Archaia Studio Press has announced the August release of the Mouse Guard Role-Playing Game based on the award-winning Mouse Guard comic book and graphic novel series by David Petersen.  Everything players need to know about the game will be presented in a deluxe, 240-page, 8” x 8” hardcover ($29.95), which features art and extensive background material on the Mouse Territories prepared especially for the RPG by Mouse Guard creator David Petersen.

The object of the Mouse Guard RPG is to defend the Mouse Territories against predators and dangers.  The game is intended for all ages and uses a simplified version of designer Luke Crane’s Burning Wheels rules systems, which he created for the 2007 Origins Award winning Burning Empires RPG.

Archaia’s hardcover edition of the Mouse Guard graphic novel collection sold over 25,000 copies (see “Mouse Guard Collection Over 25K”)—and the series generated so much buzz that Random House picked up the rights to publish a paperback edition—insuring that this property will get broad distribution and promotion in bookstores, which should considerably enlarge the audience for spin-offs such as this RPG (see “Random House Gets Mouse Guard Trade”).