As I missed last week's Mouse Guard session - which actually worked out okay as we had split as a group at the end of session 1 - Darryn ran a quick catch-up/prelude session for me alone last night.

I have to say it was one of the best Skype sessions I've been in so far. Why?Because it hit all the right notes for me gaming wise - plot, detail and ( Read more... )

So last night we played through one complete round of Mouse Guard (that is a GM’s turn & then the Players’ turn). It was, despite my tentative reservations, fun - in a different sort of way.

As most of you that are reading this will likely know, Mouse Guard spans the boundary between what I call Traditional RPGs and the nebulous idea of Indie RPGs ( Read more... )

I just learnt that Brian Jacques died last month. He was the author of the children 'Redwall' series that have a special place in my heart (my parents gave me that first novel the day we moved from Auckland to Pahiatua, and it was the first series Emma & I attempted to collect after we moved in together).* For my young brain, Jacques' approach to ( Read more... )

For those of you who aren’t locals down here in Wellington, I draw your attention to Luke’s Actual Play session of Mouse Guard - http://grandexperiment.livejournal.com/19325.html

I own a copy of the pdf with a physical copy winging its way to me at some point (!?!). After my first ( Read more... )