No Mice, No Meowsters!
A downloadable game
No Mice, No Meowsters! is a tabletop role-playing game which can be enjoyed by feline fans of any age.
When you play, you pretend to be a mischievous cat who loves messing with humans. You love hanging out with your cat friends, and causing delays for humans as they try to get things done. You might even find time to take a break from the chaos, and help another animal friend with a problem!
The game supports 2-7 players, and runs on the No Dice, No Masters system. The game doesn't need a Game Master to run the game, because everyone at the table can help control the world and story as you play!
If you play this game with your kids, it has a few long words to explain when you read it together, and bridges the gap between make-believe stories and gameplay without using dice or stats!
All the cat art is by WhatNames — check out their page and awesome game Cryptid (Mis) Communication here: https://whatnames.itch.io/
***As well as the game PDF below, there are also PNG files for the countdown clock, story sheet and map in case you want to use these on a virtual table top. If you want to use the story sheet and map on Google Slides, see here!***
Reviews, streams and more to come!
- "An amazing game for children and cat fans alike. Definitely recommend!" - Miranda, World of Corde, Family D&D Adventures
- "Brilliant fun... A great inspiration for our next TTRPG for children too!" - Rich, Hatchlings Games
- "My son loves this game. He wants to play again and again... Great for practicing role playing, getting comfortable with TTRPG’s, or just having a fun time. It was also very good at helping us practice collaboration, and I think could be a good team-building or family-bonding tool. It is purr-fect for our family, and I hope you enjoy it too!" - Steph C, TTRPGKids
- "Wake up, do stuff, generate tokens, irritate humans, eat, sleep, done! ...More fun than a ferret in your pants! Great gateway for younger people." - Andrew, Halfling Caravan Games
- "It is, without a doubt, the most realistic cat simulator on the market and perfect for the whole family... Basically, buy it" - Jonathon Greenall (@Starshinescrib)
- Check out We're Only Gonna Do This Once as they play... No Mice, No Meowsters! A raven warned the cats to beware of the red truck — is it a fire truck? A Subaru? Cat-nappers? Let's find out!
(If you'd like to feature No Mice, No Meowsters! in your podcast, stream or site please feel free to — and you can always contact me at trousermousemail@gmail.com.)
Finally, and MOST IMPORTANTLY, if you print this game and your cat chews and/or sits on it, I'd love to see your cat in action.
If you play the game with your kids and they do any drawings, I'd love to see the drawings!
Please drop me a line and picture on Twitter, or leave a comment below — you're more than welcome to post any reviews in the words of your kids!
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I played this with my 7yo, 4yo, and 2yo. 7yo played through 45 minutes of character creation and world building and was ready to keep going. 4yo loved the 45 minutes we devoted to all of that, but wanted to wait to move forward until the next day. 2yo enjoyed drawing and coloring and that was enough! It's really impressive that this game meets kids at such different development stages, and if you consider 30+ minutes of active drawing and coloring a victory (as I think most parents do) then this is a great way to spend time with a broad range of children. With No Mice, No Meowsters, the basic rules fit on one page and they probably have a smaller word count than this review. They are accompanied by worksheets that make it easy for parents to jump into the game. I also appreciate the young child-friendly safety tools, the non-violent aim of the game, and the stated expectations that everyone have fun and nobody is supposed to lose. I definitely recommend this game.
An incredibly fun and well thought out game based on the No Dice, No Masters roleplaying system, absolutely brimming with playbooks, options, inspiration and everything you could need to have all manner of feline fun!
Played this game with my son (2.5 yo), and he loved it (review here)! The mechanics were easy to understand, and he has a blast wrecking the cat-sitters house! We let him color in the timer wheel, draw where he wanted to go on the map, and come up with ideas on his own. This was a really good tool to introduce him to TTRPG's!
It’s clear from reading through this game that extensive research in the field went into developing the me-cat-nics.