This is a situation where I completely believe the designers wrote it with the idea that most people will ignore this rule. It's a pretty heavy ask. And the tension between following and breaking it is far more interesting than just, "Hey this rule is annoying, let's change it."

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I know a lot of people don't think MÖRK BORG is worth the hype, but I'll give it its flowers here. If you burn the book, that's a compelling end to a campaign that you'll never forget. If you don't burn your book, the book itself becomes something that's wrong, something cursed.

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Let's spice it up. If you play MÖRK BORG and break the seventh seal, what happens if you don't burn your book? If you start a new campaign with the same book, are you still playing MÖRK BORG, or does taking the coward's way out mean that you're doing something fundamentally different?

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"Some RPG rules are there for you to ignore." Okay, interesting... "In D&D, the rules around inventory are there so you get the joy of ignoring them."

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The problem with TTRPG discourse is that any discussion about potentially interesting mechanics or design centers around how it's done in D&D, most commonly 5e: one of the most boringest and dull RPGs to ever exist.

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