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Forum: It's What We Fight For

This forum is for advice on how to write good Beliefs, Goals and Instincts.

  1. Instinctive Difficulties

    I'm getting ready to run my first MG game, a solo campaign with me brudder. We've made his character, and everything looks good. My only concern is...

    Posted By Badasterysk
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    08-23-2010 09:10 AM Go to last post
  2. Need some BIG therapy

    After much discussion last night about the group's BIGs, I think I need some third opinions: This is the group: Silas, Patrol Leader Belief:...

    Posted By lin_fusan
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    06-15-2010 01:46 PM Go to last post
  3. BIG critique, please

    Hello, everyone: I'm gonna be playing in a new mIRC MG game. This is my first MG game, and the first character I make. I'll be playing a...

    Posted By Valannor
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    06-10-2010 03:01 PM Go to last post
  4. A Troublesome Belief

    Hey all, I just started a MG campaign and we're a few sessions in. I've been pretty light on challenging the players' BIG's thus far, until they got...

    Posted By Sevoran
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    05-28-2010 05:03 PM Go to last post
  5. I think our Instincts are weak

    Just started a new Mouse Guard campaign - four players, three of which have Burning Wheel experience. For the three characters, I feel like their...

    Posted By BWA
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    05-11-2010 04:55 PM Go to last post
  6. Challenging Beliefs

    Some of my players have some beliefs that I've found some difficulty really challenging in a meaningful way. I'd love to hear what you all think. ...

    Posted By jefgodesky
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    03-08-2010 01:36 PM Go to last post
  7. Challenging BIGs

    I'm starting a new MG game with two players. One chose to play Sadie "as is" since she really liked the character when we played through Delivering...

    Posted By Dwarinpt
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    01-29-2010 09:44 PM Go to last post
  8. Do these BIGs sound right?

    Brannigan the Tenderpaw Belief: There's nothing that can't be accomplished with knowledge, a daring plan, and swift action. Instinct: When I...

    Posted By neverstatic
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    01-09-2010 06:54 AM Go to last post
  9. Interested in your thoughts...

    Evenin' everyone, I was able to sit down with a few of my players on Friday night and generate some characters for an upcoming game. I was unsure...

    Posted By Court Jester
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    11-30-2009 02:30 PM Go to last post
  10. Meet Pennington!

    Hello Folks, My friend wants me to run a game of MG for him. We will be playing online so I made up a nice compact character sheet to transfer...

    Posted By Clayton
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    11-10-2009 02:21 AM Go to last post
  11. BIG Advice

    So after the two demos I ran these past two weekends, my play group has decided they want to run a Mouse Guard campaign. We sat down and burned up...

    Posted By AfterCrescent
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    10-05-2009 08:57 PM Go to last post
  12. Help me push their buttons!

    I'm GMing a game for three players. We had our first session today (character creation included). So now I know their Beliefs and Instincts, and I'm...

    Posted By hansel
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    08-25-2009 05:59 PM Go to last post
  13. Action oriented macros?

    First post so let's see... While in the BW book it has a lot of extensive (and quite good) explanations as to how an instinct works, I was wondering...

    Posted By Twinnblade
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    07-01-2009 05:08 PM Go to last post
  14. Animal's Fight Goal

    I'm still waiting for my RPG book to arrive, so I've been spending a lot of time reading through Actual Play posts, and of course, descriptions of...

    Posted By Stormtower
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    05-15-2009 01:56 AM Go to last post
  15. Director-Stance Goals?

    Question about the authority of players to dictate things about the Mission through clever writing of a mouse's Goal. GM thinks up a Mission. ...

    Posted By James_Nostack
    • Replies: 10
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    05-06-2009 08:36 AM Go to last post
  16. Question rewards for playing against belief

    While I totally get why a player should be rewarded for playing out her mouse's Belief, I don't get why she should be rewarded for playing against...

    Posted By jakewaltier
    belief, mouse guard
    • Replies: 8
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    03-30-2009 10:29 AM Go to last post
  17. Choose Impossible Goals!

    Something that occurred to me after a recent session was the usefulness of impossible goals. Something to keep in mind is that often it is just as...

    Posted By jhkim
    • Replies: 9
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    03-20-2009 02:29 PM Go to last post
  18. after a few sessions...

    My wife has discovered the flaw with her mouse's instinct: "Always heal the wounded immediately" she often winds up having more pressing...

    Posted By Aramis
    • Replies: 3
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    03-17-2009 08:05 PM Go to last post

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