The Mediator Mouse Trilogy (book 1, book 2, book 3) follows the adventures of M, the investigative mediator, as they settle disputes between friends, help pond mates get along, and bring others in on the fun!

How do these adventures work?

This game/story uses the StoryGuider system and is intended for ages 2-7.   It’s a choose your adventure coloring book, which means that you’ll read a story, pick what the character does, AND color the pages how you want.

There may also be other activities, like using maps, talking to characters, and choosing your supplies to act out and play with depending on each paritcular story! at least 2 additional unique skills per game (details in below descriptions) and are aligned with a pre-K SE curriculum.

StoryGuider: Like Cats and Dogs

StoryGuider: Like Cats and Dogs is the first in the Mediator Mouse trilogy premade tabletop RPG adventure series for pre-K kids!  Meet M the investigative mediator, a mouse with a taste for fairness who will stop at nothing to help find solutions for their friends.  Help M settle a dispute between Patch and Mitty as they learn to play together, share, and make up after an argument!

This story focuses on practicing the following skills:

• Practice playing with someone else
• Noticing differences and similarities between friends

Like Cats and Dogs can be found here on the TTRPGkids itch.io!

StoryGuider: The Fish and the Frog

StoryGuider: The Fish and the Frog is the second installment in the Mediator Mouse trilogy premade tabletop RPG adventure series for pre-K kids! M the investigative mediator, helps animals around town settle disputes, even during lunch break… Help discover a solution to Fish and Frog’s problem and save Frog from a terrible storm!

This story focuses on practicing the following skills:

• Playing fair versus always getting YOUR way
• Sharing kindness/learning how kindness feels
• Depending on others

The Fish and the Frog can be found here on the TTRPGkids itch.io!

StoryGuider: Band Buddies!

StoryGuider: Band Buddies! is a premade tabletop RPG adventure for pre-K kids that concludes the Mediator Mouse trilogy. Help save the concert by learning to ask others kindly for help and by having some fun with musical instruments!

This story focuses on practicing the following skills:

• Inviting others to play and be friends 
• Being kind to everyone, including animals
• Using a friendly voice

Band Buddies can be found here on the TTRPGkids itch.io!

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Skills practice built in

StoryGuider is designed for fun and skills practice.  All stories practice the following skills:

• Make choices between two options
• Point to pictures when they are named
• Give short answers (1-4 words)
• Play make-believe games
• Practice body exercises (gross motor skills)
• Color pictures and doodle (fine motor skills)

And then each story also focuses on 1-3 additional core social-emotional or learning-critical skills for kids!

About the StoryGuider system

StoryGuider is a system to help make simple stories with your kid(s) so they can get used to tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs), decision-making, problem-solving, etc.

It focuses only on the RP side of TTRPGs (there are optional dice roll rules provided, but they are not required).  This is so kids can get used to playing as a character and changing the story without having to simultaneously worry about learning mechanics that they are not familiar with.  It is a stepping stone into playing more rules-based TTRPGs OR can just be a fun interactive story time experience!

I hope you have fun with this adventure, and happy gaming!

Interested in more?  

Check out the full StoryGuider collection here!  

This full collection includes this particular game AND many others in the StoryGuider series!  Like with this particular game, the series is also getting some major updates in 2026, so keep an eye out there for new adventures and updated tales full of heroes, friendship, and dragons!

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