Hey all, Sam and David here today.
Get ready for a throwback, because today we’re talking about a classic board game…that David had never played until recently. We’ve been keeping ourselves pretty busy at home, trying to get things cleaned up and organized for when Sam’s mom comes to visit for the weekend. Plus there’s a community market downtown next week that we’re getting ready for, so there’s a lot going on.
But we didn’t want to miss out on any of our regular content…and since we still have one more session to go in order to finish the Pathfinder 2E Beginner Box, so our review of that will have to wait just a little bit longer, because we want to be able to cover the whole box.
Oh, and get ready for some more bonus content as well (like the June TBR post from earlier today), because we have a few more bonus posts coming in the next few days. It’s going to be pretty crazy. Anyway, let’s go ahead and jump into today’s board game review.
It’s the classic action and chain reaction game — and this edition is easier to set up than previous versions! A longtime family favorite, the Mouse Trap game is always good for zany action and lots of laughs. Players scurry around the board collecting cheese and stealing cheese from other players…but they need to watch out for the trap! Most importantly, kids can have so much fun playing this fun game as they set off the chain-reaction trap to catch other mice! Bring back childhood memories of playing Mouse Trap when you were a kid, and introduce new generations to this wacky, and wild board game. It makes a fun indoor activity for kids ages 6 and up. Hasbro Gaming and all related trademarks and logos are trademarks of Hasbro, Inc.
- CLASSIC MOUSETRAP GAMEPLAY: Do you remember playing the Mouse Trap game when you were a child? Create special moments by introducing your kids and grandkids to classic Mouse Trap gameplay
- EASY SET UP: This edition of the Mouse Trap game is easier to set up than previous versions
- ACTION AND CHAIN REACTION GAME: Players scurry around the gameboard collecting and stealing cheese…but they need to watch out for the trap! The first player to collect 6 cheese wedges wins
- ACTION-PACKED FUN: Kids can have lots of laughs with their friends as they set off the chain-reaction trap to catch other mice. It’s a fun indoor activity and makes a great birthday gift for kids 6 and up
Our Thoughts
So this is a game that Sam played quite a bit growing up. And honestly, I remember there being a lot more to setup. Then again, perhaps that’s from the hazy memories of childhood. It felt like there were so many elements to the chain-reaction trap. But looking up photos from older versions of the game, it apparently didn’t change. Except the pieces go together faster, so set-up doesn’t feel like it takes as long.
We played a few games of it with just the two of us, and this really feels like a game that would be better to play with four players, just because then it is a more intensive game of competing for cheese and trying to launch the trap to catch others in the cage.
But it is still fun to set off the trap chain and watch the whole involved process. We also had this issue where our playing surface wasn’t all that level, so we had to rotate the board after it failed to drop the cage a couple times.
David thinks we could probably make some small adjustments to the game as a whole to make it better…like replacing the cardboard cheese wedges with some 3D printed cheese wedges to make them easier to handle.
But this is a really simple game to play, and it is super easy to learn if you’ve never played it before. And this is a nice family friendly game. The directions say something about being good for children who are six years old or older, but as long as there is adult supervision and the child can recognize the number of pips on a six sided die and has the ability to count up to six, they should be fine to play this. I think the age warning is mostly because of some of the game pieces being smaller (like the cheese wedges or the marble or the rubber band). So, if you’re playing this with or near little ones, keep an eye on them with the pieces…especially since the marble has a tendency to travel around the table once released to set off the next element of the trap.
Overall this is a fun game. Probably not one that we’ll play ALL the time, but it’s great for a childhood throwback night, with games like Trouble and Chutes and Ladders, etc.
Have any of you played Mouse Trap before? Let us know what you think in the comments!
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