MouseGuard RPG; Any info?

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I just wanna say, the comic is awesome.

>>50859520
Where's a good place to start? My friend told me it was really dry.

Also, theres like 10 different series within the universe, no?

>>50859639
Just read the first story first. If you like it read Black Axe. It's not really separate series. Each Volume is just a distinct story.

>>50859263
All Luke Crane designed games share some similar qualities. Dice pools, backstory based character creation, the idea that the GM is supposed to throw the whole world at you for a while until you get to a town to spend the night.

>>50859263
It's essentially burning wheel but adapted for playing as ranger/paladin mice

>>50859849
>Dice pools, backstory based character creation, the idea that the GM is supposed to throw the whole world at you for a while until you get to a town to spend the night.

This sounds decent enough. Any tips for a brand new player?

>>50860173
The hardest part is getting the group to get the concept he talks about as "player turn and GM turn." Basically, he wants the players to go through a series of tough challenges, choosing to hinder themeselves a little; then, as reward for making things harder on themselves, they get to decide what they come across in town. This doesn't fit the tradition structure of an RPG, and can be hard for some people. Most people are used to players only having a reactive role in the group, and giving them the chance to take the wheel can result in blank stares or off-tone elements being introduced (read: silliness).

>>50862023
>they get to decide what they come across in town

I'm literally a brand new player. I'm not intimately familiar with the setting, nor have I played before with this GM to be familiar with his own style, to be creating the right town elements with the proper tone.

>>50862190
I'm talking about really silly stuff happening in a campaign that's meant to be serious or at least pulpy. Setting is medieval mice.

>>50862023
So you're familiar with the system then? I usually try to do something similar with my DnD, usually i preface a session with, "I'm not here to hold your hands, this isn't a guided meditation, the world is yours to explore" etc.

How do you get players to be creative?

Answer: /sp/you dont

>>50863430
Were you trying to spoil? And yes, it's hard. The only time it's worked for me was when I ran Houses of the Blooded for a group of friends, all of who were veterans and GMed fairly regularly.

>>50863430
>How do you get players to be creative?

It's easy with children. Hell, trying to get them to stop for five seconds so you can roll some dice on the crazy stuff they're spitting out is hard.
It's later on that their imagination dies. I blame video games. That and lousy railroad DMs.