Mail Mouse

Devlog

• v2.0 Mail Menagerie
  January 30, 2021 by st33d

  This update revises the character sheet into something tidier, adds a Nature section to character creation that suggests alternatives to playing mice, and a section with advice on how to run a play by... Continue reading
• v1.9 Journeys
  January 09, 2021 by st33d

  I've added a new section called The Journey to give GMs some ideas for adventures to run. When you don't have dice you know you're going to win. So it helps to start a Mail Mouse journey with a good m... Continue reading
• v1.8 Carry Only What You Need
  December 27, 2020 by st33d

  "Did you tell the required story?" seemed to me like a great basis for a reward. As it did to Luke Crane (and Adam Koebel). This basis for reward is in Mouse Guard, Dungeon World, and numerous other g... Continue reading
• v1.7 Difficulty Settings
  August 19, 2020 by st33d

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  Mail Mouse is by and large very forgiving. I felt that by saying, "we're playing on easy mode", it absolved the game of managing its economy. But a harder setting still didn't describe what I felt was... Continue reading
• v1.6 Recipe for Success
  July 15, 2020 by st33d

  Explaining the difference between 2 successes and 1 success on Tasks always took a couple of paragraphs. Now there's just 1 success that you need. You pay 2 pips for it (1 pip if you have a Descriptor... Continue reading
• v1.4 Removing Belief and Instinct
  May 24, 2020 by st33d

  This update includes adds difficulty settings and removes Belief and Instinct. No one gets Belief and Instinct. Most testers just chose to describe their trait and skill Descriptors with them. By chan... Continue reading
• v1.3 How to Perform a Contest
  May 02, 2020 by st33d

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  This update provides more detail on character creation, Tasks, and Contests. I felt that the rules for making a character should explain traits and skills as well as go through the process a little sl... Continue reading
• v.1.2 What a success is worth.
  April 15, 2020 by st33d

  Updated the rules on successes to make it clearer what they give you. Get 1 success to do something basically, it's not quite what you wanted. 2 successes: you get what you wanted. Each additional suc... Continue reading