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Trap the Rat

Trap the Rat

Hasbro
215 min8+ yrs3CouplesStrategy
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How do you play Trap the Rat?

One player is the rat, trying to move across the board's yellow squares to one of the cheese squares. The other player is the trapper, trying to completely surround and trap the rat.

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Trap the Rat box art
official art · Hasbro

One player is the rat, trying to move across the board's yellow squares to one of the cheese squares. The other player is the trapper, trying to completely surround and trap the rat.

The rat player moves first, rolling the die and moving from the start square orthogonally that many squares. Then the trapper rolls the die and places that many fences on the board in the slots between squares. There are 5 total fences in the game. Once all fences have been placed, the trapper must use the already placed fences.

The game ends when either the rat cannot move, or the rat reaches a cheese square on the opposite end of the board.

The d6 is missing, so I'm unsure of its marks, but the instructions indicate that it has at least 1 blank spot, and it's reasonable to assume it goes no higher than 3, since a higher roll would be an automatic win for the trapper.

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CouplesStrategy
Play time
15 min
Players
2
Recommended age
8+ yrs

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Q3How do you play Trap the Rat?
Trap the Rat is a abstract strategy game, for 2 players, taking ~15 minutes, featuring dice rolling. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Trap the Rat — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Trap the Rat support?
Trap the Rat is played by 2 players.
Q5How long does a game of Trap the Rat take?
A game of Trap the Rat takes about 15 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Trap the Rat for?
Trap the Rat is recommended from age 8.
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