Just ordered the mouse guard rpg

Just ordered the mouse guard rpg

Chris Newman 13 Oct 2009 02:24

It has been getting good reviews and so i decided to pick it up on a whim and was wondering if anyone wants to try it out with me over the coming weeks

Re: Just ordered the mouse guard rpg

James_Nostack 13 Oct 2009 02:49

Chris, yeah, it's a game I'd be interested in playing some more. I'm not totally sure you'd like it (based on Chrystos's antics), but it's definitely full of some neat rules and it's a beautiful thing to look at.

Re: Just ordered the mouse guard rpg

Chris Newman 13 Oct 2009 19:31

Well the main reason i got it was because it is supposed to be simple so it will be easy to DM and it is noob friendly so i can ttry and convert people with it

Re: Just ordered the mouse guard rpg

James_Nostack 13 Oct 2009 20:37

i got it was because it is supposed to be simple

Ha ha! Does the name Luke Crane mean nothing to you?

No, but seriously: Mouse Guard is kind of in an uncanny valley, complexity-wise. It's loads simpler than recent editions of Dungeons & Dragons (and also simpler than Crane's other game Burning Wheel), but it's also a pretty hefty sucker in comparison to very simple games like, say, Trollbabe or The Pool (the Pool is free and very strange if you've only known "traditional" role-playing games - I encourage everyone to read it!). So whether Mouse Guard is simple kind of depends on what you're used to. I'd guess it's about as simple as Tavis's White Box game once you get the hang of it.

Mouse Guard is an awesome game, though, and I definitely want to play or run it some more.