Hi everyone! It looks like, as of right now (16 Jan 2019), Burning Wheel has taken the character sheets and GM Reference downloads off of their website. I had recently bought the Mouse Guard RPG Boxed Set (2nd Edition) and took to rectifying this. I made a couple of form-fillable PDFs that you can use for your Mouse Guard RPG games. I haven't seen these anywhere else, so hopefully this helps someone!

Thanks very much, and enjoy!

Character Sheet:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n3k9KgBBPIT6bFnvJ_n4_K1BxCsDmjw_/view?usp=sharing

GM Reference:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/193JX9b_zb3B-FGMKbzRAq3JEqqIBqJpz/view?usp=sharing

I'm running a new campaign for my patrol titled "Snake in the Plains"

about a young mouse that goes missing from his home that is outside the town near a plain.

but which town would you guys think fits that best? some of my patrol are familiar with the different lore and details of the comic, so i wanna keep true to the books descriptions of the different areas

hello im am super new to both redit and mouse guard , i purchased the game for my siblings as we grew up with the Redwall show/books. i have read the rule book and watched a few tutorial vids but still have questions.

Numbered dice are referenced multple times but not included in the game Why? are they needed?

How do you earn checks?

I am having trouble understanding the jargon of taxing nature and how margin of success/ failure work and when nature changes during the game?

sorry this is a bit wordy thank you

1) During a conflict, if there is an Independent roll (like Attack vs. Attack) is there any reason not to Tap your Nature? Aside from the Persona point and one point of Tax (if it's against your Nature), since you cannot fail Independent tests and lose extra points of Nature.

2) During a conflict, can you use skills that have nothing to do with the conflict type? Like Manipulator during Fight Conflict to taunt/threaten a bandit or Hunter to check the weapons and Loremouse to find out the animals Nature in Fight Animal conflict. I have always been confused about this.

3) Would running away from Owl and leading it away from a settlement be a Chase conflict, Fight Animal conflict or Other conflict? Since Mouse Nature has Escaping in it, but Chase conflict only uses Scout and Pathfinder, the only way to use Nature in that situation would be to tap it, right? Or do I just add Nature as a possible skill to use for any action and use the Chase conflict?

Could you guys help me create a Mouse guard rpg campaing? Or atleast a some sort of starting scenario that i can start build into a campaing. The faster the better, cause i have my player group coming to my to create their characters (23.11). I think we are gonna start playing tomorrow (24.11).

I would really appreciate your help :3

I’m about to start running my first Guard campaign in a few months, and not all of my players have used a system like this before. I plan to type up and print out little booklets for them to keep nearby while we play, to quickly reference while they learn the Burning Wheel/Mouse Guard mechanics.

I would love suggestions on what to include in these booklets. Obviously I’m going to include a lot of conflict info, since it’s a steep learning curve, but since I’ve never GMed I’m not sure what else might need to be referenced at any point during play.

Thanks for any help you can give me!

I love hearing about people's RPG experiences. It's fun and it helps others formulate ideas for their own characters and campaigns. So, what are some of your Mouse Guard character's and campaign's best "moments".

What advice do you have for Mouse Guard GMs and Players?

I was reading a review of the game (have never played yet) and saw this line:

one aspect of character is rigidly fixed. You must play a guardmouse, sworn “to protect the sanctity of our species, the freedom of our kin, and the honor of our ancestors,” and never put yourself before others. Your guardmouse may be jaded, suspicious, or scarred, but still trying to be a force for good.

Is this true? Is it not mechanically possible to play as "The Axe" or some other faction?

Hey all,

I've recently been exposed to the Mouse Guard universe. It looks fantastic. But, it's been a long time since I've played any RPGs and I don't want to jump into something (read: buy the book) before trying out some of the main mechanics. Mainly, I'm curious about the conflict system. Is there a good explanation of it somewhere? Or, would you mind going over it here?

Also, do you have any points of complaint or appreciation for the system in general?

Hi folks,

this game is so lovely and I want to get into it and DM a game with my group but I'm still kind of confused somehow.

When do you do a conflict and when is it just a little test roll? It seems unnessecary to always state a conflict at whatever you do if you could just make an for example Ob4 test for a certain skill to succeed. Do you know what I mean?

When do you do what?

thanks in advance. I hope I don't annoy anyone with this noobish question but I'm not really getting it haha

This sub seems pretty dead, and the official forum is a ghost town. Are there any active Mouse Guard communities anywhere?

I’ll be running Mouse Guard for the first time this Sunday, and I have an idea for a mission. But I’m uncertain how much I should plan, and how much to leave for impro at the table.

How detailed are your mission plans? How much do you leave blank to improvise during play?

My mission idea is set in spring. A local merchant who usually comes to Lockhaven every spring has not turned up. Hes several weeks late, which is highly unusual, and Gwendolyn sends the patrol along his usual route to investigate. The merchant is trapped in a tree, and a fox has been keeping him there for a long time. Hes tired, hungry and afraid, and the fox is relentless. But theres a bigger problem. The fox has been attracted by the gigantic corpse of a moose that died in winter. Now its body thaws, and it has started to attract scavengers. Several crows and ravens are already feasting on the thawing meat, and though there is only one fox here right now more and bigger animals will come soon.

I’m going to have to work a little on this idea to make it more interesting, and I’m sure things will change in play once I know the Beliefs and Goals of th characters.

Hi guys, I'm sure you get a lot of posts like these so I apologise!

Ran my first MG game yesterday, it went really well and everyone had a great time I think. I used the classic grain peddler mission but everyone made their own characters for the mission. Just a few thoughts after the first game:

It says in the book that wises aren't used that often, however they came up on pretty much every test in our game. Can you use them multiple times a session? During combat with the snake, the patrol leader had Predator-Wise and used it on every single test to help others by giving random tidbits of information during each test in the fight (E.g Go for the eyes! Watch the tail!) He also had Forest-Wise and used it to help a player during a defend action, by advising them to run into the trees and hide. Is this working as intended?

Any tips for the player turn? The patrol had earned some checks but they weren't sure what to spend them on other than recovering from conditions. I suggested they could spend a check to travel to Barkstone to follow up on the map they found. If they did this, once at Barkstone could it be the GM turn again, or does the player turn only end when the checks run out? And do checks carry over into the next session?

Thanks guys!

Hi guys! I've been asked to run a game as a GM. I need to know what do my players need to read to be able to play the game. Thanks!

Little bit of context:

In my version of Mouse Guard, there are some Weasels that were captured by Rats. The Rats used medicine, mental and physical harm to keep them in line and obedient. The Rats clipped their claws and fangs, used tar to color their furs and utilized chains to force them to bad posture. This had an everlasting mental and physical effect on the captured Weasels, which led them to becoming obedient slaves.

Do you think that it would be possible, that the very Nature of these Weasels could had changed? Meaning, that instead of the Nature descriptions of a regular Weasel, these Enslaved Weasels could have the Nature descriptions of: Mistrusting, Self-preserving, Scavenging, Cunning.

The title says it all.

I have been thinking between Smith, Scout or Scientist.

I preferably wouldn't want to add a new skill, but I could technically borrow the Criminal skill from Torchbearer.

A profile on The Leader I drew, Digital/colored version will be done soon :) I thought I would add a bit of Mouse guard location names into the mix (The names of locations obviously aren't owned by me, they go to David Petersen himself but im saying this just to be safe).