Step into a shifting, clockwork labyrinth where your true identity is a secret and everyone is working against you. Mouse Cheese Cat Cucumber is a wonderfully quirky, highly asymmetric tile-placement and deduction game. Packaged in a compact format, this mind-bending puzzler assigns every player a secret role with a completely distinct—and conflicting—win condition. While everyone holds equal power to alter the paths of the grid, your hidden agenda dictates exactly how you manipulate the board. It is a fast-paced battle of wits that combines tactical positioning with sharp social deduction. Four Secret Roles, Four Ways to Win The game revolves around an absurd culinary and animal rivalry, where your victory track depends entirely on your dealt identity: The Mouse: Driven by pure hunger, the Mouse wins immediately if they can navigate the paths to reach the delicious Cheese. The Cat: True to its nature, the Cat wins the moment it tracks down and catches the elusive Mouse. The Cheese: Completely neutral (because it is Swiss, of course), the Cheese wins by keeping the peace, ensuring nobody catches anyone else before the deck completely runs out. The Cucumber: Purely villainous and chaotic, the Cucumber wins by trapping the remaining characters together in a shared knot of paths at the end of the game. Command the Clockwork Maze Every turn, you must select a new room tile from a central conveyor belt and strategically add it to an expanding 5x5 grid. But placing a tile does far more than just open a path. Dropping a room next to a cog icon triggers a mechanical rotation, instantly spinning adjacent rooms to cut off lines of sight or redirect open hallways. Furthermore, placing tiles near the Cat or the Mouse forces those characters to instantly sprint through the newly formed maze. You can even choose to reveal your secret identity early to unleash a devastating, once-per-game special ability—but doing so paints a massive target on your back. Key Features Completely Asymmetric Win Conditions: Features four unique roles that transform how you view the board, turning a shared maze into a personal battleground. Dynamic Shifting Grid: Utilize unique cog rotation and forced character movement mechanics to dynamically disrupt your opponents' setups. Blends Tile Placement & Deduction: Demands careful spatial planning while trying to deduce your rivals' hidden identities before they execute their winning move. Multiple Play Modes: Offers a highly competitive multiplayer showdown, two deep single-player solo variants, and a dedicated standalone puzzle configuration. Ultra-Fast & Portable: Delivers a deep, thinky strategy experience packed into brief sessions that take under twenty minutes to complete. Specifications Brand / Publisher: Atlas Games / Fight in a Box Game Designer: Seppy Yoon Game Type: Asymmetric Tile-Placement / Hidden Role Game Player Count: 1 to 4 players Play Time: 12 to 20 minutes Recommended Age: 14+ UPC / Barcode: 702038258049 Box Contents: 36 Premium Maze and Identity Cards, and 1 Official Instruction Booklet.
