The Stochastic Game

Ramblings of General Geekery

Some Notes on Mausritter

Mausritter is a TTRPG in which you play little adventuring mice trying to survive in a world of big dangers. If you’re a fan of the excellent comicbook Mouse Guard, you should already be hooked! The system is as minimalist as its protagonists, with low-prep two-hours adventures, so we played this a dozen times as an “interlude game”: the sort of game you play when a key player is missing, or in between campaign arcs. I also played this several times with TTRPG newbies, with up to 8 players! Here are my notes on Mausritter!

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I cannot understate how shitty the Apple TV remote is, compared to the Roku remote. It’s as if Apple went for the cool factor rather than usability. It’s like a car dashboard designed entirely of touch screens. Ugh.

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I finally started listening to the Dark Adventure Radio Theatre audiobooks I got from the HPLHS a while back and they’re really well done!

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Good morning! The fluffy boy gets his XL ball these days because he’s a good boy!

A good boy golden retriever walks among some tall grass at the top of the hill overlooking the lake and mountains in the distance in Deer Lake Park, BC
A good boy golden retriever pants happily in the grass with his ball in front of him
A good boy golden retriever pants happily in the grass with his ball in front of him

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I hope this email finds you catching up on the 60 or so free PDFs you still haven’t downloaded from all those Kickstarters you backed over the past few months.

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Don’t forget to roll around naked on your stuff to make it smell like you and prevent people from taking it! I can assure you, once you tell people you rolled around naked on it, they won’t want it. Guaranteed.

A silly boy golden retriever rolling around on his ball on the grass
A silly boy golden retriever rolling around on his ball on the grass
A silly boy golden retriever rolling around on his ball on the grass

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Chocolate delivery for May! As always, courtesy of Origins Chocolate Bar in New Westminster, BC.

Four bars of chocolate: Mission Chocolate "Rosas", 61% Cocoaro "Sakura Spring Blossoms" Quantu "Chuncho" 70% Wallace "Rose Petal & Strawberry" 76%

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This cow doesn’t want to move! A drawing by me for an unpublished #Glorantha #TTRPG campaign book.

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