Sharon Khan
United Kingdom
Shefford
Bedfordshire
Games, games and more games!
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For one month this was a popular game with my 3 year old, and this review is based on plays then.
Fun Components 
Lots of coloured wooden mice, a large wooden cat, wooden cheese in various different sizes, a colourful board and a large dice all make this a great game component-wise - even if they don't want to play the game properly they want to play with the bits! Definitely a winner component-wise.
Simplicity of rules  
A 3 year old will have no problem grasping most of the rules - the one I found the hardest was when to stop for earlier cheeses - for some reason he seemed to struggle with that, tending to just keep moving until his mice reached the largest cheeses, or were caught by the cat. Younger children also may get slightly upset at the idea of the cat catching the mice.
Randomness
There is a high degree of randomness in the game, but an adult playing sensibly will be more likely to win as there is some degree of skill. However, a child does stand a chance of winning one in three or four times, as long as they make vaguely sensible choices.
Did the child enjoy it?
This is an odd one, because for one month he loved this game, and played it several times a week (or day!), and introduced it to various friends and relatives that visited. But then he suddenly decided that he didn't want to play it properly any more, just to play with the bits. He's now a big fan of Midnight Party, so I might get it out again and see if he likes it now he's a bit older.
And how is it from the adult's point of view?
I was really disappointed when he stopped playing this one, because I really enjoyed playing it with him - it's a fun game in it's own right (I was introduced to it in an all adult group the first time), but slightly less skillful than Midnight Party, so you can play "properly" and your child still has a chance of winning. Plus it does have really cool bits!
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skrebs
United States
Davis
California
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Strangely similar story to my older daughter. She got this for her 4th birthday and we played it all the time. A month or two later, she was done with it. We've played a bit with her sister since she's 4 now, but she doesn't love it like she loves Gulo Gulo.
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David Witzany
United States
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sa266 wrote: Kids aren't the only ones to want to try and get all of their pieces to the Kingdom of Cheese. I've had to point out to adults that only the first four mice can get 6-point cheese wheels, so all the other mice should stop short at the earlier houses--it's better to get a smaller wedge of cheese than none at all.
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Posted Tue Mar 22, 2011 9:55 am
