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Have you seen Michael Prescott's MOSAIC Strict concept? Basically it's that if people designed mechanically self-contained TTRPG subsystems that aren't too long, then groups can pull together a manageable set of them and have a custom game experience. So, someone might make a subsystem for car chases, and someone might make one for wrestling, and someone might make one for wilderness survival, etc… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Lovemaking for MOSAIC Strict.

Circling Each Other is an approximate self game for you and one other player. You play yourself, with just the changes necessary to make it work. As you move a "We" marker over a board of intersecting areas of Friendship, Intimacy, Sex, and Stress, you tell the story of your lives and your new relationship with the other player. At the end, ask yourselves, "Does your relationship still exist in fi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Circling Each Other.

So what does it mean when you see "for MOSAIC Strict" on something?MOSAIC Strict is a design challenge for tabletop RPGs by Michael Prescott. Create self-contained RPG subsystems that make no mechanical assumptions about each other, so groups can mix-and-match them together for a custom experience. Subsystems can affect the shared narrative, and be activated by events within the shared narrative, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dracula for MOSAIC Strict.

The Waiting Game is a storytelling game for two or more players about your one regular course of action for getting what you want: inaction. You hesitate. You talk yourself out of stuff. You procrastinate. You hope. You wait. Okay, sometimes you do fail at inaction. Sometimes you actually do something. But even then, probably you're not prepared. It's laid out as a tri-fold pamphlet, with an integ… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Waiting Game.

The Knot for MOSAIC Strict was inspired by my friend Sandra's heart/knot art for Inktober yesterday, by feeling connected in my life to what I felt her expressing with it. It is my 10th subsystem for MOSAIC Strict. It's about the knot the Eros Pothos afflicted us with, which makes us yearn for each other, and weak if others know we're afflicted.  And as with all MOSAIC Strict subsystems, it's full… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Knot for MOSAIC Strict.

How To Ooze Charm In the Future is a solarpunk storytelling game for small groups written for the #AppliedHope jam. Play is taking turns choosing prompts within several thematic categories — embodiment, truth, health, tech, justice, the alive world, and the ooze — using them to tell about the lives of your characters, and collectively worldbuilding a true utopian future you'd want to live in as a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to How To Ooze Charm In the Future.

I had posted that I hadn't seen anyone thinking about playing a MOSAIC Strict game, and Matt Bohnhoff replied that he thought it was because no one had made a chargen system. And duh, he was totally right. So I knew I had to make one. And this is it. It's the fourth MOSAIC Strict system I've made. Let me know what you think! Minimum price $3.00. Suggested price $4.00. But if the price  is a hards… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to You Are What You Eat, A Chargen System for MOSAIC Strict.

His name is Sila. If you're his owner, he's a mixed breed you bought from a kid in a resettlement camp, and he's the best friend you've ever had. He's a checklist NPC compatible with whatever ttrpg you may be playing. If your character is his owner, he'll do the things on his checklist when the right time comes in play. He's also my 11th *!* subsystem for MOSAIC Strict. And if you make a similar c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This One Boy for MOSAIC Strict.

50 single-sided cards as a pdf file. You're the young Prince of Duvenna. You'll be King when the Royal Council decides you're ready. Maybe soon. Created for the Not A Game Jam Game Jam. No rules text, because it's not a game, but I think you'll figure it out. Suggested price $5.00. Minimum price $3.00. But if the price of this game is a hardship to you, please email me at [email protected], or DM … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Game of Rule.

In the landscape of RPGs there are more things that have never had mechanics than things that have. One aspect of MOSAIC Strict is creating subsystems that can be used in other games for the fun of things they didn't concern themselves with, like the way an afternoon nap re-embodies you as who you're supposed to be. An Afternoon Nap for MOSAIC Strict is usable with whatever TTRPG you may be playin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to An Afternoon Nap for MOSAIC Strict.