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A Nano-infested doomsday RPG about cybernetic misfits and punks raging against a relentless corporate hell.

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The world is ending. ⸐

Again and again and again and again and again a̶n̴͗d̵̥͒ ̸̎ă̶ġ̸a̵̢͗i̶͙̓n̸̡̔ ă̵̢̫̥̺̻̞n̵͔̽̿̏̓͋͠͝d̴̢̪̟͊ ̵̡̺̖̰̯͖̞̓̑̐̈́̍̋a̶̤̘̖͗͐̀̔̚̚g̴̛͇̻̦̻͇̲̈́̏à̷̩̫͒ḯ̷̡̱̀̀̀͠ṇ̶̦̔͜.

▶ Constantly in flux; shifting, d̵̃is̴to̴rt̷in̶g̷, always reborn as something worse. Destruction by ecological catastrophes, the fallout of history's belligerence; by modern man-made Miseries or the blood spilled by the reckless machine of capitalist supremacy. Mankind's greatest ability truly is to destroy itself in creative ways. Designer demise, consumer-customized death, endlessly on repeat.

▶ Poisonous space rocks, nuclear weapons, cyclical revolutions, warring nations, warring corporations, warring neighbors; pandemics, tsunamis, volcanoes. In between it all: direct person-machine interfaces, tactical neural implants, and bacteria from outer space hijacking intercellular nanorobotics. And the sky is full of ads.

Everyone is interfaced/injected/in̴fe̴cted̶/infested with something. Everyone wants something from everyone else. Everyone is a liar and a cheat. Everyone wants more creds. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤

Welcome to the year 20X3.

Welcome to the City of Y!̸͆̅̌”̶͌̉#̸͇̞̻̌̚”̶̨̻̘̇̉̊͆̈́͒̌̆̓̕͜#̶̖̣̘̻͖̥͕̙̀̃̈́́̄̕̕͜͠2̶̧̻̺̝̥̮̣̒͒̂͐͐̍́́͘̕̕4̴̿̌’̷̛̙͍̠̙̿

The Cy.

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CY_BORG is a complete rules-light, rage-heavy tabletop roleplaying game based on and compatible with MÖRK BORG. Easy to play, easy to hack.

In it you’ll find:

  • A drive-by description of the megacity Cy after the Incident: from its rotting slums where gangs, cults and military corporations wage war, to the blinding scraper forests, neon cathedrals and holo-shimmering arcologies of Central and the toxic industrial hell zones shrouding it all in poisonous (but CYstainable Planet™ Certified) death smog.

  • Quick and dirty character creation where the roll of the dice determines who your punk is, what they’re capable of and who they owe money to.

  • d66 Miserable Headlines making the rounds on the news and feeds with varying regularity, each one heralding chaos and destruction wracking the city until the cataclysmic conclusion seven headlines in. 

  • A minimal, simple system designed to stay out of the way and to be easily modded and customized. Rulings before rules. MÖRK BORG at its core, with a few tweaks and updates.

  • Optional rules and tables: Add tactical crunch to your violence with combat mods for cover, suppressive fire and more. Six classes for your class war, including the Forsaken Gang-Goon, the Shunned Nanomancer and the Renegade Cyberslasher. Tables adding depth and character to your punk, such as Style, Quirks and Current Obsession.

  • Random Generators facilitating near-endless play: missions, locations, corporations, cults and npcs populating the accelerating apocalypse.

  • Equipment (of varying legality) like guns and specialized ammo booster plug-ins, intelligent body armor, cybertech, decks fitted with custom Apps, and almost-controllable Nano powers with their latent infestations.

  • 25+ foes to fight. From the countless soldiers of the SecCorps and gangs to corrupted Nanophreaks, soulless drones and cydroids, state-of-the-art combat vehicles and the ethereal, digital apparitions classified as Ghosts.

  • The introductory heist Lucky Flight Takedown. Scope and infiltrate the Lucky Flight Casino, clear the debt data and/or shut the whole operation down. Should be a quick and easy job, right?

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Also included is the CY_BORG Asset Pack; a bundle of game accessories that'll make your cybernetic life somewhat easier at the table. Including:

  1. A high-res map of Cy with its sectors and blocks, and a summary of its most prominent corporations and cults. For target practice. 

  2. A fillable character sheet.

  3. The Location Pad; 34 one-page locations with adventure hooks, random encounters, secrets and loot.

  4. The one-page adventure Reaper Repo. Approach the killmatch champion Steel Jackhammer and recover his shiny new, and allegedly stolen, chrome legs (undamaged). There are only two problems: the legs are very much attached to Jackhammer, and he is—since two days ago—busy partying in his penthouse, along with a horde of drunk or stoned killmatch athletes, enthusiasts and other C-list VIPs. Let the party begin!

CY_BORG is created by Christian Sahlén and Johan Nohr of Stockholm Kartell.

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Josh A March 22, 2024 3:48 pm UTC
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Can we get a text-only version of the ruleset please? I bought two copies of the physical book and the pdf as well. Love the art and layout, but as others have pointed out, it can be extremely hard to read at times. I know a barebones edition for MB was made, what is the time table we are looking at for similar for CB?
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Tai T February 01, 2023 5:48 pm UTC
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I like the book but I see no way to play this as an actual game.
While Forbidden Psalm is playable even thought the layouts are really creative this one is not.
Can you please release a playable print-friendly version?
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Darren C February 01, 2023 10:37 pm UTC
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Hi Tai, one thing that has helped me run this is to use the rules reference that is in the back of the book. Also, keep in mind that this was *just* released, and the plain text version of Mörk Borg didn't get released immediately either. So, be patient, the game is in fact playable as is :)
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Tai T September 22, 2023 8:09 pm UTC
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Maybe its subjective but I find the text super hard to read. Much more so than even Forbidden Psalm.
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Curtis T January 28, 2023 12:51 am UTC
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Love the book, love the art, don't love trying to read it. I'm colorblind and some of the pages are quite eyestrain-y to me. Any possibility to get a "art free" version added to the bundle? At least the rules bits? Story/fluff I won't need to reference a lot, but the rest...
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Graeme M December 20, 2022 11:00 am UTC
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Are there any plans for a solo supplement ie Sölitary Defilement but Cy_Borg specifc?
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Arthur J December 27, 2022 2:36 pm UTC
There is this adaptation of Sölitary Defilement for Cy_Borg https://ma8ui.itch.io/s0l0-w0rk
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Gerald K December 01, 2022 1:56 pm UTC
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Bought this a couple of nights ago and I am loving, loving, loving, it!!! Without a doubt I'll be running this in the very near future.
One question, are there any plans for a POD version in the future? I would love to have a copy that I can carry with me and make annotations in.
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Jason L December 04, 2022 7:42 am UTC
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There's an offset print version in stores now.
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Monte Y November 21, 2022 7:51 am UTC
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any chance of getting this in some format without all the art and funky layout? hell i'd take a straight text document at this point.. i'd like the same for mork borg too..

while i love the take on it.. trying to work thru the rules with any sort of ADD/ADHD is painful at this point..
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Christian E November 21, 2022 5:25 pm UTC
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Here's Mörk Borg barebones at least: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GcysVYxEklrDCva3gSkYqXvS2vy3Kbdu/view

I think I saw on Discord that they are considering a barebones version for CY_BORG, but no hard commitment for now. Anybody, please correct me if you have correct or newer info.
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Phillip G November 19, 2022 1:23 am UTC
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Is there a fillable character sheet or character generator like for Mork Borg?
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Jason L November 19, 2022 1:27 am UTC
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Character generator, yes. Fillable character sheet, no. (At least at this point.)

https://cy-borg.makedatanotlore.dev/
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Jason L November 19, 2022 11:22 am UTC
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Wait, I forgot, the Asset pack character sheet is fillable. (Which you've found out by now.)
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Dave T November 16, 2022 8:20 pm UTC
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I made a review video of CY_BORG! It pretty much covers everything, check it out:

https://youtu.be/15Ao4Gkx07c
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Brian H April 26, 2023 12:08 am UTC
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Dave! Dig your videos man.
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