Mausritter
{{Short description|2020 tabletop role-playing game}}{{Infobox game
| name = Mausritter
| image = Mausritter_RPG_cover.png
| designer = Isaac Williams
| illustrator = |
| publisher = Games Omnivorous
| date = 2020
| genre = Tabletop role-playing game, fantasy
| players =
}}
Mausritter is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game by Isaac Williams about adventurous mice.{{Cite web |last=Jarvis |first=Matt |date=2021-07-21 |title=Redwall-esque RPG Mausritter is squeaking onto Kickstarter with a new box set and adventure collection |url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/mausritter/news/mausritter-kickstarter-box-set-adventure-collection |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=Dicebreaker |language=en}} It won the 2021 Gold ENNIE Award for "Best Family Game/Product."{{cite web |title=2021 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards |url=https://ennie-awards.com/2021-nominees-and-winners/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010005731/https://ennie-awards.com/2021-nominees-and-winners/ |archive-date=2021-10-10}}{{Cite web |date=August 13, 2021 |title=Ennie Awards 2021 Nominees Highlight the Best Tabletop RPGs |url=https://techraptor.net/tabletop/news/ennie-awards-2021-nominees-highlight-best-tabletop-rpgs |access-date=July 11, 2022 |website=TechRaptor |language=en}}
Gameplay
Mausritter was inspired by the Old School Renaissance and features dungeon crawls. It uses cards to represent each player's inventory. The simple magic system has fifteen spells.{{Cite web |last=Jarvis |first=Matt |date=2020-11-13 |title=Mausritter is an adorable fantasy RPG about small mice on a big adventure, with an expanded edition out now |url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/mausritter/news/mausritter-expanded-edition-released |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=Dicebreaker |language=en}}
Publication History
The prototype for Mausritter was published as a digital zine in 2019. The expanded, physical edition was released in 2020.{{Cite web |date=2020-11-11 |title=Mausritter Available from Games Omnivorous |url=https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/news/mausritter-available-from-games-omnivorous/ |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=Tabletop Gaming}} In 2021, a Kickstarter campaign raised AU $149,041 to release a new starter box set, including ten interconnected adventures and updated art.{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Chase |date=2021-08-11 |title=Diminutive RPG Mausritter announces a box of new adventures |url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/mausritter/news/mausritter-rpg-adventure-collection-kickstarter |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=Dicebreaker |language=en}}
Related works
In 2024, the Mausritter player community combined game jam entries for dungeon crawl settings from over forty designers into a single, massive dungeon called Tomb of a Thousand Doors: A Mausritter Megadungeon. The book raised $94,305 on Kickstarter.{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Chase |date=2024-01-23 |title=Mausritter's community created a 250-room megadungeon for the mouse-and-magic RPG |url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/tomb-of-a-thousand-doors/news/mausritter-tomb-of-a-thousand-doors-megadungeon-community-project |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=Dicebreaker |language=en}}