Mausritter Explained

Mausritter
Designer:Isaac Williams
Publisher:Games Omnivorous
Date:2020
Genre:Tabletop role-playing game, fantasy

Mausritter is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game by Isaac Williams about adventurous mice.[1] It won the 2021 Gold ENNIE Award for "Best Family Game/Product."[2] [3]

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.[4]

Publication History

The prototype for Mausritter was published as a digital zine in 2019. The expanded, physical edition was released in 2020.[5] In 2021, a Kickstarter campaign raised AU $149,041 to release a new starter box set, including ten interconnected adventures and updated art.[6]

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.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jarvis . Matt . 2021-07-21 . Redwall-esque RPG Mausritter is squeaking onto Kickstarter with a new box set and adventure collection . 2024-09-26 . Dicebreaker . en.
  2. Web site: 2021 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20211010005731/https://ennie-awards.com/2021-nominees-and-winners/ . 2021-10-10.
  3. Web site: August 13, 2021 . Ennie Awards 2021 Nominees Highlight the Best Tabletop RPGs . July 11, 2022 . TechRaptor . en.
  4. Web site: Jarvis . Matt . 2020-11-13 . Mausritter is an adorable fantasy RPG about small mice on a big adventure, with an expanded edition out now . 2024-09-26 . Dicebreaker . en.
  5. Web site: 2020-11-11 . Mausritter Available from Games Omnivorous . 2024-09-26 . Tabletop Gaming.
  6. Web site: Carter . Chase . 2021-08-11 . Diminutive RPG Mausritter announces a box of new adventures . 2024-09-26 . Dicebreaker . en.
  7. Web site: Carter . Chase . 2024-01-23 . Mausritter's community created a 250-room megadungeon for the mouse-and-magic RPG . 2024-09-26 . Dicebreaker . en.

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