Mons
A downloadable game
Mons is a rules-light tabletop roleplaying game of monster partners. It uses 24XX rules by Jason Tocci, and is primarily inspired by Pokémon Adventures by Hidenori Kusaka.
Mons (short for etymons) tries to provide alternative excuses for travel and ways to grow (besides battling), as well as more etymon-friendly "bonding" versus "catching". Not everything in the world is explained (e.g., How common are etymon? How do you form a bond?), and it's up to the play group to decide together!
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The rules are quite complete, but in future versions I'd like to add some tables/lists of people, places, items, and quests that you'll encounter on your journey. Feedback welcome!
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Development log
- v0.5 update42 days ago
- v0.4 updateJul 02, 2022
- v0.3 releaseJun 25, 2022
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Is it possible to play this solo? Id love to give it a try if there is solo rules!
There's an excellent resource below for playing 24XX games solo (Mons is derived from 24XX). I personally find the play loop/procedure in the Push SRD (see chapters Creating and Running your game), to fit solo games perfectly, and you can fit them around any set of game rules. Both are free! Hope this helps!
https://mstrocks.itch.io/24xx-solo
https://fari.games/en/srds/cezar-capacle/push
Awesome thanks for the response!
Will be bringing this to my regular play group, very excited to see how they all enjoy it. Looks like a very fun game :)
Thank you! Kiwis were on my shortlist for the Etymon form table, but were unfortunately cut (36 is so restrictive!), but feel free to use kiwis whenever! Perhaps a Fire-Mind kiwi, or a Beast-Rune kiwi, all the possibilities!
You're welcome! I did have an inquiry though, are you open to supplements to the game being posted to itch.io? I'd love to make a list of alternative backgrounds for others to use, among a few other things :) I really think this system has a lot of potential and I'd love to expand upon it and share said expansions with others.
110% yes, please share what you make if you'd like to!
I am excited to get this to the table! I have been looking at doing my own 24XX PKMN hack, so now I don’t have to! Cheers!
That's great to hear! Of course, there could always be hacks of hacks!