Object: The Mouse has to eat all the cheeses.
 
Click anywhere on the board. A random set of mouseholes as well as a few pieces of cheese will appear. A Mouse will be visible peeking out of one of the holes.
You can move the mouse to any adjacent square. If you move the Mouse to a mousehole, it will race through the tunnel and reappear at the other exit. Each burrow has exactly two exits. While playing you will learn which tunnel connects which exits.
 
A Cat will appear somewhere on the board.
The Cat moves two steps at a time and will try to chase and eat the Mouse. The Cat cannot move onto an empty mouse hole or onto a square with cheese. Use this fact to gain valuable tempos!
 
If you are killed by the Cat, take a few moves back and try a different approach. Unsolvable board setups are rare (I have never come across one).
And why is the Mouse red? It has been genetically engineered so that the Cat can see it better.
 
The other variants have more cheeses and/or less tunnels.
 
Recommended: SWITCH MOVE ANIMATION OFF!
 
 
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