For those who are willing to take their time and play the game by its own rules, you’ll be looking at one of the most stunningly presented and lovingly created games you’ll play. After a small break to let life get in the way, he dusted off his love of cardboard and now not only plays, but talks to people about it on the second best boardgame podcast, We're not Wizards. And, I especially appreciate that, if you play like I do, then you must make these decisions from an uninformed perspective - which does a good job of representing the vantage point of your characters.

Innovations include the Cheese System, which allows players to hoard the crumbs of precious cheese they find on their journey, and use it to bolster their mice with grandiose new abilities and overcome seemingly insurmountable odds. Shifting Cloak (+1 Defense, If all hits are blocked, place this mouse on any normal space on the tile. Things like moving through water, falling from one tile to the next, and placement of enemies at the start of the scenario are not detailed enough and are therefore very open to interpretation.

The detail in the protagonists are excellent and I’ll not hold it against you if you found the spider miniature a little too lifelike to spend too much time on the table. Unlike other dungeon crawlers, you can’t simply crawl to another tile if the battle is starting to go against you, as the the rules require a complete clean up before you can move on.

Different chapters will often introduce new rules that have to be followed and not all of them will be repeated in later levels so you’ll often need to have the gameplay chapter book open and ready for reference most of the time. I think that children would enjoy the story and could grasp the basics of the game play fairly easy.

So I thought I'd post it where everyone can see it as I know I'm not the only one who wondering about this game. Mice and Mystics is a boldly innovative game that thrusts players into an ever-changing, interactive environment, and features a rich storyline that the players create as they play the game! The storybook will tell you exactly how many rooms you need to get through and the amount of time you have to complete the objectives. The Cheese System allows players to horde the crumbs of precious cheese they find on their journey and use it to bolster their mice with grandiose new abilities and overcome seemingly insurmountable odds.