Games like You Are What You Eat, A Chargen System for MOSAIC Strict

If you're going to play MOSAIC Strict you need a chargen system. And let's be honest, traditional roleplaying games are about characters believing in themselves and expressing their raw ability for temporal power, so you need the right stats for that, which is why I made Traditional Embodiment. It's chargen for MOSAIC Strict with the right type of stats for traditionally themed play. Check it out.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Traditional Embodiment for MOSAIC Strict.

This is the second MOSAIC Strict system I've made. My first was A Lovemaking for MOSAIC Strict, when I thought other people were probably making systems for car chases and wilderness survival and battles and sorcery. But they weren't. No one made one for battles. They made them for fishing  and dream interpretation. Which I love. But still, there needs to be one for battles. You knew you could cou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spin the Battle for MOSAIC Strict.

I couldn't stop thinking about checklist NPCs yesterday after encouraging people to download This One Boy and make and share their own with the #ThisOneNPC hashtag, and the result is The Man In the Suit. He wants to be part of your game. He's not picky. Whatever TTRPG you might be playing. He'll make you a nice dinner. Check him out. Minimum price $1.00. Suggested price $1.50. But if the price  is… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Man In the Suit for MOSAIC Strict.

I'm so consumed by MOSAIC Strict currently. Remember Vincent Baker's "clouds and boxes" thing? That's how you do a MOSAIC Strict system. The only input to it is the state of the fiction, and the only output from it is changes to the state of the fiction in the shared understanding of the group. I think it's just an interesting design constraint to me. This is the third system I've made for it. "Wh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Truth & Reason for MOSAIC Strict.

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.

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.

They're NPCs played by your gamemaster. Everyone calls them The Unblind Sisters. They know the future with clarity we lack. No one can tell them apart. But if you meet one, and if she's drawn to you, she might ask, "What desire do you have for your future? I can tell you how to make it yours. Or if you prefer, I can tell you how to prevent the ruin of what you already have?"  So then, make your ch… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Unblind Sisters 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.

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.

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.