Game setup

To setup a game of Mice and Mystics follow these steps:

1. Chapter selection: Choose a chapter from a Mice

and Mystics story book. Depending on how many people are playing, some players may need to choose and control more than one mouse so that the correct number of mice are in the adventuring party.

2. Choose a hero: Each player chooses their mouse hero (or heroes) and collects that mouse’s hero card, initiative card, and figure. The chapter being played will tell players how many mice are going to be adventuring in that chapter (usually four).

3. Choose an ability: Players choose 1 ability card for each mouse that they are playing. Make sure a mouse meets the class requirements for the ability that is being chosen.

4. Gather equipment: Find the search cards that are indicated on each mouse’s starting setup and equip them to that mouse. Refer to the ‘Party Setup’ section of the chapter for any extra cards or party items that the adventuring party should start with.

5. Set up the board: Place the room tiles in the middle of the playing area as shown in the ‘Room Tile Setup’ section of the chapter being played. Be sure to place the tiles so that their arrows (located in a corner of each room tile) are all pointing in the same direction.

6. Place figures: Place the mice figures and any minion figures on the board as directed in the ‘Room Tile Setup’ section of the chapter being played.

7. Determine initiative order: Shuffle the initiative cards belonging to each mouse and minion that is on the board at the start of the chapter and determine the starting initiative order (see determining initiative order on page 7).

8. Set up the story control board: Place the story control board to the side of the playing area.

Place the hourglass marker on the first page of the chapter track and the chapter end marker on the page noted in the ‘Chapter End’ section of the chapter being played. Shuffle the remaining search cards and form a search deck on the search area ofthestorycontrolboard. Refertothe‘Encounter Deck Setup’ section of the chapter being played

for details on how to setup the encounter deck for that chapter.

9. Additional items: Place the cheese tokens, the minion figures, any remaining initiative and ability cards, and a pile of all other tokens off to the side of the playing area within reach of the players.

10. Follow any chapter specific instructions: Follow any further setup instructions as noted in the ‘Chapter Setup’ section of the chapter.