''Mice and Mystics'' is a fantasy-themed dungeon crawling
cooperative board game
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designed by Jerry Hawthorne and published by
Plaid Hat Games
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In 2015, Pl ...
in 2012. In the games, the players represent fantasy characters transformed into
anthropomorphic
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Personification is the related attribution of human form and characteristics t ...
mice, on a quest to defeat an evil witch. The game has been praised for its original theme, with player's characters using buttons and needles instead of shields and swords, and fighting rat warriors and cats instead of goblins and dragons. It has also received positive reviews because of its innovative idea to use a storybook as gameplay map.
Awards
* 2013 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork/Presentation Nominee
* 2013 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork/Presentation Winner
* 2013 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee
* 2013
Golden Geek
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Best Thematic Board Game Nominee
* 2013 UK Games Expo Best Boardgame Nominee
* 2013
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Best Boardgame Winner
* 2014
As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Nominee
* 2014
Lys Passioné Finalist
Reception
Since its release in 2011, the game has been consistently ranked in around Top 350 position of the most popular wargames on
BoardGameGeek
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.
In a review of ''Mice and Mystics'' in ''
Black Gate'', Andrew Zimmerman Jones said "For someone who has been looking for a good entry-level roleplaying game for his oldest son, this definitely caught my eye."
Adaptation
In October 2018,
DreamWorks Animation acquired the rights to the role-playing game. A feature film is in development.
Alexandre Aja
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, long-time horror film director, will be directing and writing the film's script along with
David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick
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Early life
Johnson began writing plays in the second grade and wrote his first screenplay at age nineteen after graduating from Le ...
.
Vertigo Entertainment
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History
In 2001, after leaving BenderSpink, Roy Lee started Vertigo Entertainment with partner Do ...
's
Roy Lee
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and Jon Berg are producing.
See also
* ''
Redwall
''Redwall'' is a series of children's fantasy novels by British writer Brian Jacques, published from 1986 to 2011. It is also the title of the first book of the series, published in 1986, as well as the name of the abbey featured in the book, ...
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References
External links
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Board games introduced in 2012
Fantasy board games
Mice and rats in popular culture
Cooperative board games
Dungeon crawler board games
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