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Walter Sharrow has created something. That something is called Mezmo, and he’s looking for feedback on his little project.
Walter says, “Mezmo is not a game. Or maybe it is a game.”
What it is, is a set of tiles that can be downloaded and printed for free, and then you take it from there. All the pieces link to each other from at least 1 side, and the images are pulled from several different themes.
I can’t say if Walter really does have a game here and wants people to find it, or has just created a really cool looking set of tiles and wants people to figure out their own games for use with them.
Either way, he’s got my curiosity. Now, can he get my attention?
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A cool set of tiles without further information certainly
qualifies as a toy (in the old sense, before toys came with
stories and IP associations that more or less told the
owners what to do with the toys). Without rules it’s certainly not
a game.
Reminds me of the “piecepacks” various people produce as game
creation aids. E.g. here’s a wargame extension piecepack:
http://www.bluepantherllc.com/BP4_NewPiecepack.htm
I did make rules for it. It seems to work best as a collaborative game with a judging system. It’s a pretty relax game with some occasionally REALLY good arguments over aesthetics. It’s one of those games were the discussion *IS* the game. It’s available now on mezmogame.com.