Plaid Hat Games Mice and Mystics Board Game, Red

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The kids showed up with a bottle of Espresso Patron!!! We played from nine to three in the morning. It took us awhile because there was as much chatter and drinking as there was game playing. We didn't drink the enitre bottle but we put a good dent in it. I read them the intro and off we went. Now the intro could have been a little shorter. It's hard to sustain an audience for a new game with a long read. However, I kept them interested by telling them they should pay attention to the characters beause they were going to be choosing which of them they wanted to play. That helped them focus on the story a little better. Adjacent SpacesThe spaces in this game are not all the same size and shape, and some spaces even have small gaps between them. To determine if spaces are adjacent, follow this rule of thumb: if the base of a mouse figure can bridge the gap between two spaces, they are considered adjacent. Moving a figure between those two spaces counts as having moved 1 space. PoisonmasterThe first mouse that is captured with at least 1 unhealed poison wound receives the Poisonmaster achievement token. There are 2 types of spaces on which a mouse can use an explore action: a space adjacent to an exit area, and a flip space. When a mouse moves on a mousetrap, it must pause its movement to find out if it has sprung the trap. Roll a number of action dice equal to that mouse's move value. If the mouse is a tinkerer, a player can instead roll a number of action dice equal to its lore value.

Sharing SpacesUp to 4 small figures can occupy the same space. However, a large figure (such as a spider or centipede), takes up a full space. A space is considered to be full when it has 4 small figures or 1 large figure on it. A mouse or minion cannot move onto or through a space that is full. The Mice and Mystics rules are fairly easy to follow and generally involve rolling dice. In fact, you’ll probably understand the majority of them by the end of the very first chapter. Through interesting, yet simple, gameplay - Mice and Mystics lends itself very nicely to family game time and is often highly recommended by parents who engage with their children through play.Mice & Mystics is a cooperative adventure game for 1-4 players. Players take on the role of adventuring mice. Maginos is a powerful wizard who helped the king to destroy dragons. He has a very powerful spells that can crush every foe. Nez

Room tile rules: some room tiles that are being used in a chapter will have specific rules that apply to that room. Each room tile that has special instructions will have its own section in a chapter along with a picture of that room tile. Those sections can be referred to when the mice first venture onto that room tile. Often these instructions include things like special searches that let mice find specific search cards by searching an area of that room tile, or special surges that instruct players on what minion(s) to place when a surge happens in that room (special surges take place instead of a surge listed on an encounter card). Room tile rules sections can also include special rules on how to set up that room tile when it When a mouse successfully performs an explore action to move to a new tile, that mouse and all of the other mice on the same tile are immediately placed on a space adjacent to the exit area on the new tile. Exploring a Flip Space Inflicting woundsWounds on non-boss minionsWhen 1 or more wounds are inflicted on a non-boss figure, refer to its initiative card. Class: ANYYou may use this ability as a free action. Remove 1 wound marker from a mouse that is on the same space as this mouse. Healers pay one less cheese to use this ability. First Aid can only be used once per turn. The combination of simple mechanics and story make this a winner as a FAMILY game whether or not you have kids. That means you can play it with non gamer adults as long as they are somewhat imaginative. BUT this game could bomb big time for the serious analytical types.Fishhook & ThreadFishhook & Thread allows the mice to access areas of the board that are either hard to reach or normally impossible to access. At anytime on a mouse’s turn, the player controlling that mouse can remove the Fishhook & Thread token from the party stash and place it on the board. It does not cost an action to place the token. Finally, when you’re done with the story included in the base set, there’s plenty more adventures available in the form of the brilliant Heart of Glorm and Downwood Tales expansions. (Tom Randell, www.gamesquest.co.uk/blog) Buy your copy here. Note that even though they may share a type with other minions, they are not affected by powers that affect those minions. For example, Captain Vurst is unaffected by any rules or powers that only affect rats. Brodie Please note that to play these games you will need the associated Storybooks which can be obtained by buying the relevant items. Mouse Ability CardsA mouse can only use one ability card per turn, even if that mouse has multiple abilities that are free actions. Choose wisely!

Q: Is it possible for 2 normal surges to occur on one tile? I ask because of the rules on resolving surges and discarding the encounter card. There are 2 sides to every tile: a blue side and an orange side. If the tile the mouse is moving to has a different color of side facing up than the tile the mouse is on, flip over the tile that the mouse is moving to, keeping its orientation arrow facing in the correct direction. If there is no exit aligned on the appropriate side, the mouse cannot explore over to the new tile. If the figure's initiative card shows that it only has 1 life, that figure is defeated. Remove it from the board. Mice and Mystics is an adventure game for 1-4 players aged 7 years or over. The kingdom of Owendale has been taken over by Vanestra who has put her minions in control. Players must work together as they have been turned into mice and must warn the king before its too late to protect the rest.When performing a share action, a mouse can freely exchange search cards and/or cheese tokens with another mouse that is on the same space or an adjacent space. Equip This began as a reply in "What Board Games Are You Buying" to my previous post about whether Mice and Mystics was worth getting as a game for adults. I got mixed answers so I and just went ahead and bought the damn thing.