KERGÜS! - includes free expansion
A downloadable game
Physical edition NOW available on my Ko-fi store!
NEW – EXPANSION ADDED (AUG 2025)
The world of KERGÜS deepens. This free expansion cracks open the frozen ground and invites you to descend.
Explore subterranean chambers, face new horrors, and claw your way through the dark for rare loot.
It also adds a stack of new mechanics, tables, and existential threats:
- Grudge mechanic, The Pit remembers.
- Expansion specific corruption & bell toll tables
- 8 new monsters, including The Jaw Taker
- Beneath the surface exploration and randomized dungeons
- New loot table and encounter types
- Print-friendly versions included
You don’t need the expansion to play but if you’ve already survived the wastes once… this gives you new reasons to return.
And if you didn’t survive?
Good. That’s how it should be.
If you enjoy the expansion be sure to check out my new kickstarter for Of Coa & Corpses. Launching soon.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/daf47/of-coal-and-corpses-a-brutal-solo-ttr...
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CREATOR NOTE:
KERGÜS isn’t for everyone, and that’s by design.
It’s a brutal, random, hopeless crawl through a cursed land. A descent into misery and madness. For players who enjoy agency-light, atmosphere-heavy games like MÖRK BORG, Dark Fort, or even solo journaling games. It hits hard.
If you’re after tactical play or lots of player choice, this probably won’t be your jam.
But for the right kind of soul?
It will feast upon you.
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KERGUS! is an old school print & play, pen & paper RPG experience, taking place in Mörk Borgs Frozen wastes, where you're in search of the long fabled 8th Psalm. Not to save the world but to guarantee you're own safety from the coming Winter of Ash.
This Brutal Hex Scrawl Solo Adventure is inspired by the work of 1d10+5 (Basilisk!) & Kevin Rahman (Forbidden Psalm) while creating its own unique blend of horror and dark humour.
https://1d105.itch.io/basilisk
https://impioussaint.itch.io/forbidden-psalm-end-times-edition-miniatures-game-i...
Features:
- NO AI generated content
- 4 Page A5 Zine
- Hand drawn embellishments
- A4 map/character sheet (Hand Drawn & digitally reproduced)
- Hex Crawl
- Character creation - Including Feats, Flaws & Omens
- 5 tables for travel - Including Special Locations, Perils & Encounters
- 2 Tables for Monsters - Weak & Tough
- Treasure Table - Including Fermented Saliva, Comfy Socks & The Mighty Wyvern Slayer Sword
- Rules for harvesting Meat from the fallen
- A truly punishing final Boss
KERGUS! is an independent production by AxXoN_N.47 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.
KERGUS! is an independent production by AxXoN_N.47 and is not affiliated with KRD/WRD or Kevin Rahman. It is published under the Forbidden Psalm Third Party License. Forbidden Psalm is copyright KRD/WRD and Kevin Rahman.
KERGUS! is an independent production by AxXoN_N.47 and is not affiliated with 1d10+5. It is published under the BASILISK! Third Party License. BASILISK! is copyright 1d10+5
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $4.99 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Development log
- KERGÜS Deepens – A Free Expansion Has EmergedAug 05, 2025
Comments
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I bought this and was disappointed. It's super random with almost zero choice.
Hey ArtMesa, thanks for reaching out. I’m sorry you’re disappointed with KERGÜS! It’s an acquired taste I know and a very specific kind of experience.
I’m more than happy to agree to a refund if you want to contact support to get one issued.
Feel free to email me if you want to discuss further. Axxon_n.47@outlook.com
Thanks for the offer but no worries on that.
This is a common issue I have with tabletop games and it can be solvable by adding push-your-luck systems on top of an existing game. Adding Luck tokens to use on rerolls or reroll but gain fatigue (some kind of penalty); is a great way to mitigate this type of thing. So maybe it's a houserule I could add.
appreciate you coming back to me, especially appreciate the feedback!
I don’t know if you’ve seen but there’s now a free expansion lumped in with KERGÜS that adds some push your luck systems and some new mechanics to manage. Maybe give it a whirl and see if it helps.
What ever you end up house ruling id be interested to hear about it.
And it would be remiss of me not to mention that i have a free game available that was built with push your luck in mind for solo play.
https://axxon-n47.itch.io/omutp
I have been enjoying the game but I had a couple of questions:
Do the special locations have any exits blocked?
Do you reroll for a hex that you’ve already explored if you need to backtrack?
Thanks!
Hey Mr Hand,
Thanks for getting in touch, great to hear your enjoying the game!
the only special location you don’t roll exits for is the Oubliette, you can exit the way you came in unless you roll a 4 then you’re trapped forever.
You can freely move through hex’s you’ve previously explored. But monsters that you fled from are still there waiting to be fought.
if you want an extra challenge
You can roll a d4 on a previously explored hex
1. Peril
2. Weak Monster
3. Tough Monster
4. Encounter
hope you continue to enjoy your time with the game and thanks for backing the kickstarter, couldn’t have done it without you guys!
best
Dan/AxXon_N.47
I missed the kickstarter but immhyped for this release as well!
Sorry you missed out on the kickstarter but glad youve found us here!