Let the mice live (Mousetrap)

Member Name: fuzzybear

Product:	Mousetrap
Date:	21/01/08 (115 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Looks good if it works

Disadvantages: Fiddly and poorly made

This must be the most frustrating game to play, even more so than the actual game Frustration, the reason is that this game does not set out to be frustrating it just is.

I remember when I was young wanting it so badly and then being disappointing well at the weekend it was ny neice turn to share the experience as she had got it for her birthday and was fed up with it after less than an hour.

The game looks great as it is a board upon which you construct a truley ornate mousetrap, you then play as one of the coloured mice and if you land on the trap square with the cheese then the mousetrap is activated and if it works you are captured.

The problem is the game is really fiddly to set up and the trap often does not work or if starts by itself as pieces get knocked. There are lots of components to the trap and it is a nice almost cartoon design with boots kicking buckets to release marbles down a jagged runway, a man diving into a bath and a large cage to catch a mouse to name just a few of the components but there is so much that can go wrong and it often does.

I can understand the appeal of the game because it look cool but it is poorly made and for very young children it needs an adult to set the whole thing up, to be honest once you have set the trap up and seen it work properly a couple of times the thrill in the game is gone and there is little enjoyment to be had.

Summary: Not a game to be recommended.