Conference Hell - Plenty of coffee, glazed donuts, and free swag (Gris-Gris, Pentacle branded bags, and Flash Drives with curses)

The corporate grind has been portrayed in great movies like Office Space, 9-5, Devil Wears Prada, Horrible Bosses, Wolf of Wall Street, Fight Club and shows like Severance, Corporate, Succession, and the Office to name a few. Corp Borg, based off the Mork Borg system, takes this genre and turns the volume up to 11.

While there is the real world, there is the “other” side. The screen that holds them separate has started to fray. Like “They Live”, “Sorry to Bother You”, and “The Matrix”, you have seen through the screen, and you have accepted the reality that demons, devils, and other entities are the true brokers of power in the world. But hey, you must earn a paycheck, right? Benefits are great if you play the game by their rules…. even if it means F13’ing Sally or Bob from accounting. Need to have a direct conversation with Phillip? Well take it into the break room and duke it out. Last person standing has final say on the project timeline.

Existing in this nexus between the worlds has provided benefits but has repercussions (yay promotion, why have I grown hooves, how the heck am I going find the right shoes?). As a Helpdesker, you may be able to warp reality to teleport away from incoming damage, but you lose vision in your right eye when someone calls your phone. As an engineer, you have your trusty talking wrench – very knowledgeable but its trustworthy only half the time.

Don’t worry, the coffee shrine is there to help you get through all things thick and thin, healing those nasty stapler wounds. Just don’t act inappropriately in front of Jim, HR Lead. HR Leads will attack you immediately. Let’s not mention who or what the Board of Directors are and where they come from.

In this session, you work for Boogle and you get to attend the 11th Annual Conference at the famous Baker Hotel (see Wikipedia: Baker Hotel, Mineral Wells, TX). Just west of Fort Worth, Boogle decided to purchase this beauty along with 40 acres and restore it to a new glory (well it’s a little behind schedule….gotta get that data center just behind it built). However, this trip is not just for fun, trinkets, and free donuts – there’s an assignment and you have an 8:15 A.M. with Beatrice from HR to discuss the topic.

Several pre-gens will be supplied as the Borg system is rough. Good chance that you will perish in a grisly manner, but you spawn your back-up colleague. Basic rules will be provided. 

Adult themes and words can and will be used. There will be bad behavior and right on-the-line situations. To really enjoy the game, you should have some experience working in a corporate environment (you’ll have more joy imaging the act of punching Stephen from Accounting in the face) We’ll have fun but there could be some “X”s or “Fade to Black” if people exhibit too eager and ugly behavior. We’ll talk about it at the table but if you have a certain sensitivity level then please do not pick this game.