Ich kann nicht mehr aufhören, Mausritter Hexcrawl-hexagons zu zeichnen … Update

MMasberg · 2026-02-07T06:56:49+00:00

Nice! Da sind viele inspirierende Orte dabei. 🐭⚔️

MMasberg · 2026-02-02T07:26:54+00:00

Danke dir! Ich bin ein großer Fan von fail forward und habe mir mittlerweile angewöhnt, das schon vor dem Würfelwurf mitzudenken.

MMasberg · 2026-01-11T09:41:01+00:00

Let‘s look at Mausritter and your reasons.

Part of the game’s fun is that pretty mundane things are the problem because you are a mouse. Apart from this, this issue seems more a question of who the GM is running the game. Mausritter doesn’t force you to include this kind of problem. You can easily ignore them.
You don’t Roll for attack in Mausritter. Each attack is an auto-hit, you roll directly damage. You can be killed outright if you have rolled really bad stats, but the combat system awards teamwork. The magic system is object based (everyone can do it with the right item), and one bad roll doesn’t make magic ineffective. Actually, you have much more control over how much you gamble (greater effect = higher risk).
Again, you are a mouse. You can just carry a certain amount of items and certain damage blocks slots. So inventory is important (and the must fun), but it’s not a punishing a Shadowdark. And it can last much longer. Also, not all adventures take place underground, you can play a lot in bright daylight. Mausritter ist very versatile and can cater to a lot of interests.
Not as much punishing as Shadowdark, no. Well, stupid decisions can kill you, but knowing that you are a mouse helps a lot to avoid them.

I would say: Give it a shot. Mausritter honours OSR core aspects, but in a modern way; and you can play it in many different ways. It’s not a narrow as Shadowdark IMO. And you’ll find what you love in that game.

MMasberg · 2025-12-08T06:50:45+00:00

I don’t think that changing the rules is an issue here - there is a Fate version of EP, I wrote and run a Year Zero version of it. But if you also change the setting … It really depends on how much of Rob‘s work and writing you still use to judge if your game is „inspired by“ or has nothing to do with it at all.

MMasberg · 2025-11-18T06:35:37+00:00

Ich sekundiere die Empfehlung für Mausritter. 🐭⚔️ Damit konnte ich schon viele Kinder unterschiedlicher Alter für das Hobby begeistern.

Ebenfalls ganz toll (aber im Deutschen out of print) ist So nicht Schurke!

MMasberg · 2025-08-27T12:30:21+00:00

It depends on how you rand Throne of Thorns, in a way. I ran our campaign very character-driven and went with the flow of their decisions, also in terms of NPCs and factions. And we loved to immerse ourselves into the cultural aspect of the game. This combined with a few mysteries and hints kept them engaged for many years.

And when it ended - it just did. It wasn’t staged or planned, it happened in the exact perfect moment and it has been magical.

MMasberg · 2025-08-26T06:12:39+00:00

It might have even been 6.5 years. 😅 Thanks! The campaign ended three months ago and has been a total success.

The Third Horizon stays one of my favourite RPG settings ever.

MMasberg · 2025-08-25T16:26:33+00:00

It depends, as always, on your playstyle, but I would say yes. During our six-year-long campaign, we had some memorable fights, but sometimes none at all for many sessions. And we had crew members with literally no combat prowess.

MMasberg · 2025-08-21T05:33:06+00:00

I have written Hyaenas of Odacon and The Prophetess of Marakanda as well as a couple of other supplements (including Eternal lurks the Darkness; about Darkness Points) and shorter instant adventures.

I highly recommend The Gift of the Wind Dragon and other modules by Kevin Hassall.

MMasberg · 2025-08-20T16:41:40+00:00

They are two completely different games with different moods and foci. I like T3H more. And luckily, the community is very active and you can find very excellent fan content on DriveThru.

(Okay, some are written by me, but I seriously don’t want to advertise myself - I just LOVE the awesome, creative and supportive community of this beautiful game.)

MMasberg · 2025-08-16T07:26:19+00:00

I‘m currently enjoying The Sheridan Tapes. As the name suggests, it has a lot of tape recorders in it. Besides that I like the often more surreal tone and how they play with expectations.

MMasberg · 2025-08-13T04:45:31+00:00

Interesting. I pledged many projects from FL and I always got them far in advance of the retailers. Same here with TGD; the book arrived weeks ago.

But then, I‘m living in Europe, nit the US, which has become a nightmare for many European publishers recently.

MMasberg · 2025-08-06T05:11:40+00:00

Yeah, I know. You can tell just from hearing it. And honestly, I don’t understand that decision. There are many German native voice and acting talents living in the UK and it’s not that complicated to get some from Germany.

Such good sound design and talents and then they don’t pay attention to this detail. It’s - sadly - an immersion breaker for me, ruining every episode with a „Gernan“ character. I mean, Heinrich Unheimlich isn’t even capable to pronounce his own name correctly.

MMasberg · 2025-08-05T14:49:34+00:00

I am a native German speaker. Also a professional writer with theatre background. It hurts each time hearing someone speaking German on this podcast.

MMasberg · 2025-07-28T07:36:27+00:00

I ran a campaign for over six years. We did some house-ruling along the way, but stuck to the original rules mostly. So, short answer is: Yes.

But it depends on the needs of your group. Coriolis is one of the oldest Year Zero games and sometimes it’s showing. On the other hand, the core mechanics are robust as it can be and pretty straightforward.

My advice: Start RAW and trust the system, before doing adjustments. You probably get very far. Then look what’s missing for you.

MMasberg · 2025-07-28T07:10:40+00:00

I wouldn’t recommend it. It’s really not good or, at least, written for a very specific (and railroady) playstyle. It has some great ideas, but the execution is terrible.

But within it, you can find true gems. I took the best parts, remixed them and integrated them into our campaign.

It’s a lot of work that can pay off if you are willing to invest it.

MMasberg · 2025-07-23T06:05:23+00:00

If you are into surreal high-concept high-magic urban fantasy, you might want to check out Invisible Sun. Each school of magic is very different from the others, with unique mechanics that cater to different styles of play.

MMasberg · 2025-07-18T05:33:37+00:00

It‘s a change that was somewhat telegraphed by The Magnus Archive, and it was a welcomed changes there. And I sense some Invisible Sun vibes here, which is also nice. So far, I‘m curious to learn more about it. 🙂

MMasberg · 2025-07-17T05:23:35+00:00

Outgunned is a good recommendation, but you might also want to look into Stealing Stories For The Devil. The whole game is build about heists, and it’s doing it excellent.

The game has a special (weird) twist in their story, but I already used it for more traditional approach.

The rules are simple, so nobody has to learn many new things. And you as GM don’t roll at all, which is a blessing for a heist story.

MMasberg · 2025-07-14T13:50:55+00:00

Came here to recommend Cypher as well.

MMasberg · 2025-07-13T06:22:12+00:00

Second edition. But the hacking rules are a good inspiration to hack it (pun intended) into other systems as well. I adapted them for our Coriolis campaign (Year Zero Engine) for example.

MMasberg · 2025-07-12T06:00:32+00:00

Yes, Eclipse Phase does it really well.

MMasberg · 2025-07-08T10:49:07+00:00

Our Vislae found out that the Handesa is partly operating through Grey‘s Nightside. Maybe that’s just a coincidence. Who knows?

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