PUNK BORG Takes Its Revolution to Kickstarter

In PUNK BORG, players are Punks in a city controlled by ruthless corporate Overlords. The public sees a sun-soaked metropolis; the Resistance knows the truth, and wants to wake ordinary people - known as Sleepers - from their “consumption trance”. Expect raids against corporate security, attempts to sway the airwaves and a race to bring down the regime before the Corps turn the rebels into another commodity.

PUNK BORG takes place in the City - a bustling coastal metropolis dressed up to perfection by its Corp rulers. A retro-inspired city full of sandy beaches, fast cars, and postcard-worthy sights. But hidden a little deeper are all the parts the Corps don’t want you to see. Crumbling roads claimed by highway gangs, a vast landfill infested with raiders, a choking industrial zone mining the remnants of an old asteroid buried deep under the city; and of course slums full of rowdy, troublesome punks.

The Corps squeeze every penny and every second of labour from the Sleepers that inhabit the City, keeping them complacent in a Trance - carefully crafted and maintained. The Resistance is made up of those that have broken from this Trance, and seek to free others to rally more to their cause. The players may be inducted into this collective, and throw themselves into bringing down the Corp regime.

The 100-page game offers four character classes - Screamer, Demolition Man, Technic and Grunt - and a city divided into twelve districts. Its rules include ways to craft items, hijack media broadcasts and fight for control of the streets, television and radio. The crowdfunding campaign is funding a print run, with the pamphlet adventure The Barge available as an add-on. The digital edition is already free to download, and the Kickstarter’s physical rewards ship to the UK only.

Standing in the way of the Resistance is the City law enforcement: revolting, piggish monsters in blue uniforms. Punks call them ‘Swine’. Lurking in the more depraved areas of the city are nihilistic gangsters, who despite breaking from the Trance choose not to join the Resistance’s cause. And in the closely monitored Corp fortresses and bastions of control are vicious Corp security officers and lieutenants. Their fangs and claws drip with bloodthirst and ambition.

And to boot, the Resistance is running on a timer. They are doomed to become a trend sooner or later; once that happens their whole revolution will lose meaning to the Sleepers. The countdown to commodification draws nearer. Their plan: make as much noise as fast as possible. 

What is MÖRK BORG?

MÖRK BORG is a rules-light, apocalyptic fantasy roleplaying game about desperate characters trying to find redemption or riches in a world facing its end. Designed by Pelle Nilsson and Johan Nohr, the game is known for its stark, doom-laden setting and striking visual style and has hundreds of third parties adventures, settings, and hacls available for it. PUNK BORG adapts rulesets from MÖRK BORG and its cyberpunk cousin CY_BORG for a different kind of doomed world: one where the enemy is corporate power.

PUNK BORG - A TTRPG About Overthrowing Corporate Overlords is funding on Kickstarter and runs until Sunday 8th November 2026.