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estiroseI picked up both of these from DriveThruRPG. I have yet to play either of them, I'm just looking at their systems.
Cozy MMUGS is $5 USD and Idlewater is Pay-What-You-Want (default $2 USD). They're both variants on the same idea of a life of farming, mining, foraging, and other things you'd expect from their video game equivalents. They're what are considered "solo journaling TTRPGs" (though the author says the journaling is optional), where you write out what you did each day. If you've never heard of journaling RPGs, it's where you have a slightly guided adventure with the dice working more or less as your gamemaster/guide, and you're expected to log/journal in a story format what you did each day as your character.
Of the two, Idlewater is definitely the simpler of the two systems. It's vaguely d20 System based, though it doesn't use the OGL because it doesn't need to. You roll for six stats which very much resemble D&D ones but have different names (for the most part); you also have one skill related to each stat. It comes with its own setting (which is actually based off a related RPG) which seems to be magic-based even though there is no magic in the game, and includes an entire town full of locals. You do the same things that you'd expect in a farming-type cozy video game, such as farming, mining, dungeon delving, blacksmithing, hunting, and selling - oh, and of course, relationships. You are limited by a stamina type system where you have a limit as to how much you can do each day. There's also a weather system, and if you're really unlucky, there will be some days where you feed your animals and then go back to bed.
(This is likely the earlier of the two works and could have used a couple more editing passthroughs; for example, the setting has 12 30-day months split into 4 seasons, but the villagers have the typical "Summer 4" type birthdays; for some reason, the more Constitution stat equivalent you have, the easier it is for you to get hit... and so on. Also, the PDF contains several pages of descriptions about the various ancestries in the setting, some of which supposedly have magic, but there is no magic use in this game....)
Cozy MMUGS is kind of a more detailed version of Idlewater. It uses the author's own dice system (instead of Idlewater's vague d20 System), has a generic setting, and no set village - though you could easily lift Idlewater's characters for it sans that game's setting info regarding their ancestries (or including their ancestries, if you want). It has similar 6 stats (with the same 3-18 number spread as Idlewater), but has more skills, and an xp system so you can go up in level and increase your skills. It also has magic and a related MP system, but no concrete magic powers - very much write your own.
Personally, I'd blend the two. Use Cozy MMUGS' system, but include Idlewater's alchemy and plants, along with its calendar system. I'd import Idlewater's village full of folks, use Idlewater's calendar (and set the villagers' birthdays to be spread throughout those months).
How I'd merge Idlewater's stuuff with Cozy MMUGS' system:
Alchemy Skill: Use the Invention skill; you need the Idlewater alchemy ingredients (which have to be foraged; you cannot buy them; assume that despite the mundane names, they are full off magic and fairly uncommon - the ingredients only work for the alchemist who gathers them). For the Speed Potion, rewrite as the Energizing potion - regain 1-3 stamina points (1d6/2, round up). For the beserker potion, rewrite as the Mana Replenish potion; regain full Mana. Of the other two, the Potion of Healing is as described, while the Friendship Tea is treated as a loved gift.
(Normally you can't recover Stamina, but I'm houseruling for myself that you can regain a small amount of Stamina with this uncommon item!)
Gathering: Roll 1d6; a roll of 1-3 has you roll on the Cozy MMUGS table, while a 4-6 makes you roll instead on the Idlewater table.
Mine monster drops:
Each enemy in the mines has a 1 in 3 (1-2 on a d6 or 1-4 on a d12) chance of dropping loot.
Giant Spider: Spider fang (15 coins)
Giant Rat: Rat tail (1 coin)
Cave Bear: Bear pelt (brown pelt) (15 coins)
Bandit: Bandit dagger (5 coins)
Shadow: Shadow fragments (10 coins)
Ghost: Ectoplasm (10 coins)
Vampire Bat: Bat wing (5 coins)
Skeleton: Skull (2 coins)
(This is partly kept in because there are two Idlewater citizens who have monster drops as their loved gifts)
Villager revised birthdays:
(This is assuming you adopt the Idlewater 360 day calendar with 90 days per season instead of using the standard 28 day cozy game season; personally, I like the longer seasons - if not, assume their birthdays are the standard Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter birthdays!)
Hermon (town doctor): Summerpeak 2
Rodrigue (mayor): Springreign 12
Ludivine (carpenter): Summerwane 20
Armel (restaurant owner, husband to Lyla): Autumnrich 1
Lyla (restaurant owner, wife to Armel): Wintercrest 10
Pierrick (waiter): Wintercrest 21
Pierra (waitress): Wintersleep 15
Clovis (fisherman): Springfall 23
Abdalena (blacksmith): Summerwane 17
Florian (shopkeeper, husband to Benn): Springreign 17
Benn (shopkeeper, husband to Florian): Springrise 24
Theo (shop employee): Autumnfade 23
Anja (miner): Wintercrest 1
Lucas (tavernkeeper): Summerwane 7
Sophia (tavern waitress): Autumnreach 20
Lukas (farmer): Autumnrich 5
Felix (drifter): Autumnfade 6
Lea (innkeeper): Winterwake 11
Evelette (librarian): Wintersleep 14
Charis (teacher): Springrise 11
Eshton (sailor): Summermet 16
Springrise: Charis (11th), Benn (24th)
Springreign: Rodrigue (12th), Florian (17th)
Springfall: Clovis (23rd)
Summermet: Eshton (16th)
Summerpeak: Hermon (2nd)
Summerwane: Lucas (7th), Abdalena (17th), Ludivine (20th)
Autumnreach: Sophia (20th)
Autumnrich: Armel (1st), Lukas (5th)
Autumnfade: Felix (6th), Theo (23rd)
Winterwake: Lea (11th)
Wintercrest: Lyla (10th), Pierrick (21st)
Wintersleep: Evelette (14th), Pierra (15th)
If you are using standard cozy game seasons:
Spring: Charis (11th), Rodrique (15th), Florian (17th), Clovis (23rd), Benn (24th)
Summer: Hermon (2nd), Lucas (7th), Eshton (16th) Abdalena (17th), Ludivine (20th)
Autumn: Armel (1st), Lukas (5th), Felix (6th), Sophia (20th), Theo (23rd)
Winter: Lyla (10th), Lea (11th), Evelette (14th), Pierra (15th), Pierrick (21st)
(Note: I moved one birthday - Eshton's - otherwise he and Abdalena share a birthday in the condensed calendar.)
Cozy MMUGS is $5 USD and Idlewater is Pay-What-You-Want (default $2 USD). They're both variants on the same idea of a life of farming, mining, foraging, and other things you'd expect from their video game equivalents. They're what are considered "solo journaling TTRPGs" (though the author says the journaling is optional), where you write out what you did each day. If you've never heard of journaling RPGs, it's where you have a slightly guided adventure with the dice working more or less as your gamemaster/guide, and you're expected to log/journal in a story format what you did each day as your character.
Of the two, Idlewater is definitely the simpler of the two systems. It's vaguely d20 System based, though it doesn't use the OGL because it doesn't need to. You roll for six stats which very much resemble D&D ones but have different names (for the most part); you also have one skill related to each stat. It comes with its own setting (which is actually based off a related RPG) which seems to be magic-based even though there is no magic in the game, and includes an entire town full of locals. You do the same things that you'd expect in a farming-type cozy video game, such as farming, mining, dungeon delving, blacksmithing, hunting, and selling - oh, and of course, relationships. You are limited by a stamina type system where you have a limit as to how much you can do each day. There's also a weather system, and if you're really unlucky, there will be some days where you feed your animals and then go back to bed.
(This is likely the earlier of the two works and could have used a couple more editing passthroughs; for example, the setting has 12 30-day months split into 4 seasons, but the villagers have the typical "Summer 4" type birthdays; for some reason, the more Constitution stat equivalent you have, the easier it is for you to get hit... and so on. Also, the PDF contains several pages of descriptions about the various ancestries in the setting, some of which supposedly have magic, but there is no magic use in this game....)
Cozy MMUGS is kind of a more detailed version of Idlewater. It uses the author's own dice system (instead of Idlewater's vague d20 System), has a generic setting, and no set village - though you could easily lift Idlewater's characters for it sans that game's setting info regarding their ancestries (or including their ancestries, if you want). It has similar 6 stats (with the same 3-18 number spread as Idlewater), but has more skills, and an xp system so you can go up in level and increase your skills. It also has magic and a related MP system, but no concrete magic powers - very much write your own.
Personally, I'd blend the two. Use Cozy MMUGS' system, but include Idlewater's alchemy and plants, along with its calendar system. I'd import Idlewater's village full of folks, use Idlewater's calendar (and set the villagers' birthdays to be spread throughout those months).
How I'd merge Idlewater's stuuff with Cozy MMUGS' system:
Alchemy Skill: Use the Invention skill; you need the Idlewater alchemy ingredients (which have to be foraged; you cannot buy them; assume that despite the mundane names, they are full off magic and fairly uncommon - the ingredients only work for the alchemist who gathers them). For the Speed Potion, rewrite as the Energizing potion - regain 1-3 stamina points (1d6/2, round up). For the beserker potion, rewrite as the Mana Replenish potion; regain full Mana. Of the other two, the Potion of Healing is as described, while the Friendship Tea is treated as a loved gift.
(Normally you can't recover Stamina, but I'm houseruling for myself that you can regain a small amount of Stamina with this uncommon item!)
Gathering: Roll 1d6; a roll of 1-3 has you roll on the Cozy MMUGS table, while a 4-6 makes you roll instead on the Idlewater table.
Mine monster drops:
Each enemy in the mines has a 1 in 3 (1-2 on a d6 or 1-4 on a d12) chance of dropping loot.
Giant Spider: Spider fang (15 coins)
Giant Rat: Rat tail (1 coin)
Cave Bear: Bear pelt (brown pelt) (15 coins)
Bandit: Bandit dagger (5 coins)
Shadow: Shadow fragments (10 coins)
Ghost: Ectoplasm (10 coins)
Vampire Bat: Bat wing (5 coins)
Skeleton: Skull (2 coins)
(This is partly kept in because there are two Idlewater citizens who have monster drops as their loved gifts)
Villager revised birthdays:
(This is assuming you adopt the Idlewater 360 day calendar with 90 days per season instead of using the standard 28 day cozy game season; personally, I like the longer seasons - if not, assume their birthdays are the standard Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter birthdays!)
Hermon (town doctor): Summerpeak 2
Rodrigue (mayor): Springreign 12
Ludivine (carpenter): Summerwane 20
Armel (restaurant owner, husband to Lyla): Autumnrich 1
Lyla (restaurant owner, wife to Armel): Wintercrest 10
Pierrick (waiter): Wintercrest 21
Pierra (waitress): Wintersleep 15
Clovis (fisherman): Springfall 23
Abdalena (blacksmith): Summerwane 17
Florian (shopkeeper, husband to Benn): Springreign 17
Benn (shopkeeper, husband to Florian): Springrise 24
Theo (shop employee): Autumnfade 23
Anja (miner): Wintercrest 1
Lucas (tavernkeeper): Summerwane 7
Sophia (tavern waitress): Autumnreach 20
Lukas (farmer): Autumnrich 5
Felix (drifter): Autumnfade 6
Lea (innkeeper): Winterwake 11
Evelette (librarian): Wintersleep 14
Charis (teacher): Springrise 11
Eshton (sailor): Summermet 16
Springrise: Charis (11th), Benn (24th)
Springreign: Rodrigue (12th), Florian (17th)
Springfall: Clovis (23rd)
Summermet: Eshton (16th)
Summerpeak: Hermon (2nd)
Summerwane: Lucas (7th), Abdalena (17th), Ludivine (20th)
Autumnreach: Sophia (20th)
Autumnrich: Armel (1st), Lukas (5th)
Autumnfade: Felix (6th), Theo (23rd)
Winterwake: Lea (11th)
Wintercrest: Lyla (10th), Pierrick (21st)
Wintersleep: Evelette (14th), Pierra (15th)
If you are using standard cozy game seasons:
Spring: Charis (11th), Rodrique (15th), Florian (17th), Clovis (23rd), Benn (24th)
Summer: Hermon (2nd), Lucas (7th), Eshton (16th) Abdalena (17th), Ludivine (20th)
Autumn: Armel (1st), Lukas (5th), Felix (6th), Sophia (20th), Theo (23rd)
Winter: Lyla (10th), Lea (11th), Evelette (14th), Pierra (15th), Pierrick (21st)
(Note: I moved one birthday - Eshton's - otherwise he and Abdalena share a birthday in the condensed calendar.)
