Mausritter | If you survive long enough, you may become a hero amongst mice

Not DnD is a weekly show discussing tabletop roleplaying games. In November we are looking at tabletop RPGs where you can play animals!

It’s a huge and dangerous world out there, and it does not look kindly on a small mouse. But if you are very brave and very clever and just a bit lucky, you might be able to survive. And if you survive long enough, you might even become a hero amongst mice.

Mauritter is an ENNIE Gold Winning (Best Family Game 2021) rules light fantasy ttrpg where you play brave little mice. Mausritter features a unique inventory system that uses physical item cards, and a dangerous and evocative magic system.

Find out more as we speak to Isaac Williams on this weeks episode of Not DnD.

 

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[jian]

Mausritter is a pretty great game. Quite apart from the aesthetics of the whole Redwall, Mouse Guard, etc thing, it’s quite cool to have a setting where everything is gigantic and an owl or a fox is a dragon-level threat.

If I ran it, I’d have it that mostly only the mice were civilised - opposable thumbs, upright gait, clever minds - because they’re those most experimented on by the humans who are now gone (and might be referred to as the Gods by mice). Some other animals such as frogs might also have those benefits, and some might have developed mysterious intellect and powers (like owls and spiders) but mostly not. A common cat is a fearsome predator who loves to sneer in what little Mouse they’ve picked up (“can you run? I think not”) but is still basically an animal.

 

[Fenris-77]

Mausritter is fantastic. Iæm currently building a campaign for my kids notionally set on the Norwegian coast )right by where we live). Everyone should play MR, it's great.