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Cats Chase mice

A new interpretation of a standard and familiar topic - cats are hunting mice, this time they are hunting directly for the nest. Each player is directing seven cat pawns, which are all outside the game board at the start of the game. The mouse is sitting in the nest at the center of the circular game board, featuring concentric circles. The lid for the wooden game box is the game board for this chase using a color die.

First you use this die to place the cats in the game and you try to get as many cats as possible onto the inner ring of color spots - when this ring is filled you try to place your cats on the outer ring of spots, and when this ring is filled you place the cats outside the rings on the edge, that is, the grass.

When all cats are placed the competition for the inner circle begins: In turn all players roll the color die: You can replace an opponent's cat on a spot the color rolled with one of you own cats sitting in the outer ring. If this is not possible you replace a cat in the outer ring with one of your cats from outside the rings. A cat that is replaced in this way is always outside the rings, on the edge in the grass.

In case of two players you win the duel for the mouse's nest when you have five cats in the inner circle. In case of three or four players you need to place for of your cats into the inner circle to win.

Loquai is carrying "Wood Art" in its name and this motto is expressed by this game; a cute mouse, proud cats with their tails waving and a lovingly manufactured chest with colored corners holding an absolutely nice family game featuring attractively varied standard mechanisms.

Players: 2-4

Age: 5+

Time: 20+

Designer: Arwed Loquai

Artist: not named

Price: From the publisher

Publisher: Loquai Holzkunst 2013

Web: www.loquai-holzkunst.de

Genre: Placement, color dice

Users: For families

Version: multi

Rules: de en fr it

In-game text: no

Comments:

Familiar standard mechanism, nicely varied

Attractive use of color die

Pretty components

Younger children can play alone

Compares to:

Ludo and other placement/movement games using color dice

Other editions:

Currently none

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