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<blockquote data-quote="Aurumvorax" data-source="post: 5050952" data-attributes="member: 87266">As opposed to a rollplaying game.&nbsp; And I don't mean that as a pejorative, I mean to say that Mouse Guard differs from other games in that rolling dice isn't that important.&nbsp; &nbsp;Mouse Guard's mechanics are a means to an end.&nbsp; Failure is a minor setback (you lose a fight, you slump away with a hurt pride) and only very rarely will you actually end up dead.&nbsp; The dice you roll are essentially factors for the GM to create a new scenario.&nbsp; Say you're trying to cross a river and all mice except one pass the test.&nbsp; The GM won't say &quot;You drown, create a new character&quot; he'll say &quot;So and so is carried down stream.&quot; The players will respond with &quot;We chase after him, catching up a mile down, and pull his exhausted body out of the water.&quot;&nbsp; The GM will finish the round by saying &quot;He's exhausted (a condition of losing the test) but alive.&nbsp; You're far off your original trail and by the smell in the air, fairly close to a badger's den.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp;Had you successfully crossed the river, he might have had a different scenario planned (ambushed by bandits or a sudden cold front).&nbsp; Failing isn't meant to be a setback but simply provide a different branch to the same continuous path.&nbsp;Character creation is by far the best aspect of the game as everyone can participate and no dice are rolled.&nbsp; You have a series of 20 questions or so that determines what your good at.&nbsp; Things like &quot;What did your parents do?&nbsp; What did your master stress?&nbsp; Do you stockpile for the winter or improvise?&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aurumvorax, post: 5050952, member: 87266"] As opposed to a [i]roll[/i]playing game. And I don't mean that as a pejorative, I mean to say that Mouse Guard differs from other games in that rolling dice isn't that important. Mouse Guard's mechanics are a means to an end. Failure is a minor setback (you lose a fight, you slump away with a hurt pride) and only very rarely will you actually end up dead. The dice you roll are essentially factors for the GM to create a new scenario. Say you're trying to cross a river and all mice except one pass the test. The GM won't say "You drown, create a new character" he'll say "So and so is carried down stream." The players will respond with "We chase after him, catching up a mile down, and pull his exhausted body out of the water." The GM will finish the round by saying "He's exhausted (a condition of losing the test) but alive. You're far off your original trail and by the smell in the air, fairly close to a badger's den." Had you successfully crossed the river, he might have had a different scenario planned (ambushed by bandits or a sudden cold front). Failing isn't meant to be a setback but simply provide a different branch to the same continuous path. Character creation is by far the best aspect of the game as everyone can participate and no dice are rolled. You have a series of 20 questions or so that determines what your good at. Things like "What did your parents do? What did your master stress? Do you stockpile for the winter or improvise?" [/QUOTE]

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