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They’re at it again! The cat and mouse are chasing each other around Mrs. Olson’s cottage, knocking over lamps and tearing up the old sofa with reckless abandon. Stay out of their way or you’ll end up in a whole mess of trouble!
Scratch and Scramble is a trick-taking game where you’ll have to cleverly play your tokens to win the most tricks while avoiding getting stuck with the cat and mouse. Win tricks by playing the highest-numbered token of the lead suit. However, with every numbered token played, the cat and mouse move clockwise around the table, passing from player to player. Push your luck too far and you may end up stuck with the cat and mouse together, which will end the round and turn all the tricks you’ve won into worthless broken lamps. Take the most tricks without too many broken lamps to win the game!
—description from the designer
- intriguing concept
- uses only tokens, no cards
- Cat and mouse chasing each other
- Mrs. Olson's Cottage
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Set Collection — Players need to avoid getting stuck with a cat and mouse.
- Trick-Taking — Players have to cleverly play tokens to win the most tricks.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- we also always want to try new stuff
- we don't need this many games there's no reason for that if you don't have a YouTube channel
- I'm going to be telling you all about how the game box looks because that's the extent of my knowledge about this game
- this is the thing in this whole video which I'm the most excited about
- I backed a Kickstarter to get a lid
- I have a problem it looks really good
- I'm so happy to see that we can get new versions of these games maybe there's hope for Mad some way down the line
References (from this video)
- cute theme with cat and mouse interaction
- creative twist on traditional trick-taking
- prototype status or crowdfunding flavor may affect availability
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Trick-Taking — Trick-taking play where suit/value dynamics are altered by components; includes animal tokens.
- trick-taking with variable values — Trick-taking play where suit/value dynamics are altered by components; includes animal tokens.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- February is already gone and March is here.
- we forgot last month but that is a new thing we want to do throughout the year.
- we started this year with 160 unplayed games in the house.
- the top three games that we played in February with that out of the way
- it's the funnest game it's the best one of the month
- click the pause button and go outside into the...