Calmly, serenely, you walk to the edge of the roof, give a winning smile to the crowd of shouting admirers below, and step... off... the... roof...

PCs can put on the cape. Whilst they wear it, they roll twice for any d20 Tests and pick the best result. Each time they do this, they become d10% more convinced that they are, in fact, a superhero.

Their bravery and risk-taking are likely to increase in line with this, at 100% they'll know for sure that they are invincible and indestructible. Sadly though, this will not actually be true, however hard they believe it.

Me and my daughter are doing #morktober together as #ORGTOBER in the world of office-hack nonsense that is MÖRK ORG. Find out more at https://beyondcataclysm.co.uk/morkorg/

I particularly enjoyed making this when everyone has been drawing these nasty horrible bone marrow drinking concoctions, and we just did an incongruously large vegetable.

ORGTOBER day FOUR: Desk Marrow

Clive didn't come to work today and there's a huge marrow where his desk used to be.

Why don't you care? (d10)

1-4 They don't pay you to care.
5 The marrow is significantly more productive than Clive ever was.
6 Clive used to trim his toenails at his desk. Whatever happened to him, he deserved it.
7 You never bothered to learn Clive's name. Now you never have to.
8 Clive's locker is up for grabs.
9 There shall be marrow for tea.
10 Turns out you know what the green memo with the backwards writing on it does now.

Me and my daughter are doing #morktober together as #ORGTOBER in the world of office-hack nonsense that is MÖRK ORG. Find out more at https://beyondcataclysm.co.uk/morkorg/

The Glyph Of Doom

You can use this typewriter with zero issues...

...until you hit the Glyph of Doom, and then a dark, unworldly unset occurs, and your coffee curdles and all the horrors you fear come to life.

What key triggers the glyph? It changes each day, and there is no way to predict it...

...until it is pressed!

The HRM (GM) secretly chooses a letter. If the PCs use it when typing, trigger a roll on the Misery table in the Ledger of Resource Inhumane.

I'm doing #morktober with my daughter in our silly office hack MÖRK ORG. Find out more about MÖRK ORG at https://beyondcataclysm.co.uk/morkorg/

MOUSE CURSE-OR

A mysteriously cursed mouse arrow. Does stuff to ruin your day.

It: (d12)

1. clicks "cancel" when you wanted to click "okay"
2. hides bad stuff in your history
3. orders from your competitors using your corporate credit card
4. retweets things you hate
5. doxxes you
6. doxxes your mum
7. doxxes your boss
8. sends people passive- aggressive emails about how they forgot your birthday. it's not your birthday
9. hacks into the NSA, leaving a trail to you.
10. goes just a bit slower than you move the mouse
11. appears twice. it's not clear which one is the real one
12. hides from you

Find out more about the office-hack nonsense that is MÖRK ORG at https://beyondcataclysm.co.uk/morkorg/

Technically not really a "wild" camp since I was staying in the adjacent Burnmoor lodge, but I feel the spade-pole adds some cool vibes, and it is 3 miles from the nearest road. The mountain on the right is Scafell.

Technically not really a wild camp since I was staying in the adjacent lodge, but I feel the spade-pole adds some cool vibes

In hot weather I often turn to a spot of wild camping to break up the interminable nights.

This week, I decided to take my entire office day out into the great wide green! These are in Cheshire during daytime.

I wrote up a few tips (no locations and fully Leave no Trace throughout). I'll chuck em in the comments too

In hot weather I often turn to a spot of wild camping to break up the interminable nights.

This week, I decided to take my entire office day out into the great wide green! These are in Cheshire during daytime.

I wrote up some tips on my blog if you're interested (no locations and fully Leave no Trace throughout). Check them out at allaboutchris.org/blog/2026/wild-officing

A quick designer diary on the FATE mechanic in SOLO BORG (Find out more about it here)

Seems like FATE...!

One of the real challenges of Solo RPGs is that there's no GM, but you ideally almost want to feel there is. 

With SOLO BORG, we really want to create a sense that the game is alive outside of your own brain. So, similar to our map creation and exploration tool that builds in a "fog of war" to keep surprises present, we've built the FATE Pool to add a variable, unpredictable environment that responds to your actions.

It's taken a bit of work, but we've finally finalised our rules for the FATE Pool: 

Gaining FATE Dice

You gain a d6 each time you roll a Natural 1 or Natural 20, or when you complete a Deed. 

That's a ratio of just over 10% of rolls adding to the pool, and the pool responding to the actions of the player and good/bad luck of play. It also makes rolling Crits more exciting, which contributes to rolling dice being exciting.

Rolling the FATE Pool

Roll Fate:

• When you want to PUSH YOUR LUCK on an important Test
• Whenever the Test relates to your RECKONING.

This allows the player to gamble for benefits vs risk, and also links DOOM to their story; as they progress towards their RECKONING the world around them gets worse too.

Reading the FATE Pool

• Add the highest Fate Die result rolled to your d20 Test roll. 
• If one or more Fate Dice show a 1, mark 1 DOOM and discard 1 dice from the Pool. You still gain the bonus from the highest die (even if it's a 1).

The FATE pool serves two aims. 

1. It slightly tilts difficulty in your favour—helpful in a solo game that maintains compatibility with multi-player difficulty. 

2. Those 1s trigger an increase the result on the DOOM dice, triggering horrible cataclysms in direct correlation with your progression. In the final stages of facing up to your RECKONING, Doom will progress much faster, adding to a crescendo finale for your character's Life Arc.

DOOM is an adjusted version of the Calendar of Nechrubel (in fact, you can use it to trigger Nechrubel if you prefer)

Check out our Kickstarter updates for more on mechanics.
I'll share about our Beast design in another post soon.