The Wikipedia entry on American academic and horror author Brian Evenson outlines the ‘BYU controversy in which his novel Altmann’s Tongue prompted complaints from the restrictive university.
Severed Books, with more than 30 Kickstarters under their belts, have Evenson as the setting author of The Dark Glinting with Metal. The book is a Mork Borg adventure, designed and illustrated by Justin Sirois on Kickstarter.
Mork Borg is a death metal of an RPG where, typically, the world is doomed. You need the Mork Borg rules for The Dark Glinting with Metal, but they are free to download.
This is Brian Evenson’s first RPG, but Justin Sirois has plenty of experience.
As expected for a Mork Borg project, there’s an aesthetic to The Dark Glinting with Metal and a collector’s edition.
Traverse the The Desiccated Hills to reach The Rocky Barren Land where chance encounters await your party. Beyond the The Necrotic Fields, the The Tablatures glimmer as their Furnishers attend to horrors that can mutilate and morph flesh. To the The Black Gates and beyond — THE EYE.
You can support the project by spreading the word or by offering cash.
Those project supporters who offer $12 or more will get a PDF version of the adventure.
The combo of hardcover and PDF unlock as the reward, with BackerKit for add-ons, with $35 or more pledges. $50 gets the GM screen as well.
The Collector’s Box with limited edition foil hardcover, autographed bookplate, and d2 coin join the PDF and GM screen at pledges of $69. Nearly 100 people have taken that tier at the time of writing.
Some pledges have sold out, which means the next jump up is $225, and that’s for retailers who wish to stock ten copies of the hardcover.
Severed Books estimate the campaign promises will be met by July.
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