You may continue doing this as many times and to as many opponents as you like as long as you have Cheese pieces to return to the pile. If you manage to move a mouse (or mice) onto the Cheese wheel, you may then turn the crank as described above. EASY SET UP: This edition of the Mouse Trap game for kids is easier to set up than previous versions, so kids can get right to the mouse-catchin' action

Marvin Glass and Associates was founded in 1941 by Marvin Glass (1914–1974), an entrepreneur who was the creative drive behind the company. Along with Mouse Trap, Glass and his employees designed some of the other best-selling toys of the 1960s and 70s including Mr Machine, Operation and Simon. When Marvin Glass and Associates ceased trading in 1988 several partners went on to start up the Chicago based toy design company Big Monster Toys. Lose Cheese Spaces. If a mouse lands on one of these spaces, return the indicated number of cheese pieces to the cheese pile. If this board-space says to return more pieces then the player has, the player must return as many as cheese pieces as they hold.

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Remember: You may only turn the crank after the Mouse Trap is complete and when your mouse is on the Turn Crank space and an opponent is on the Cheese Wheel space. Moving Opponents' Mice

The weight of the metal marble catapults the diver M through the air and into the washtub N, causing the cage O to fall from the top of the post P and trap the unsuspecting mouse. When you land on one of these spaces, you must go to the space indicated, but do not follow any instructions printed on that space and do not collect any Cheese pieces! Your turn is then over. Build Spaces. The Build spaces have numbers printed on them (2, 2-3, 2-3-4). When a mouse lands on a Build space and the number of players in the game matches any one of the numbers on the space, build one part of the Mouse Trap and collect one cheese piece from the cheese pile.What remains an intrinsic element to the gameplay is that sometimes the mechanism just doesn’t work and turning the crank creates only frustration and groans from the players at the malfunctioning machinery. Despite this, or for some players perhaps because of it, the game has enduring appeal and at the time of writing it’s still being published - currently by Hasbro. In 2004, forty-one years after it first went on sale, it was one of the UK’s 50 top- selling toys. The sense of wonder and joy at building an overly complicated contraption and watching the cause and effect of the machinery performing a simple task (or sometimes not!) is central to the game’s popularity. The Mouse Trap board game, a longtime family favorite, is always good for zany action and lots of laughs - and this edition is easier to set up than previous versions! When you end your turn by landing on the Turn Crank space and there is no op- posing mouse on the Cheese Wheel space, try to move an opponent's mouse onto the Cheese Wheel space and then try to trap that mouse. Here's how: They're based in convenient locations including supermarkets, newsagents and train stations. Plus they're often open late and on Sundays. Mouse Trap is a fun-filled game of crazy mechanical gadgets and chain reactions. Scurry around the board collecting cheese and stealing cheese from other players…but watch out for the trap! The first player to collect 6 cheese wedges wins.

Practice your construction, cause & effect and decision-making skills as you construct and interact with the trap. Mouse Trap is a lively indoor game for playdates, sleepovers, and rainy days. Collecting Cheese Pieces: As your mouse moves around the gameboard, you will collect Cheese pieces from the Cheese pile and from your opponents. You may use Cheese pieces later in the game to help you spring the trap on your opponents7 mice. More about this later in the instructions. pieces from the Cheese pile. If the Cheese pile is empty, you may take any pieces you are entitled to from the opponent with the most Cheese pieces. If two or more opponents are tied for the most Cheese pieces, you may take them all from one opponent or divide the amount between them. Roll the die and moving your mouse around the board, building pieces of the mouse trap as they go. The competition really gets going once the trap is built. Analyse the situation and determine the next best step. Set off a chain reaction and trap your opponents' mouse-shaped game pieces to steal their cheese.The first player to collect 6 cheese wedges wins. While kids are engaged in playing the Mouse Trap game, they can practice valuable skills in construction, cause and effect, and decision-making. As they interact with the trap, a working multi-part machine, kids can practice construction skills. Include gameboard, 4 mouse pawns, marble, 24 Mouse Trap contraption parts, rubber band, 24 cardboard cheese wedges, die, and instructions. You may only use your cheese pieces when you are on the Turn Crank space. If an opponent's mouse is on the Cheese Wheel space when you land on the Turn Crank space, you may still use your Cheese pieces to try to get other opponents' mice onto the Cheese Wheel space before setting the Mouse Trap in motion. If the trap fails to capture the mouse, the opposing player immediately moves his or her mouse to the Safe space. If more than one mouse is on the Cheese Wheel space, they may all be captured (or missed) together. Whenever you land on a Build space that's located on The Loop section of the gamepath, you add two parts to the Mouse Trap and take two Cheese pieces from the Cheese pile. Your turn is then over. Once the Mouse Trap is complete, you do nothing when you land on a Build space.