Mouse Guard RPG Earns Three ‘ENnie’ Nominations

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Adding to its growing list of accolades, acclaims and honors, Archaia’s Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game has been recognized by the 2009 Gen Con EN World RPG Awards (“the ENnies”) in three categories. The awards recognize excellence in tabletop roleplaying gaming, and winners are determined by the peoples’ choice, with the final winners voted upon online by gamers across the world.

The Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game has been nominated for Best Interior Art, Best Production Values and Product of the Year. It was created by Luke Crane (Burning Wheel) and David Petersen, the creator of the comic series on which the RPG is based.

Voting is open to the public from Friday, July 24 to Saturday, August 1 at the official online voting booth, located at http://www.ennie-awards.com/nominations/nominees.asp. Fans of Mouse Guard and Archaia are encouraged to vote and ask their friends to vote, too!

The awards ceremony will be held on Friday, August 14, 2009 at Gen Con Indianapolis, which takes place at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Ind. from August 13 to 16.

“I am really happy that the game is getting the reception it has,” beamed Petersen. “The ENnie nominations reinforce what I have thought since I playtested the game: Luke made a fun game that really makes the Mouse Guard world a playable place to be.”

“Nothing would please me more than to see David go home with the ENnie for Best Interior Art,” said Crane. “David went out of his way to specifically produce awesome art for this book. The work he did put the comic behind schedule! I think he deserves much praise for his efforts.”

The Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game was also recently honored with an Origins Award for Best Roleplaying Game of 2008.

“[The] Mouse Guard [Roleplaying Game] is simply a fantastic product, offering the beautiful artwork and clever setting of the comic alongside a game system that is fun in play and encourages constant player involvement,” said Christopher W. Richeson on RPGnet, an independent website and community dedicated to tabletop roleplaying games.

For more information on Archaia or any Archaia titles please visit www.Archaia.com. For more information on Mouse Guard please visit www.mouseguard.net.

About Archaia
Founded in 2002, Archaia has built an unparalleled reputation for producing meaningful content that perpetually transforms minds. With a slate including such popular Eisner-Award winning titles as Mouse Guard and The Killer, as well as Awakening, Gunnerkrigg Court, Robotika, Killing Pickman, Artesia and the Publisher’s latest additions of Titanium Rain, God Machine, Roddenberry Productions’ Days Missing, and The Jim Henson Company library, Archaia has become synonymous with quality content. For more information on Archaia or any Archaia titles please visit www.Archaia.com.

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David Petersen on Mouse Guard’s Return

Newsarama has an interview with Mouse Guard creator David Petersen on Mouse Guard: Winter 1152′s delay…

Today, comic shops will get the long-awaited fourth issue in the Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 volume of the series, a relief for fans who have been rooting for the little series to survive the restructuring of its publisher, Archaia Studio Press.

After the David Petersen series debuted from Archaia in 2006, Mouse Guard won the hearts of critics and fans of all ages — as well as a couple Eisner Awards earlier this year. Telling a Lord of the Rings-type story starring mice, the all-ages comic looked to be a huge success for the small independent publisher. The first volume was collected into a hardcover, Mouse Guard: Fall 1152, Diamond Select released a series of toys, a role-playing game was announced, and a feature film adaptation of the series was in the works.

But three issues into the series’ second volume, Mouse Guard: Winter 1152, the comic came to a surprise halt when Archaia announced in May that the company was restructuring, meaning Mouse Guard was delayed indefinitely.

For months, readers have been waiting for news of more Mouse Guard, the series that used to be published bi-monthly, but now seemed questionable as all of Archaia’s comic books disappeared from shops.

Finally, last month, Archaia founder Mark Smylie announced the publisher would be purchased by Chicago-based Kunoichi Inc.

The delays behind him, Petersen talked to Newsarama about today’s issue and the future of Mouse Guard.

Newsarama: For fans who have been waiting, is it true? When are we getting a new issue of Mouse Guard? Read more

An Interview With David Petersen: Creator Of Mouse Guard

Newsarama has a very cool interview with the creator of the Mouse Guard graphic novels. Below is an excerpt with a link to take you to the full interview on Newsarama’s site.

It’s not often that properties geared towards kids are embraced and supported by readers of all-ages. But David Petersen’s Mouse Guard, the 2006 smash hit indie comic book has attracted and won the hearts of readers young and old. In fact, it won the Eisners for Best Publication for Kids and Best Graphic Album – Reprint last weekend. Indeed, Mouse Guard is a refreshing change from the ordinary. Read more