Mice and Mystics

{{Short description|2012 board game by Jerry Hawthorne}}

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| designer = Jerry Hawthorne

| publisher = Plaid Hat Games

| players = 1 to 4

| ages = 7 years and up

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| skills = Dungeon crawl

| date = 2012

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Mice and Mystics is a fantasy-themed dungeon crawling cooperative board game designed by Jerry Hawthorne and published by Plaid Hat Games in 2012. In the games, the players represent fantasy characters transformed into anthropomorphic mice, on a quest to defeat an evil witch. The game has been praised for its original theme, with player's characters using buttons and needles instead of shields and swords, and fighting rat warriors and cats instead of goblins and dragons.{{Cite web |date=2012-12-20 |title=Mice and Mystics Review (Board Game) |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/mice-and-mystics-review-board-game/ |access-date=2021-10-25 |website=pastemagazine.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last1=Alex |first1=Ronny |last2=er |date=2016-09-06 |title=Mice and Mystics Board Game Review |url=https://coopboardgames.com/cooperative-board-game-reviews/mice-and-mystics-board-game-review |access-date=2021-10-25 |website=Co-op Board Games |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Mastrangeli |first=Tony |date=2013-05-14 |title=Mice and Mystics Review |url=https://www.boardgamequest.com/mice-and-mystics-board-game-review/ |access-date=2021-10-25 |website=Board Game Quest |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Mice & Mystics Review - with Tom Vasel {{!}} The Dice Tower |url=https://www.dicetower.com/game-video/mice-mystics-review-tom-vasel |access-date=2021-10-25 |website=www.dicetower.com}} It has also received positive reviews because of its innovative idea to use a storybook as gameplay map.{{Cite book |last=Rogers |first=Scott A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CP7ZEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22designing+a+game+board%22&pg=PT304 |title=Your Turn!: The Guide to Great Tabletop Game Design |date=2023-09-27 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-119-98160-2 |language=en}}{{Rp|page=211}}