Top 5 Mouse Games

1. Gouda! Gouda!

There's cheese at the end of this race, and everyone's mice want to tbe the first to get there. The dice-rolling mechanism (you might be forced to help your opponents or else send yourself backward) combined with special cards brings a solid amount of tactical thinking into what is a pretty light game. For two to six players.

2. Mousetrap

The classic board game of rodent-catching contraptions. For some people, there's more fun in setting up the Rube Goldberg-like board than in playing the game. For two to four players.

3. Mouse Island

A game from the designer of Octi, Don Green, that features multiple sets of rules so that players of any age can enjoy it. In the basic game, mice run across an ever-changing board trying to grab their cheese. Published by the Great American Trading Company. For two players.

4. Mice Rally (Mause Rallye)

A dexterity game in which players use wooden sticks to slide their mice across the board, trying to capture as much cheese as possible. The game publisher Haba is well-known for delightful children's games with solid wood pieces. For two to four players.

5. Circus Mouse

You're a mouse at the circus, trying to visit a lot of food stands. But watch out for the cats! For two to six players.