MouseHunt: Daily Raffles, Tidal Fisher & Realm Ripper mice

Quotes from Dave Vanderburg (MH chief developer)
On the 21st September 201o, a daily raffle tab has been added to the camp page where a new prize item will be up for grabs each day. To start, this will be various amounts of Super|Brie+. Hunters can get tickets for the daily raffle in three ways:

• Purchase tickets with gold (the cost of the ticket will vary with the prize)
• Each of your friends can send you one free ballot a day
• If you send a friend a free ballot, you'll get free bonus ballot in return

To send a friend a ballot you either view their hunter's profile and click the send daily ballot button, or you can view your friends page where the same send ballot button will appear to the right of each of your friends.

Therefore, a number of hunters in the Forbidden Grove and Balack's Cove increased, the process of manually moving thousands of hunters to a new location all at once was becoming increasingly problematic.
When hunting in the Forbidden Grove a new custom heads-up display will be visible showing how long until the grove will close. When the heavy stone gates close, the area is filled with a dense black fog and a new mouse, the Realm Ripper will be present. This mouse is extremely weak to Arcane traps and upon being captured will transport the hunter to the Acolyte Realm.Balack's Cove has been given a similar upgrade, where catching a Riptide mouse will wash the hunter out into the Jungle of Dread. When hunting in the cove a custom heads-up display is also displayed showing the current height of the tides. The tides have three possible heights; Low, medium and high. During low tide no Riptide mice are present, during medium tide the Riptides become abundant and finally during high tide only Riptide mice can be encountered. Low tide lasts the longest, while high tide is very short. Due to the Riptide mice concentrating their power on raising the tide, they're a little weaker than they were before. A new mouse has also been added to the cove that can only be encountered during low tide to keep a similar variety of the mice you can catch in Balack's Cove.

MouseHunt: 24,000th mice caught

On the 17th September 2010, my hunter's journal showed 24,000th mice caught. Currently still hunting at King's Gauntlet Tier 5 until finished off Tier 8 to capture Eclipse Mouse. The hunt continues...

MouseHunt: New traps at Seasonal Garden & Zugzwang's Tower

Mystic Pawn Pincher and Technic Pawn Pincher are available for sale at the Seasonal Garden Trapsmith which introduced on 26th August 2010 when Zugzwang's Tower became accessible.

The Mystic Pawn Pincher can be purchased for 643,750 gold from the Seasonal Garden. It refunds for 77,250 gold at the same location.

The Technic Pawn Pincher can be purchased for 643,750 gold from the Seasonal Garden. It refunds for 77,250 gold at the same location.

On the 29th August 2010, Blackstone Pass Trap and Obvious Ambush Trap are crafted for the first time.

The Blackstone Pass Trap is not sold by any Trapsmith, thus it is non-refundable. It can only be crafted given the proper ingredients.

Keep in mind that the minimum points required to craft this item, you will not be able to craft this weapon until you have the necessary

58,000,000 points.

The Obvious Ambush Trap is not sold by any Trapsmith, thus it is non-refundable. It can only be crafted given the proper ingredients.

Keep in mind that the minimum points required to craft this item, you will not be able to craft this weapon until you have the necessary 58,000,000 points.

MouseHunt: 23,000th mice caught

On the 4th September 2010, my hunter's journal showed 23,000th mice caught. Still the same location to hunt more mice of Tier 2 till Tier 8. I'm currently hunting for mice of Tier 3 to drop a loot of Tier 4 potions. The hunt continues...

MouseHunt: Zugzwang's Tower with new mice

On the 24th August 2010, the MH developers announced a news of new location is called Zugzwang's Tower but is not officially opened.
The quotes from Dave Vanderburg (MH developer):
Hello to all you Lords and Ladies in the Seasonal Garden!
We have now hunted through Winter, Spring and Summer! Fall is just around the corner, and with it comes the final key shard. Once you find all four key shards, they can be combined to gain access to Zugzwang's Tower.
With all the commotion out in the garden, it seems the mice in the tower have been busy barricading the door! It may be another day or two before the barricade can be broken down, so until then, Zugzwang's Tower will remain locked, regardless of whether or not players have the key.
Once we've finished putting some of the finishing touches on Zugzwang's Tower, we'll remove the barricade and let hunters in. To get you the highest quality updates as quickly as possible, we usually keep on tweaking and testing right up until the moment before release, so, sometimes, things change or take a bit longer than expected. We aren’t afraid to change our plan if necessary, as we will never launch an update before it is ready.
Keep your eyes on the news section for an announcement about when the tower is officially open.
Happy hunting!

Then later on the 26th August 2010, the Zugzwang's Tower is officially opened for Lord/Lady hunters & above levels.
The quotes for Dave Vanderburg:
Zugzwang's Tower is located in the Rodentia Region, and hunters can gain access to it once they have collected four key shards from the Seasonal Garden and assembled them into Zugzwang's Tower Key. The tower is like no other hunting location in the game, featuring a brand new way to hunt mice!
If you have been hunting in the new Seasonal Garden area, you have no doubt noticed your increasing 'Tower Amplifier' stat on the heads-up display. With the tower now open, it's time to put that amplifier to use! When hunting in Zugzwang's Tower, your trap's power will be multiplied by your Tower Amplifier, providing a power bonus of up to 75%. When your amplifier drops below 100%, your trap's power and luck will begin to reduce, until they become zero and you are incapable of capturing mice. When your amplifier runs low, make sure to return to the Seasonal Garden to recharge it.
Your amplifier won't be the only new stat displayed on your heads-up display while in Zugzwang's Tower. Additionally, two new progress bars will appear showing how many Technic and Mystic mice you have caught since you entered. Upon capturing the correct mice, new types will then be available along with previous varieties. The correct order of capture is: Eight pawns, two knights, two bishops, two rooks, one queen and finally the king. In order to win, you will have to battle your way through all the chess pieces in the Tower.
There's lots of new items and loot to be found in the tower! Hunting kings may reveal how to attract a more fearsome adversary who holds a key item to crafting a very powerful base. The Seasonal Garden's trapsmith and general store have new items for sale specifically for hunting within Zugzwang's Tower. Winning this game of chess will require some thought and strategy, so study these new traps and items carefully and plan your moves in advance!
Put on your thinking caps, and good luck conquering the Tower, MouseHunters!

There's a lot more than a new area in this release! We've overhauled a few existing pages and even added a brand new section!
Here's a breakdown of what else is new with this update:
Loot items are now clickable in journal entries and link to a new page called "Larry's Loot Lexicon". This new page shows some basic item information to help reduce confusion when finding a new item for the first time.
We added black and white thumbnails and search filters to the stats section of the mice page and hunter profiles. This change will easily allow hunters to see what mice in a group they have yet to catch to help to see how to complete their collection!
The items tab on hunter profiles has been given collection stats. If you're a collector of trap parts or map pieces, having all of these items earns you a check-mark on your profile. Limited edition items do not count towards collection totals and are instead displayed in brackets as a bonus.
We overhauled the look and functionality of crafting and the recipe book. We also corrected a problem where page popups would appear at the top of the page while scrolled down. The recipe book is now sorted into categories to make it easier to find what you're looking for.
We improved mouse popups on the adversary page. Clicking the image of the mouse now displays a higher-resolution image. Global stats have also been added in the popups, which update once a day.
We reduced the frequency of a problem where players went on two simultaneous hunts, registering an extra caught mouse in their stats without record of a journal or loot.
We corrected a problem where Student of the Cheese Belt mice would not steal gold or points.
We corrected a problem where King's Crown journal entries would be improperly time-stamped for trap checks.
We corrected a problem where brown and grey mice were being shown on Furoma's regional mice page.
Phew! We hope everyone enjoys this massive update, packed with cheesy deliciousness!
Happy hunting!

Zugzwang's Tower is a location in the Rodentia region requiring a minimum rank of Lord or Lady and the Zugzwang's Tower Key to enter.
Upon catching a Mystic King or a Technic King, the hunter is automatically transported back to the Seasonal Garden with the following message:
Checkmate! I defeated a Technic King Mouse! I was transported to the Seasonal Garden.
OR
Checkmate! I defeated a Mystic King Mouse! I was transported to the Seasonal Garden.
Upon exiting Zugzwang's Tower, by traveling, catching a King or getting an amplifier percentage of 0%, the Tower Progress will reset as well as the Tower Amplifier.

All mice in the Zigzwang's Tower are the Wizard's Pieces group. They have a weakness to Tactical weapons, Enjoy hunting!!!

MouseHunt: 22,222th mice caught

On the 24th August 2010, my hunter's journal showed 22,222th mice caught. The earlier post about 21,000th & 22,000th mice caught did not make it due to MH technical glitch that may caused stir up with overall mice caught in MH's end-users.
I'm still hunting at King's Gauntlet to complete all levels of cheese Tier 2 to Tier 8. My strategy is to hunt 150 potions of Tier 2 to convert 600pcs of cheese Tier 2, then follow by the remaining potions of cheese Tier 3 drop by mice at level 2. The hunt continues...

MouseHunt: Ronza

Do you know who's Ronza? 
Ronza is a travelling merchant. The King allows her to sell exotic goods from her travelling shoppe, an airship. When she enters a region her location is an area available to hunters. Not much is known about her, though rumors are that she comes back on special occasions such as giveaways. Ronza has visted the Burroughs and Gnawnia. She has not yet visited Furoma,Whisker Woods, Rodentia, Tribal Isles, or Bristle Woods Regions.
Nobody knows when (or if) she's coming back, what she will be selling, or how long she will stay.
In 2007 MouseHunt developer Jacob Johnson created a piece of artwork entitled The Captain which purportedly depicts Ronza: Jacob Johnson's Portfolio: The Captain.