Johan Nohr, the co-creator and graphic designer of MORK BORG, is heading underground. Fomoria, a new folk horror RPG created by Tania Herrero and designed by Nohr, launches on Kickstarter on April 7 through Free League's Workshop imprint.
Where MORK BORG gave us a dying world under a blackened sky, Fomoria goes deeper. The setting is the Strata, a vast subterranean labyrinth where the sun is a myth and "False Stars" embedded in cavern ceilings provide the only light. Players take on the role of the Folk, descendants of lost surface dwellers, forming cabals to hunt eldritch entities, fight plagues, and navigate clan politics in tunnels that shift and rearrange themselves. As Herrero puts it: "The world is not evil. It is old, hungry, and indifferent to your existence."
MORK BORG (rated 7.6 on RPGGeek, ranked #86) kicked off a whole ecosystem of "Borg" games including CY_BORG, Pirate Borg, and Death in Space. Its original Kickstarter raised nearly ten times its goal. Fomoria runs on a modified version of that same rules-lite engine but adds more structure: eight playable Folk races, six clans, and six optional character classes called Traditions. There is also a separate Stability stat tracking your character's mental state, where hitting zero promises fates worse than death.
Herrero, known for Crown of Salt and Menagerie of Unbearable Things, wrote and illustrated the entire book. Nohr handles the graphic design, which, if MORK BORG is anything to go by, will be striking. A free Quickstart is already available with base rules, eight pre-generated characters, and an introductory adventure called Spawn of the Hungering One.
If you have been looking for your next rules-lite horror RPG to bring to the table, Fomoria looks like it deserves a spot on your radar.
Sources: Tabletop Sentinel | Geek Native | Rascal News