@bobble Welkin Weasels might be a good stand in? Not read it, but heard okayish things?

Redwall books are still good novels and I am stubborn and want to reread as much as possible

they have a formula, and they execute the formula pretty well. (The formula is goodbeasts go on quests and fight vermin, with a good amount of songs, riddles, poems, and food porn).

Plus they have the big advantage that the school library has all of 'em

Seems good. I've not read that, but I have read Mouseguard

I've read reviews of Mouseguard :)

I love it, but I really want to see the other species featured more.

Redwall has a problem with stereotyping even the "good" species that are not mice

e.g. there is exactly one literate mole who speaks in "refined" dialect (like mice), and he has to prove his moleness by dropping into the mole dialect

Badgers either are motherly and caring or hard warriors that go into berserk rages. (sometimes they get to be both depending on the time. also guess how gender roles factor into that)

Otters use slings. Squirrels use bows.

Seems very one dimensional

However, slings are awesome though

@AncientSwordRage @bobble I also recommend Bell Songs by rpgnatalie. A (GMless) game of animal adventure in the vein of Redwall, Mouse Guard, or Watership Down. You will need: 1-3 friends, some six sided dice, and something to write with.

It has a downtime mechanic where you can decide to have a feast.

I do not have 1-3 friends to play with (since current group is busy with another game) :( or, for that matter, access to $17 online, since my mom is the gatekeeper of my bank account

That's fair!

And I notice that the community copies are currently out.

I have money saved for college, but it's in a fund where all requests have to a) be for schooling and b) go through my parents

@BESW I'm sold

Mouseguard has mechanics for fighting bears

Sort of

Bell Songs doesn't go that deep into representation; when you do something to resolve a threat or obstacle, the other players tell you how they think it resolves. If you want to veto their decision, you roll to get success, success with complication (decided by another player) or failure with hope (decided by another player).

@Akixkisu I’ve seen several users now suggest you hold off on adding simulacrum tags, and you’re the only who seems to support it. Do I need to make a meta, or can we hold off for a bit?

@Akixkisu why did you vtc this as a dupe? It isn’t even remotely the same question.

@ThomasMarkov it is in a pattern of questions the same problems in the same context, so while the body differs, the question is the same.

@ThomasMarkov go ahead and knock yourself out if you want, I think I have tagged the 9 most interesting questions.

Anyway the votes seem pretty clear since I flipped mine.

The question has been there for 10 days, the score is 6:2.

To me that seems like a waste of breath, but your mileage may vary.

Is there any problem that you see?

@ThomasMarkov though I wonder why you need an additonal one when I already proposed that meta.

Seems redundant and out of place.

@Akixkisu 12 hours ago you left a passive aggressive edit comment about how the score was flipped the other way. Yes, meta moves slowly. But that issue hasn't settled yet.

@ThomasMarkov if you have issues with my conduct, go through the appropriate channels, talk to me about it, or move on.

> talk to me about it

That's what we're doing, isn't it?

@ThomasMarkov Please address what you have to say on the matter.

@NautArch sounds good.

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