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Statistics: Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game

Core Game Ratings

Rating: 7.75 / Ranking: 11

These ratings are based on 35 ratings with 1.84 average weight and 6 reviews.

This is compared to an index-wide 3.64 average ratings and 1.98 average weight.

This rating earns an average level of trust.

Ratings + Reviews:

12%

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Index Ratings Only:

12%

14%

22%

30%

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RPGnet Reviews Only:

50%

Core Game Comments

All User Comments

Rating	User	Comments
10 / 10	thadrine	Slickest rules I think I have ever seen. And the advice and structuring guides will teach you more than you think.
10 / 10	El Bob	The best iteration of Burning Wheel rules. Plus, it's one of the most beautiful rpgs ever.
10 / 10	Skywalker	A playable iteration of Burning Wheel. Highlights all the innovations that are central to the system but in a friendly and highly playable package.
9 / 10	ExCrusader	Style: 5 / Substance: 4
9 / 10	Menchi	An excellent game. I normally find Luke Crane's systems verge on the unplayable, requiring a near counter-intuitive approach to roleplaying. Mouse Guard concisely and clearly states its goals and provides a fun and accessible system that helps meet them.
9 / 10	Shining Dragon	The only thing missing (given my tastes) is magic. Other than that its a nice game, both in presentation and implementation.
9 / 10	Mr. Sanity	This is a very beautiful source book, with a solid and easily playable rule-set to go with it.
8 / 10	Yora	This one is something really special.
8 / 10	Borbetomagnus	Superb, fairly rules-light system built around beliefs and compulsions that is accented by a compelling setting. I'm using it as the introductory RPG for my young kids who are fans of the Mouse Guard comics. The system is simple enough for them to grasp and also apply in their first experience with role playing games.
5 / 10	TrippyHippy	Extraordinary high production standards don't mask the point that the system is too complex for the subject matter, or the notion of a beginner's game. A case where a system is belligerently pushed on a game out of creator pride more than anything else.
5 / 10	Simple Man	Good production values, bit too complicated for the target audience, unless the target audience was Burning Wheel fans.
2 / 10	politicfish	While this book has a spiffy production value and great artwork, the conflict resolution system is a nightmare to play. We had decent fun engaging with the setting, themes, and characters but bogged down horribly when we actually tried to do things. This game is an example of game theory creating a product that falls short in actual play. The setting would be great in another system like Fate or Genesys.

Core Game Reviews

All RPGnet Reviews

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Rating	User	Summary
5 + 5	Jon 45	Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game. Mouse Guard is an innovative and beautiful game, where you assume the role of intelligent mice in a medieval-like setting. [ Read Review ]
5 + 4	Lev Lafayette	Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game. An excellent setting, rich in theme and physically a beautiful piece of work. Fairly good game system well integrated with world. [ Read Review ]
4 + 5	Ravenpolar	Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game. Another book that is rich in setting, coupled with good mechanics and a great read. [ Read Review ]
5 + 5	C.W.Richeson	Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game. Mouse Guard combines the wonderful world of the comic of the same name with the descriptive Burning Wheel system to create a game that encourages heroic adventure at every turn. [ Read Review ]
5 + 4	Mechante_Anemone	Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game. The Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game is a lovely production providing a good deal of information about the setting and offering a streamlined, simplified version of the Burning Wheel system. It's not for everyone but it's high quality and provides plenty of food for thought. [ Read Review ]
5 + 5	SpydersWebbing	Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game. An intense game of mice trying to make it in the cold, uncaring world. [ Read Review ]

All Magazine Reviews

Year	Magazine	Synopsis
2009	RPG Review #3	"The setting is rich in detail and metaphor and the integration of these facets in the game system is strong. The game will server well for beginners as well as experienced gamers. This is not to say however that it is not without its flaws. In particular, the resolution mechanics leave a little to be desired, with too many levers to pull and buttons to press without sufficient justification of the choice of particular mechanics in use."