Just discovered one of my favorite former co-workers is pining for a game of Mouse Guard and friends, I am *stoked* to run that thing.
@rpgmatch My favorite gritty fantasy game is Torchbearer - challenging environments, risky rolls, death on the line for PCs. And quite outside the mechanics, "adventurers" in the setting are disreputable, dangerous folk, outsiders and ne'er-do-wells.
Having some lonely fun brewing up Mouse Guard pregens for an upcoming online con - tying these potential PCs together with friends, enemies, hometowns, and Beliefs is a very satisfying little cat's cradle. Er, mouse's cradle?