Mice And Mystics - How To Play

Today you're going to see my tutorial video for Mice And Mystics go live, which yes, was first created in 2012. However, it was posted on the Plaid Hat Games YouTube channel at the time, and although I also had it uploaded here, I never made my version public - and then I forgot about it! However, I rediscovered it today and thought I should make it public here as well, to go along with all the game plays - so if you see that older video appearing and you're wondering why - that's why! Also: White Polo throwback!

In this video, we're going to learn how to play Mice And Mystics! If you have any comments or questions, please do not hesitate to post them in the YouTube comments below.

CORRECTION: At 18:42 it is stated that the maximum number of small minions to a space is three, however, it is actually the usual four.

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00:00 - Introduction
00:49 - Game Setup
04:33 - Establish Initiative Order
05:23 - Adding New Minions
05:38 - A Mouse Turn
05:49 - Mouse Movement
07:41 - Water Spaces
08:42 - Action: Scurry
08:52 - Action: Search
09:09 - A Mouse’s Pack
09:43 - Action: Recover
10:13 - Action: Battle
10:27 - Weapons
10:34 - Melee Attacks
11:27 - Enemy Damage
11:46 - Ranged Attacks
12:30 - Cheese
12:50 - Defeating A Minion
13:22 - Boss Minions
13:41 - Action: Explore
13:57 - Exit Areas
15:24 - Free Actions
15:42 - Free Action: Share
15:53 - Free Action: Equip
16:22 - Free Action: Level Up
16:34 - Free Action: Abilities
17:04 - Free Action: Party Items
17:44 - Encounters
18:18 - Placing Minions
19:27 - Surges
20:11 - Minion Actions
21:19 - Conditions
21:27 - Condition: Stunned
21:35 - Condition: Webbed
21:45 - Condition: Charmed
22:06 - Condition: Knocked Down
22:20 - Condition: Poisoned
22:35 - Being Captured
23:52 - Conclusion

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[WatchItPlayed]

Today (June 27, 2021) you're going to see this tutorial video for Mice And Mystics go live, but it was actually first created in 2012. However, it was posted on the Plaid Hat Games YouTube channel at that time, and although I also had it uploaded here, I never made my version public - and then I forgot about it! However, I rediscovered it today and thought I should make it public here as well, to go along with all the game plays that ARE located on this channel - so if you see that older video appearing and you're wondering why - that's why! Also: White Polo throwback!

[BetterBoardGames]

Rodney Smith and the Fountain of Youth. What do we learn when we watch this video, apart from the rules to this amazing game? That Rodney has always been a natural talent when it came to explaining games. He is really the best in the industry. I sometimes watch his videos even if I have zero interest in the game, just to see him explaining stuff 😀 Keep up the great work! Yours, Thomas

[MidwestGomez]

I bought this game because of your review nearly a decade ago! I still haven't finished the campaign because sometime between then and now my daughter became a teenager and playing games with dad became not as "cool" as it once was. Now that she's almost off to college she's come around, so there's still hope. I need to know how this thing ends!

[jartree]

This is a good opportunity to tell you Rodney, that this video is what brought me into the hobby. I had played Settlers of Catan a lot and I decided I should look into more modern board games. I went to BGG and saw Mice and Mystics on the hotness list (it had just been released), then I found your how to play and gameplay videos which helped me decide that the game was right for me, and learn to play it. Thank you so much for helping me dive in to board games with this video and everything you have done since.

[robertaustin]

Mice & Mystics and Super Dungeon Explore were two of the first games you ever taught me. Thanks Rodney!

[dougrawald]

Seeing this posted today brought back some great memories. I fondly recall first watching this video two years ago with my then seven-year-old son after picking up this game at a used game sale. We felt well armed to play through the campaign after watching, and I have been singing Rodney’s praises as a board game teacher ever since. Mice and Mystics was our first of many modern board games and this video helped open that world to us. It is amazing to think how far you (and this channel) have come since you first filmed this; thanks for being such an outstanding member of our hobby!

[lawtrichter]

This game is one of my favorite games of all time, I discovered it thanks to this video.
Played it in different groups, extensions as well and I have a lots of wonderful memories,

Thank you Rodney
Ps = and I'm ready to set it up again whenever

[Gathanokos]

Oh my, I loved this episode!! I've actually got this game right after your playthrough and I still have it XD. I was so confused when it said this video was posted a few hours ago. haha Good old days

[mrbastos]

This is awesome. I used your video to help my coworkers and I gets ready to play this, and watched it many times to be sure I could answer as many questions as I could. Sadly shortly after game 1, Covid happened so I imagine we'll need to re-start the game and refresh our memories on the rules

[PhlioNihm]

This was the first game my wife and I played together. Wil W drew us into it with his family playthrough, and your video helped us through our own first adventure... the first of many. Thank you for being a part of our board game journey from the beginning, you're the best!

[dmillar]

Look at young Rodney!!! Just a flashback.

[carlosnieve]

Mice and Mystics was great. It’s crazy just how far these games have come.

[professorpipe]

A nice blast of fun from 2012. Thanks for sharing, Rodney!

[edwinsauve]

This video series is what dragged me into the rainbow coloured happy abyss that is modern board gaming. After it being suggested to me by a FLGS, I went ahead and checked it out. Soon after a lot of games that I bought were games featured on Watch It Played. Almost 10 years and 200+ games later I don’t buy as many games, but still enjoy your content. Thanks!

[grahamwallis]

This video of Mice and Mystics (M & M) just shows how much you have progressed on explaining on how to play a game. Comparing how you explain a game like M & M to how you explain games today there is a massive improvement (just as I hoped there would be). I would be a good idea if 3 or 4 times a year you drop on us an ancient how to play video from years past just to remind us how much you and the channel have improved. And at the end I missed you saying "Thanks for Watching." Keep up the good work.

[sorenstorm]

Read the instructions, played the game, saw the video, and found 5 things i missed myself in the manual. E.g. it is much easier to get out of the water with help of friends. :-D thanks!

[noahwinberry]

Thus was the best intro and rules review I have ever watched. Whenever I get a new game in the future, I'll check this channel first!

[YoshMaster]

The gameplay videos of this one really captured my mind back in the day! One of the game I’ve loved most watching!

[teejleague]

I have so enjoyed the playthroughs with your son. It's truly sacred to see you two enjoy each other's company so much!!! You must be so proud of him. It's hard for me to believe that he's not little anymore, since I didn't realize when I first started watching these how old they were! <3

[Potatis]

I'm loving that you're doing older games, hers to hoping for a few I'd like to see 😅❤️👏

Edit: Just realized the fact that this might be an old recording :P oh well 😁