Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game
{{Short description|Tabletop role-playing game}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox RPG
|title = Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game
|image = File:Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game.jpg
|caption = Cover of the first edition
|designer = Luke Crane
David Petersen
|publisher = Archaia Studios Press
|date = 2008
|genre = Anthropomorphic, fantasy
|system = Burning Wheel
|footnotes =
}}
The Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game is a tabletop role-playing game created by Luke Crane based on the Mouse Guard comics and his own Burning Wheel system. Boom! Studios' imprint Archaia Entertainment released a second edition of the game in November 2015.{{Cite book|isbn=978-1608867561|title=Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game, 2nd ed|author1=Petersen|last2=Crane|first2=Luke|date=3 November 2015|publisher=Archaia}}
The Game
The game itself has been released in two editions - a hardback in 2008 and a deluxe boxed set was brought out in 2011.{{cite web | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2622216/unboxing-mouse-guard-roleplaying-game-box-set/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308015304/http://www.mtv.com/news/2622216/unboxing-mouse-guard-roleplaying-game-box-set/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=8 March 2016 | title=Unboxing: Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game box set | publisher=MTV | date=15 July 2011 | first=Matt | last=Morgan | accessdate=13 May 2019}}
=Setting=
{{Main|Mouse Guard}}
Mouse Guard is a pseudo-medieval setting about an order of anthropomorphic mouse rangers. The setting itself was written by David Petersen in a series of Eisner award winning comics. Many details of the setting such as "how does a mouse become a member of the Mouse Guard" were fleshed out specifically for the RPG.[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16297 Petersen talks "Mouse Guard" Role-Playing Game] - Comic Book Resources, 5 May 2008
=System=
The game system is a simplified version of the Burning Wheel system, using standard six-sided dice, with each result of a 4-6 being a success. Each character has an overriding belief, an immediate goal, and an instinct that guides them, all with mechanical weight.
Reception
Critical reception was strong, with the Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game winning numerous industry awards. It won the 2008 Origins Award for best roleplaying game[http://www.gama.org/OriginsAwards/OriginsAwardsWinnersThe2000s/The2008OriginsAwards/tabid/3203/Default.aspx 2008 Origins Award winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227145234/http://gama.org/OriginsAwards/OriginsAwardsWinnersThe2000s/The2008OriginsAwards/tabid/3203/Default.aspx|date=27 December 2013}} and numerous Indie RPG awards,[http://www.rpg-awards.com/2008/game_of_year.shtml Indie RPG Awards 2008 Game of the Year][http://www.rpg-awards.com/2008/best_production.shtml Indie RPG Awards 2008 Best Production][http://www.rpg-awards.com/2008/best_support.shtml 2008 Indie RPG Awards Best Support] as well as being silver winner for three ENnies{{Cite web |url=http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/about-us/2009-noms-and-winners/ |title=2009 ENnie Awards |access-date=17 January 2014 |archive-date=27 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427011140/http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/about-us/2009-noms-and-winners/ |url-status=dead}} and shortlisted for the 2009 Diana Jones Award.[http://www.dianajonesaward.org/09nominees.html Diana Jones Award 2009 Nominees]
Tor.com called it "a fantastic game which challenges players imagination and creativity".[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2009/08/mouse-guard-roleplaying-game Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game] - Tor.com 6 August 2009
The 2011 box set was called "easily the most beautiful RPG I have ever laid eyes on" by Wired.[https://www.wired.com/2011/12/mouse-guard-rpg-box-set/ The Mouse Guard RPG Box Set: An In-depth Review] - Wired Magazine, 13 December 2011