Deus Ex Dramatica — Atticus, you and Chloe spend the evening wracking your brains and delving through the clues, but you can’t figure out how the Order of the Ancient Eye and the Daily Tribunal are connected. You know its there, but you can’t connect the dots. Luckily for you, Mattias, your trusty valet/butler/medic/sharpshooter…

Population Control — ← Read Part 3 | Read Part 5 → Hello there, and welcome back to my series about building a “low-prep” megadungeon. In my last post, I wrote about breathing life into our dungeon by filling it with competing factions. …

Clocking In — ← Read Part 2 | Read Part 4 → Hello and welcome to part 3 in my ongoing series about building an engaging, low-prep mega dungeon. In part 2, I covered a basic plot for the dungeon, and discussed how we could co-opt the excellent Sunless Citadel module to use…

Badger Don’t Give a $@#! — Hello, fellow patrol mice, and welcome to our latest play report! If you recall, we last left our patrol after they had apprehended some seditionists, and escorted them to Lockhaven. While the players had enjoyed that session, I had noticed a few problems with how I was running the game…

Acting Tough — This is part 5 in an ongoing series of play reports. Get started with part 1. Welcome back, fellow guard mice! I know it’s been a while since we last checked in, but last week my group was finally able to get back together and polish off our latest mission…

Plots and Copying Someone Else’s Homework — So, another week, another missed Mouse Guard report, this time due to a family emergency. Our next session is booked, however. We will return to the Guard next week! ← Read Part 1 | Read Part 3 → Welcome back! Last time I covered some basic things we could do…

Ground Rules and Expectations — Astute readers will notice I missed a Mouse Guard update last week, and I’m missing another one this week. Don’t worry, they’ll be back next week! I live in Houston, and our schedule was impacted by hurricane Harvey. Thankfully, my home and neighborhood made it through the storm unscathed, but…

Drama Camp — This is part 4 in an ongoing series of play reports. Get started with part 1. Hello, fellow Guard mice, and welcome to the recap of our latest session of Mouse Guard. …

Let’s Split Up, Gang! — This is part 3 in an ongoing series of play reports. Get started with part 1. Hello, fellow Guard members! Last session, our patrol had successfully delivered their prisoner, Wulfrid, to seaside town of Port Sumac to face justice. Along the way, they learned that Wulfrid had been radicalized by…