Annotated Games: 4 players, version 0.7

This game was played during the game testing of Chase the Cheese. The "slots" are referred to as 1a, 1b, 1c, 2d etc. Each turn is followed by a summary of the players' knowledge.

Setup

Player 1 (a-c): Cheese 1, Cheese 2, Cheese 3
Player 2 (d-f): Cat, Cheese 4, Cheese 5
Player 3 (g-h): Mouse, Cheese 6, Cheese 7

Turn 1

Player 1 chooses Cheese 1 and draws Cheese 7 from player 3. She decides not to exchange cards. The other players now know that the mouse is probably not in any of those slots (1a, 3h).

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

Turn 2

Player 2 chooses Cat and draws Cheese 2 from player 1. She decides not to exchange cards. The other players now know about four slots in which the mouse probably isn't (1a, 1b, 2d, 3h).

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

Turn 3

Player 3 has the mouse but no clues about the cat's whereabouts yet. She chooses the mouse and draws one of the yet unplayed cards, player 2's Cheese 5. She finds Cheese 5 and she exchanges cards.

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

Turn 4

Player 1 knows that all her cards are still cheeses and that the mouse may be with player 2 and player 3. However, she also expects player 2 to have the cat so she decides to take the risk and try to find the mouse. She chooses Cheese 1 and draws the Mouse from player 2. She finds Cheese 1 but doesn't exchange cards, since she now thinks player 2 has both the Cat and the Mouse.

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

Turn 5

Player 2 realizes that she probably has both the Cat and the Mouse but remains cool for the time being. She chooses the Mouse and player 3's Cheese 6, pretends she didn't find any cheese, reveals Cheese 6 and exchanges cards. The Mouse is now vulnerable.

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

Turn 6

Player 3, who knew that player 2 had the mouse draws the (wrong) conclusion that the Mouse moved on to player 1 and that player 2 didn't realize this. Expecting that player 1 also has the Cat, she choose Cheese 7 and draws player 1's Cheese 1. Surprised that the Mouse wasn't there either, she reveals Cheese 7 and exchanges cards.

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

Turn 7

Player 1 is rightly worried that the Mouse has moved on to player 3. She tries to save by choosing Cheese 3, draw player 3's Mouse and not find any cheese. She reveals Cheese 3 and exchanges cards.

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

Turn 8

Player 2 doesn't let player 1 fool her. She guesses that she tried to erase the traces of the Mouse but correctly guesses that it is with Player 1 now. She chooses the Cat and draws Player's Mouse. The Mouse is found and Player 2 wins.

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

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