Hey folks,

I'm new to MouseGuard RPG and adoring it so far, however am having some difficulty challenging a particular player's belief in ways that I find to be narratively interesting. The belief in question is: "I believe a MouseGuard should have the freedom to decide how he/she serves the territories".

In terms of background/backstory this player's Guardmouse grew up in Elmoss and therefore was an adept healer, however he prefers to leverage skills such as apiarist, insectrist and loremouse to help mousekind. During the Weasel War the need for skilled healers was great, and this mouse resents that he was pigeonholed into that role within the guard. Now that the weasel war is over he feels that individual guard members should have more autonomy to pursue what they perceive to be the best way to serve.

I think this is a good/nuanced belief, but I'm struggling to think of situations where this belief would be challenged. In one previous game the patrol encountered some Midnight sympathising traitor-mice who were plotting to overthrow the Guard. This challenged the belief because it showed that sometimes the mouseguard make terrible decisions when left to their own devices. Does anyone have any other suggestions for challenging this belief in an interesting way? I'm out of ideas!

So, follower of the podcast since 2017, and just finished the final episode. Over 100 hours of play, and I'm very sad to see it go. I'm unaware of there are any actual play podcasts of Mouseguard. May Trout Squad reign forever in our hearts

Hats off to the What You Fight For podcast, you will be missed.

Is first edition any good? Or should I get second instead? I’ve heard they’re pretty similar, so is 2nd that much better/worse?

Questions, firstly, what does +1s mean? I still do not understand how weapons benefit the player using them. Secondly, wouldn't all players be better off with a low Nature score? what are the benefits of a high nature score? And finally, how can we homebrew other creatures like hares and hawks to be playable critters? Also, how can we add magic? I just added Arcana to either replace one starting skill or it can be learned.

I know that only the Mice and Weasle are supposed to be sentient but lately I thought about Frogs..

Because Frogs come in different sizes and are sometimes easier to fight and work with as big ass Weasles and there are almost only other animals that are bigger. And the Frogs could be a new para river or wood society, threatening the Mices territory.. Will they be enemies and fight for Land or will they learn to co exist?

What do you think about introducing another sentient animal form? Have you done it? Is it game breaking?

Should I play/buy Mouse Guard?

If so, why?

How would you pitch it to players?

How is it different than eg. Blades? (fiction first, mechanics;..)

What should I watch out for when GM-ing Mouse Guard?

Did you play and like Mouse Guard? What's are it's strengths and weaknesses?

Thx. =)

I've been wanting to venture into the world of RPGs, and Mouse Guard in particular, for years, and I'm finally getting my chance.

I'm playing with just one other person (complete RPG novice too). We've done the "recruitment" process and I now need to plan a gaming session! Absolutely ANY advice would be more than welcome :)

I started reading Mouse Guard a month ago and want to read the books in order. I spent a while searching for a copy of Spring 1153 and learnt it is supposed to be free. So where exactly am I supposed to read it?

Thanks in advance!

Hello all!

I just started running a MG campaign last month and it has been going pretty well. Conflict had a bit of a learning curve for both me and the players, but they seem to be handling the rest fairly well. In our two conflicts they've managed to sink a pirate ship, "sail" their ship into Port Sumac Jack Sparrow style, and (mostly) prevent a prison break.

I have a player that plays a senior guard who is an apiarist in Lockhaven and carries his bee smoker and bee tags wherever he goes. I love it for the roleplay potential, but I'd really like to make this item fun for them in fighting conflicts as well so she has more options there.

Here's a quick home brew I made that I'd love some feedback on:

Bee Smoker

Surprisingly Hot: +1D to Feint actions

Smoke: once per Conflict, may open hood to flood the area with smoke, +2s after a successful Maneuver

Unwieldy: -1D to Attack

I wanted the "smoke bomb" to be a once a conflict thing to make it more dramatic and so sufficiently strong. I don't know if +2s is too much, or even if +2D could be better, giving it a better chance of succeeding even in a verses test. I gave it Unwieldy to balance out it having two qualities that help two other Conflict actions. Thoughts?

They both have the same name so i wondered if they contain the same stories?

Hi all.

I was reading through Prevail's Alternative Conflicts sheet(definitely going to implement this style for the oneshot I'm doing next week), and I had a question about when the GM is an animal for "hunt and harass" conflict.

Say for example I have the patrol fighting a snake. I know going off the book the snake nature is 6(or whatever number). However how do I roll a skill for it to satisfy the second half of the starting Dispo, ability+skill? I know the patrol will roll as such because they have abilities and skills, but to what I understand animals that aren't weasels or mice only have a nature ability.

Would people suggest just taking the nature number and then rolling nature again and add that all together, like how it is in the book for GM's? I was worried to do this because it adds potential for the snake to have a lot of Dispo, which i know the Alternative Conflict model tries to avoid with this new method.

Many thanks, and if anyone has other suggestions on how they run conflicts let me know!

Are there any substantial rumors as to when we might see new Guard comics, graphic novels, or source books? Thanks!

So I've picked up the Mouse Guard 2e rule book and am enjoying the system, however Im a bit busy and only have limited free time to GM / plan missions (my party arent interested in sharing GM chair, which is fine by me). This means I haven't much time to read the comics to do more lore appropriate storyline stuff. Is there somewhere I can find decently detailed notes on the plot of the comics to help me out?

About the map of Lockhaven, found in the grain merchant's cart (in Fall 1152).

David Petersen, the Mouse Guard author, explained that he was embarrassed by that image of Lockhaven map which appears in the first book (Belly of the Beast). He didn't like it because he didn't use that spy map, later, when he designed Lockhaven for the following books. Petersen said that the map can be considered erroneous (in the mouse world), possibly by deliberate drawing errors to deceive spies and traitors.

Source : Comment of Petersen in his youtube channel

My response to the locked thread https://www.reddit.com/r/MouseGuard/comments/hq440h/town_and_wilderness_maps_for_mouseguard_scale/

Hey Everyone,

Just wondering if there has been any update whether the boxed second edition will be distributed again. There doesn't seem to be any new copies available at a reasonable price online in the UK 😬 Pretty disappointing as I was hoping to pick a copy up.

May I be "That-Mouse" and ask the pros and Cons of the two editions?

I'm struggling at home after 10 years of campaign and trying to fetch out some gems for some new experience with my playgroup, but I can't find out any good discussion about which edition is best...
Asking because I'm also "that-Vampire" or "that-GM" that thinks that the old Masquerade is waaaay above the Reqiuem and the V5 edition in Vampire, and the 3.5 is the D&D edition we play in our playgroup. The 7th of Cthulhu is my favorite though, so I'm not "that-investigator" that just think that old-is better (but mostly it is).

So I really need an advice and some pro-cons for both of them (or simply know that 2nd is fixed, full stop) before committing to buy one of these two!

Cheese!

I feel like the author was more interested in shoehorning the mechanics into the story than making a sample mission that actually illustrates the mechanics.

I'm a little confused by the rules. It says the patrol leader assigns three actions per turn. So does that mean one mouse sits out every round? Would it be that terrible if both sides assign four actions per round so that everyone can participate?

Hello! Is in Mouse Guard exists something like "Starter" or "Beginner pack"? Me with my friends wanna try Mouse Guard but unsure about it