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Year
2021
Players
1-4
Playtime
15 min
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Description
Prepare yourself for mysteries and maze building in Mouse Cheese Cat Cucumber, a quick, asymmetric, tile-placement and hidden roles game.
Each character in the game wins differently: The mouse is trying to get the cheese, the cat wants the mouse, the cheese wants everyone to get along — they're neutral because they're Swiss — and the cucumber is evil and wants to trap all of the characters together. Though all players have equal control of the clockwork maze, their secret agenda dictates who they are in the conflict and how they win.
On your turn, you pick a room from the conveyor belt to add to the maze. Your placement may cause other rooms to rotate and force characters to move. Outwit your opponents and create your win.
Mouse Cheese Cat Cucumber has four modes of play: multiplayer, two solo versions, and a puzzle that you "win" by assembling everything.
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Board Games for One Top 15 List at 2:33 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- three distinct solo modes
- strong narrative linkage across roles
Cons
- thematically quirky and not for everyone
Thematic elements
- cat-and-mouse chase with a puzzle narrative
- tiny boxed world following a mouse, cat, cheese, and cucumber
- interlocking solo modes with a single overarching story
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- interlocking story cards — cards describe scenes and missions that interlock across roles
- solo modes with evolving maze — three solo modes build a maze and give missions depending on the role
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Quotes (from this video)
- 15 wallet-sized games that can fit in just one hand
- tiny games that can fit in just one hand
- the first game is actually wallet size and it's from button shy games
- it's great for writing prompts and things like that or just if you need some relaxation maybe even a little therapy
- this is the best solo hidden movement game that I've played
- an awesome one to two player game super crunchy decisions where you are playing Bonnie and Clyde on a road trip
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Board Games for One Top 10 List at 0:25 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Excellent value for a small box with substantial game content
- Multiple solo modes and a campaign option add replayability
Cons
Thematic elements
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- solo_modes — three to four solo modes included; puzzle and campaign variants via expansion
- tile laying — rotate tiles to create a maze path for a chosen character (mouse, cheese, cat, cucumber) to reach goals
- Tile Placement — rotate tiles to create a maze path for a chosen character (mouse, cheese, cat, cucumber) to reach goals
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Quotes (from this video)
- you don't need a lot of games in your collection to be happy you just need the right ones
- this is board games for one today I'm going to take you through a collection
- it's a legacy game so if you're not familiar with what that means a legacy game means that you're following a story basically an adventure of sorts
- you make permanent changes to the game as you play
- it's not a competitive game this would be cooperative storytelling where you get to control The Narrative of Heroes in a story of your choice of five episodes
- I love you all
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Hungry Gamer Top List at 4:07 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Always a good game to play.
Cons
- Did not win several solo games.
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none
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Quotes (from this video)
- this is going to be the last monthly menu of the year
- all of us like that game and we got a four player game and oddly enough for as much as we all like the game for a couple of the players playing at 4 they actually liked it less and they felt like they were just behind the eightball and they couldn't get the dice that they wanted
- it is a hot mess of a game in regards to what what's on the table it sprawls it is huge there's constantly changing room abilities so there's a lot of stoping what does that do and there's a constantly changing Market it's like oh wait what does that do and there's all these spells they breaking the rules and all these things I adore it it is such a cool game
- this is one of those games that I will only play with the right people that's it and I truly don't care if I win or lose which is good cuz I keep losing but you play with the right people and it's just so much fun you have your little accusations flying around the table but it's just relaxed and it's fun and it's great and if you know the and if you know the TV show it is so very thematic
- it's a clever game it's a clever little game it's got these super cute little robots and super cute little animal assistance that you can get and use and it's a good light simple game I really do enjoy it's very clever I don't know that it reaches the heights of The Magnificent or revive for me but that's a real high bar and this is a game that I think is very much intended for more of a family audience bit simpler
- I love this game and Original Don and I we play it decently regularly when we're kind of at the end of the night and if it's just us we'll just pull it out we'll play it cuz it's now it's relatively quick for us to play and it's just delightful
- the metal dice for this thing are ridiculous there's they have no business existing and just the dice I think costs significantly more than the game but they're just amazing there are these awesome Dice
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Video zO5Jp5dGsTA
Hungry Gamer Top 29 List at 25:02 sentiment: positive
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positive
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none
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none
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Tiny-box party game / social deduction-lite — Fast, tiny box game known for being clever and portable.
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- This is a delightful small convention.
- The Rage Bucks program... it is fantastic.
- It's a huge huge game library.
- Every con should be using this Cardboard Events system.
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Hungry Gamer Analysis at 5:58
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Quotes (from this video)
- And the only truly scientific way to pick which game is best in Beatric's world, and that is blueberries.
- And whoever happens to be the winner will get this amazing seal that they can do whatever they want with.
- And the most exciting thing for you all the viewers is there are prizes galore.
- And this time, it's not a physical copy like last year. This time, it is a pledge. They have a campaign going right now as I'm recording this.
- And finally, we have what I think is the all-time greatest con game in the world, and that is Light Speed Arena.
- And so that is how this is going to work. This is one of my favorite times of the year. I love doing this. Beatric loves doing it.
- And the only truly scientific game of the year competition in all of the world.
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Video rpTY9YtTe5M
Before You Play Playthrough at 0:00 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Engaging asymmetric puzzle with multiple victory paths
- Quick, tabletop experience suitable for families
- Tangible components and deluxe edition appeal
- Dynamic maze-building mechanic with tense cat/mouse chase
Cons
- Rules can be fiddly; gear rotations and tile placements require careful attention
- Potential glare from deluxe acrylic tiles on camera
- Mid-game threats can create 'dead ends' and reduce options quickly
Thematic elements
- asymmetric pursuit and maze-engineering with a light-hearted cat/mouse/cheese/cucumber motif.
- A kitchen-themed maze where four animals compete to achieve their hidden win condition.
- player-driven strategy with hidden identities and evolving maze.
Comparison games
- Hedgehog Hop
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- asymmetric goals and interaction — Each player has their own goal; cat chases mouse, mouse aims for cheese, cucumber benefits everyone else.
- character movement on tiles as path-following — Movement is constrained by the maze layout; the mouse must traverse tiles to reach cheese or be caught.
- Cooperative Game — In 4-player, all four characters are in play with varied objectives.
- cooperative/competitive dynamic within a four-player setup — In 4-player, all four characters are in play with varied objectives.
- end conditions: mid-game and end-game scoring — Game can end mid-game if mouse reaches cheese or cat catches mouse; otherwise end-game scoring based on all four players' conditions.
- hidden identity with unique win conditions — Each character has a different win condition revealed at start, with identity cards dealt face down.
- Tile Placement — Players place new conveyor tiles to extend and reshape a 5x5 maze.
- tile rotation via gears — Certain tiles have gears that rotate, affecting adjacent tiles and paths.
- tile-placement/maze building — Players place new conveyor tiles to extend and reshape a 5x5 maze.
- Tile/Map Shifting — Certain tiles have gears that rotate, affecting adjacent tiles and paths.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Asymmetric characters with different win conditions
- we're building the maze trying to achieve our win condition
- we are building a maximum 5x5 grid
- the mouse must move through the tile to a legal spot
- the cat is going to be moving if you place room tiles adjacent to the cat
- the cheese doesn't want anybody to win
- the cucumber wants everybody to get to each other
- the tiles rotate based on gears
- this is coming to kickstarter on february 16th
- the deluxe edition tiles are beautiful
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