You may have played MÖRK BORG, but have you ever played...

BJÖRN BORG is a monochrome fantasy RPG about lost sets (and balls) and fools seeking fame, sponsorship, and rematches.

The game takes place in a bleak and alien landscape (Sweden in the seventies), where the player characters must not only fight for their survival but also devise a plan to reach the gothic palace ruin of WMBLDN in a dreadful and far away land, where they speak in a language now long forgotten.

CREATING A PLAYER CHARACTER

There is only one character class: the Björn Borg.

All player characters start with the following items:

• The ALLWOOD, the mightiest wooden wand in all the known lands, the only magical device capable of casting spells at 30 kiloponds
  
  
• A wide CIRCLET, with two coloured bands on a base of white, though it will look grey in this bleak reality. Magic keeps it elastic, and it will fit firmly around the base of the head, a crown fit for a king
  
  
• A striped, yellow SPHERE that seems to float through the air
  
  
• PANTS of minimal length

 

CREATURES

The player characters will meet mighty and fearful foes on their travels, all eager to bring the player characters to their knees (in a non-winning pose). Some of them are:

• MA'NWEL O'RANTES KO'RAL - old and wise sorcerer, will cast spells in exquisite volleys
   
• GHEE-YAIR-MOH VEE-lahs - shapeshifter, can transform into a bull
  
  
• COSROE THE TANNER - casts spells at incredible speeds, wanted on several accounts of hide frauds
  
  
• JON-PODRICK of CLAN ENROE - the nemesis of all Björn Borgs; impulsive, erratic, but powerful; may counter any spell with foul words

 

GAME LENGTH

At each dawn, roll 1d6 to see if the player characters encounter JON-PODRICK of CLAN ENROE. On a roll of 1, they do, and must fight to their deaths (e.g. best of five sets), after which the world ends inevitable in a - for the creatures living in that bleak period - most cruel and horrific way (e.g. the 1980s starts).

 

Now go and start your own apocalyptic game, set and match!

 

 

 

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(With apologies to Pelle Nilsson, Johan Nohr, Björn Borg, tennis enthusiasts everywhere, and the Wimbledon suburb)