Sheltered!

Progress... Progress Prevails.

What is this?

Imagine Fallout if the apocalypse were outsourced to a joint venture between Michael Scott and Leslie Knope. Sheltered! is that fever dream–a legally distinct, MÖRK BORG-compatible TTRPG that squeezes nuclear capitalism, dystopian office jargon, and cryogenic chaos into just a single tri-fold brochure.

Why does this exist?

Because someone (read: a deranged fan of the franchise) asked: “What if I shoved an entire retro-futuristic hellscape into a pamphlet and called it ‘an experiment’?” This is a labor of love, spite, and questionable life choices–a love letter to radioactive retrofuturism and subliminal socialism, wrapped in MÖRK BORG’s rules-lite corpse. Yes, it’s playable. No, it’s not NOT held together by duct tape and rusted staples.

How does it work?

By making lots (and I do mean LOTS) of assumptions about the Growth Manager’s (aka GM) and Patriotic Consultants’ (PCs) familiarity with both MÖRK BORG and a certain franchise where war remains unchanged.

But wait, isn’t this just Fallout?

Absolutely not. Fallout has “Pip-Boys”. Sheltered! has “HAND-EYE™ neural implants”! Fallout has “Ghouls”. Sheltered! has “necro-adjacent citizens”! Fallout has "undeground bunkers" and “secret cryogenic facilities”. Sheltered! has "underground bunkers" and “secret cryogenic facilit–I mean… lots of sci-fi settings have those!

Is this… enough?

If by “enough” you mean “a fully functional game,” then yes—provided your definition of “functional” includes surviving on “Nico-Fresh™” chewing gum, unscripted chaos, and the GM’s ability to turn “D666 Apocalypse-Level Threats” into a story about satanic plants. The brochure leaves gaps, but hey–that’s what your creativity (and crippling fear of performance reviews) is for!

Sheltered! is the TTRPG equivalent of finding a “Routine Infrastructure Survey” form that’s actually a binding cryo-stasis contract. It’s janky, humorous, and probably not an OSHA violation. Play it, hack and tune it to your liking, laugh at the dystopia, and remember: progress prevails!

Physical copies of the brochure and PC sheets available on the Yggdrasil Item Shop Etsy page

MORK BORG THIRD PARTY LICENSE

"Sheltered!" is an independent production by El Chupalabras, Midosensha Studios & Folhas da Yggdrasil and is not affiliated with Ockult Örtmästare Games or Stockholm Kartell. It is published under the MÖRK BORG Third Party License.

MÖRK BORG is copyright Ockult Örtmästare Games and Stockholm Kartell.