Ever wanted to be a mouse with a sword?

[Peasant Phill]

Heroes fall, heroes break, heroes bleed.
They shed bitter tears, pull themselves up, not to concede.
Often are they waylaid and frequent they mourn.
Heroes are rarely made and even more seldom born.
Not till after they die, do mice sing of their tale.
A job, a duty, a thankless obligation not to fail.
Still many a mouse think only the name is
—“A Heroes’ Warning” by the Scribe Roibin


Volunteers please apply. No prior experience required.
Introductory mission will commence when a full patrol of 4 has assembled.

[Darth Feather]

In, I guess?

[Jarema]

any details? what is mouse guard?

[Peasant Phill]

any details? what is mouse guard?

“An official Mouse Guard#role-playing game#was created by#Luke Crane#in late 2008. It is similar in design to his fantasy role-playing game#The Burning Wheel, using a simplified version of the rules.[11]#It won Best Role-Playing Game at the 2009#Origins Awards.” (wikipedia entry)


Quick explenation Mouse Guard

[LazyMcCrow]

I'm very interested Phill - I just need to know a little more about the timings and commitment required. How long do you expect the initial 'session' to last? How often are we submitting orders - Are we even doing such things formally? or is it much more open ended than that? Tentatively IN. :nod:

[Peasant Phill]

I'm very interested Phill - I just need to know a little more about the timings and commitment required. How long do you expect the initial 'session' to last? How often are we submitting orders - Are we even doing such things formally? or is it much more open ended than that? Tentatively IN. :nod:

Good questions.
1) A session at the table woud last about 2 hours. I expect it to last about a month in this forum but that's just a dirty estimation.
2) One post every other day seems a good compromise between speed and workload
3) I prefer informal posting unless formal posting rules sound prove necessary.

I propose to run a sample mission WITH sample characters and explain the rules along the way to spread out the workload.

[LazyMcCrow]

Cool. I shall embolden my 'IN'

'For the Gruyere!'

[edse]

I have never ever done an RPG (so I might not be the best suited for this) but the mice are so adorable, amazing and awesome that I have to be in

[Beskar]

I am interested in the RPG game, but my initial impression of the Topic Title is as appealing as asking if I ever wanted to be a Platypus on Rollerskates.

[Peasant Phill]

I am interested in the RPG game, but my initial impression of the Topic Title is as appealing as asking if I ever wanted to be a Platypus on Rollerskates.

Conclusion: I'm not that talented at marketing.
@Tiaexz interested enough to try it?
If so I'll start a new thread this evening (in about 10 hours or so).

Oh and if anyone wonders, yes I would want to be a Platypus on Rollerskates

[Peasant Phill]

OK, so 3 confirmed players and 1 shown interest.
I want to get this ball rolling pretty soon. Any members you think would be interested?

Some pictures to intruigue and spike some more interest:




Mouseguard™ Copyright 2014 David Petersen

[Peasant Phill]

Kyle and Sloan bravely face the snapping turtle. Though they are able to stab the monster with there weapons , it seems to do little damage. The turtle doesn't seem intend to chase after the brave guards so far.

The turtle is distracted enough for Thom and Nathaniel to sneak into the brewery. Harold begrudgenably gave them the location of a barrel of some premium whiskey.
Unbeknownst to them, Flower, Honeywind's daughter has followed them to help. She, however, isn't able to pass the turtle unnoticed and shrieks out as the snapping turtle corners her. Thom and Nathaniel pass a huge silo of barley as they run outside to help.

[Peasant Phill]

@Ishmael @edse @Darth Feather @LazyMcCrow

Still willing to play?

[edse]

Yes, but I have no idea what to do

So we now have some flammable or intoxicating liquid and apparently we can't get the turtle to move by irritating it. We also have that poor little girl to help and a silo of barley, hmm.

[LazyMcCrow]

Holy crap yes. Sorry. I forgot you'd updated! Kyle tries to distract the turtle once again, in order to remove it's attention from the little mouse.

[Ishmael]

I'm the same as Lazy. Sorry!

Thom, seeing no good course of action in this situation, drowns his sorrows with the premium whiskey.

Seriously though, I can't think of anything we can do. It seems our weapons aren't going to do much good, which suggests that poisoning it is our best option. However, anything from the brewery that we feed to it is likely to get it drunk, which...probably won't help matters.