Annotated Games: 8 players, version 0.5-0.6

This game was played during the game testing of Chase the Cheese. Each turn is followed by a summary of the players' knowledge.

Setup

Player 1: Cheese 1
Player 2: Cheese 2
Player 3: Mouse
Player 4: Cheese 3
Player 5: Cheese 4
Player 6: Cat
Player 7: Cheese 5
Player 8: Cheese 6

Turn 1

Player 1 draws and reveals player 2 (cheese). There is no cheese found but cards are exchanged. Both players are likely to be cheeses, since a mouse would have found the cheese and a cat probably would have been exposed.

Player 1: Cheese 2
Player 2: Cheese 1
Player 3: Mouse
Player 4: Cheese 3
Player 5: Cheese 4
Player 6: Cat
Player 7: Cheese 5
Player 8: Cheese 6
No cheeses revealed

Turn 2

Player 2 draws and reveals player 4 (cheese). Again, there is no cheese found and cards exchanged. Both players are likely to be cheeses as per the reasoning above. The mouse, whoever it is, should now have good information but so does the cat.

Player 1: Cheese 2
Player 2: Cheese 3
Player 3: Mouse
Player 4: Cheese 1
Player 5: Cheese 4
Player 6: Cat
Player 7: Cheese 5
Player 8: Cheese 6
No cheeses found

Turn 3

Player 3 is the mouse and, using the above information, draws player 4 (cheese). Cheese 1 is now found and she exchanges cards so that player 4 may find another cheese. It is now clear that the mouse is either player 3 or player 4.

Player 1: Cheese 2
Player 2: Cheese 3
Player 3: (Cheese 1)
Player 4: Mouse
Player 5: Cheese 4
Player 6: Cat
Player 7: Cheese 5
Player 8: Cheese 6
Cheese 1 found

Turn 4

Player 4 draws player 2 and finds cheese 3. However, since she is afraid the cat may be soon in turn, she doesn't exchange cards.

Player 1: Cheese 2
Player 2: (Cheese 3)
Player 3: (Cheese 1)
Player 4: Mouse
Player 5: Cheese 4
Player 6: Cat
Player 7: Cheese 5
Player 8: Cheese 6
Cheese 1, 3 found

Turn 5

Player 5 is also afraid that the cat may be soon in turn and tries to expose it by drawing player 6. It turns out to be the cat and rather than risking a cat victory, she decides to reveal her cheese instead of the cat and exchange cards to try to take advantage of the cat's information.

Player 1: Cheese 2
Player 2: (Cheese 3)
Player 3: (Cheese 1)
Player 4: Mouse
Player 5: Cat
Player 6: Cheese 4
Player 7: Cheese 5
Player 8: Cheese 6
Cheese 1, 3 found

Turn 6

Player 6, who no longer is the cat, thinks the mouse is now with the player 2 but only draws the already found cheese 3. She reveals her not yet found cheese 4 and exchanges cards so that player 2 may try to find the mouse in her next turn. It is now clear that the mouse is still with player 4 and that the cat has moved to player 5.

Player 1: Cheese 2
Player 2: Cheese 4
Player 3: (Cheese 1)
Player 4: Mouse
Player 5: Cat
Player 6: (Cheese 3)
Player 7: Cheese 5
Player 8: Cheese 6
Cheese 1, 3 found

Turn 7

Player 7 draws player 4 so cheese 5 is found. She decides to exchange cards in the hope that there will be more time to find cheeses before the cat's next turn.

Player 1: Cheese 2
Player 2: Cheese 4
Player 3: (Cheese 1)
Player 4: (Cheese 5)
Player 5: Cat
Player 6: (Cheese 3)
Player 7: Mouse
Player 8: Cheese 6
Cheese 1, 3, 5 found

Turn 8

Player 8 gets the points and draws player 7 so cheese 6 is found and she also decides to exchange cards.

Player 1: Cheese 2
Player 2: Cheese 4
Player 3: (Cheese 1)
Player 4: (Cheese 5)
Player 5: Cat
Player 6: (Cheese 3)
Player 7: (Cheese 6)
Player 8: Mouse
Cheese 1, 3, 5, 6 found

Turn 9

Player 1 thinks player 8 didn't exchange cards and draws player 7. This is the already found cheese 6 and she decides to reveal the cheese card and exchange cards.

Player 1: (Cheese 6)
Player 2: Cheese 4
Player 3: (Cheese 1)
Player 4: (Cheese 5)
Player 5: Cat
Player 6: (Cheese 3)
Player 7: Cheese 2
Player 8: Mouse
Cheese 1, 3, 5, 6 found

Turn 10

Player 2 now knows player 8 did exchange cards and draws her. This reveals the mouse and finds cheese 4 but she doesn't exchange cards. The other players now know that either player 2 or player 8 is the mouse.

Player 1: (Cheese 6)
Player 2: (Cheese 4)
Player 3: (Cheese 1)
Player 4: (Cheese 5)
Player 5: Cat
Player 6: (Cheese 3)
Player 7: Cheese 2
Player 8: Mouse
Cheese 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 found

Turn 11-12

Since both player 3 and player 4 have cheeses that have been found already, they can't end the game. Instead, they try to erase the mouse's tracks, player 3 by drawing player 2 and reveal but not exchange her card and player 4 by drawing player 8 and reveal but not exchange her card. Thus, there have been no changes but the mouse may now be player 2, 3, 4 or 8.

Player 1: (Cheese 6)
Player 2: (Cheese 4)
Player 3: (Cheese 1)
Player 4: (Cheese 5)
Player 5: Cat
Player 6: (Cheese 3)
Player 7: Cheese 2
Player 8: Mouse
Cheese 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 found

Turn 13

Player 5 now has a challenge to find the mouse. She decides to draw the player furthest in turn: 4. Since this wasn't the mouse, she reveals the cheese and exchanges her cat for it.

In version 0.5, player 5 could have revealed the cat but this made it too obvious where the cat so version 0.6 allowed only cheeses to be revealed.

Player 1: (Cheese 6)
Player 2: (Cheese 4)
Player 3: (Cheese 1)
Player 4: Cat
Player 5: (Cheese 5))
Player 6: (Cheese 3)
Player 7: Cheese 2
Player 8: Mouse
Cheese 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 found

Turn 14

Player 6 wants to help the mouse to find the last cheese and draws another mouse candidate: 3. This wasn't the mouse either but at least reduces the number of candidates to 2 and 8. She reveals player 3's cheese and does not exchange it.

Player 1: (Cheese 6)
Player 2: (Cheese 4)
Player 3: (Cheese 1)
Player 4: Cat
Player 5: (Cheese 5))
Player 6: (Cheese 3)
Player 7: Cheese 2
Player 8: Mouse
Cheese 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 found

Turn 15

Player 7 guesses that player 8 is the mouse and is indeed right. The last cheese is found and all the players except the cat wins.

Player 1: (Cheese 6)
Player 2: (Cheese 4)
Player 3: (Cheese 1)
Player 4: Cat
Player 5: (Cheese 5))
Player 6: (Cheese 3)
Player 7: (Cheese 2)
Player 8: Mouse
Cheese 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 found

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