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Mouse in the House

Searching with sticks

Little mice are very often favorite characters and main features in games for children - in this game a cheeky little mouse is hiding in a house, the only question is, where is it hiding? And where was a search done already? Who will find the little mouse first? The box bottom together with the game board represents the house; underneath the board with holes you place the squeaky cushion, a die and a stick is set out.

At the start of the game, you shake the box bottom well so make the squeaky cushion change its position underneath the game board floor. Then the box bottom is put on the table, all players need to be able to reach it easily, and players take turns in clockwise direction. As the active player, you roll the die and have that many tries to find the mouse in the house. For a try, you push the stick firmly into one of the holes in the floor board. If you hear nothing, your try was a failure and the mouse is not found. If all your tries were failures, you hand die and stick to the next player. But if you hear a squeaky sound, you have found the mouse and are the winner of the game.

If you want to play several rounds, you shake the box bottom again to relocate the squeaky cushion. For older children you can play as often as there are players and note a point for the winner of every round.

I was surprised that this game was first published already back in 1990, and has not found a publisher again until now. The game idea is so nice and simple, works s well and is such fun to play in this really nice interpretation of the mechanism, that I can only recommend it unreservedly.

Players: 2-4

Age:3+

Time:10+

Designer: License Alba AB

Artist: xl-graphic

Price: ca. 11 Euro

Publisher: Piatnik 2018

Web: www.piatnik.com

Genre: Search, stab

Users: For children

Version: multi

Rules: cz de fr hu it pl sk + en

In-game text: no

Comments:

First edition 1990

Enchanting game idea

Very attractively implemented

Compares to:

First game of its kind then

Other editions:

1990 Playtoy Industries

Chance (pink): 3

Tactic (turquoise): 0

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 1

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 0

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 1