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A grim, self-contained tabletop roleplaying game in 120+ pages, hardcover, super high quality. Built on the award-winning MÖRK BORG engine. Inspired by Mad Max, Conan, medieval feudalism, and the occult.

Back it here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/heltung/khthon

Hi there!

We (me and Vault Crawler) are making a standalone game for fans of MÖRK BORG, Shadowdark and OSR games in general. I know this group is strictly no bullcrap and you want specific. So here's what this game will be.

Khthon is a complete, stand-alone OSR roleplaying game about surviving - and exploring - a cursed underworld after the apocalypse. Everything you need to play is in one book: rules, setting, factions, monsters, classes, procedures, and dozens of random tables. Inspired by Mad Max, Conan, medieval feudalism, and the occult.

It runs on the fast, lethal rules-light engine of MÖRK BORG, with new systems layered on top for survival, exploration, and combat. But Khthon isn't a meat-grinder dungeon crawl - it's a dungeon explorer: a layered world full of mysteries to uncover, factions to bargain with or betray, and things in the dark that should not be spoken to.

If you love grim worlds, weird sword & sorcery, and rules that get out of your way, Khthon is for you.

How is it different from MÖRK BORG and Shadowdark?

• It's a complete, self-contained game. One book. No supplements required to play. Rules, setting, monsters, factions, and procedures all in one place.
• It's a dungeon explorer, not a dungeon crawler. The underworld isn't just rooms and traps - it's a deep, living world with history, factions, and mysteries. The goal isn't only to survive the dungeon, it's to understand it. 
• There is no end of the world looming over everything, it already happened. It’s about finding a meaning in the new reality.
• It's built for the long descent. Survival, exploration, and faction play give you a reason to keep going down - and a world that rewards you for it.
• It keeps the BORG engine's speed. Fast to learn, fast to run, fast to die. We added new systems only where they make sense.

You can follow the KS page for more, all comments and questions are welcomed! We know the market is really saturated, so we hope you'll find something interesting in Khthon! :)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/heltung/khthon

Delve deeper: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/heltung/khthon

Hi there!
Thank to Gene Koo's initiative, all the creators of nominated games for "Best Solo Game" bundled together to offer all 5 games in digital for more than 50% off. Some people also offer other discounts, physical copies, community copies etc. - so many ways for you to check those books out!

Bundle: https://itch.io/b/3797/2026-ennies-best-solo-game-nominees

You can also now vote for the best games here: https://vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2026/
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PS: To be clear here, I'm the creator of "Odyssey of the Giant" BUT I'm not here to ask for you vote. Quite the contrary. I feel like all the other titles are absolutely amazing and deserve your time and your vote, so please check them all out.

There's Summer Sale on itch, so if you like digital copies there are a few nice BORG-related sales running!

I've spotted Reclvse, Clamdash, Wraithborn + all my stuff are on a 50% discount too, including Kill Your Necromancer, Heretic's Guide to Dying Lands, CORP BORG, and more!

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Clamdash: https://makedatanotlore.itch.io/clamdash

Reclvse: https://jadragames.itch.io/reclvse

Wraithborn: https://itch.io/s/193289/wraithborn-summer-sale-2026

Heltung's (myu) stuff: https://itch.io/s/189179/heltungs-summer-sale-2026

What else did you find?

https://shop.heltung.online/products/zine-pack

A package of 3 popular zines for MORK BORG and CY_BORG! We ship everywhere but the US (unfortunately).

In Khthon you'll be able to use powerful magic - from Geomancy to Necromancy, praise the Cult of the Sun, or just be a regular citizen of this underworld, using your skills to help the team survive.

There are no wrong options - a mighty knight might be a better fighter than most people, but without basic skills like cooking, tracking or digging, every party will be doomed to fail their venture deep into the unknown.

If this sounds like a nightmare you want to live through, follow Khthon, a new game from Paweł Kicman (CORP BORG, Kill Your Necromancer) and Vault Crawler (Heretic's Guide to Dying Lands, Flail!), coming soon.

Follow here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/heltung/khthon

The world on the surface is gone. And what awaited underground for those who survived is much, much worse.

Welcome to Khthon. A brutal OSR TTRPG inspired by MÖRK BORG, Mad Max, and sword & sorcery classics like Conan. 

Inside 120+ pages:

• A layered underworld from the Shallow to the Center
• Twisted factions and races
• Classes like Delver, Potbreaker, Geomancer, Suneater
• Survival procedures: dig, hunt, cook, descend
• Geomancy, Dark Arts, Grimoires, forbidden Artifacts
• Fast, deadly rules based on MÖRK BORG

👉 Launching soon on Kickstarter - follow the prelaunch page now.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/heltung/khthon