Purple Parlay—Mousetrap

5 Comments

1. Yellek on 05.10.2010 at 20:28

   I remember playing Mousetrap with my brothers. It is really a contraption with a silly roll and move game pasted on. The thing I remember most is calling out “don’t rock the plumbing” because that seemed to be the Achilles heel of our particular set. Apart from that the contraption seemed to work fine.

2. Larry on 05.10.2010 at 22:24

   I played Mousetrap by the rules in my childhood and with my kids when they were young. It’s simply a toy without playing by the rules.

3. Chris on 06.10.2010 at 01:11

   I agree with you that most people just set it up and watched it go. I certainly did this more times than I played by the rules, but I *did* sometimes play by the rules, and my wife insists that she did too.

   As for “just a toy”, please, you’ll be complaining that things are “just a game” next. :p

4. Schuth on 06.10.2010 at 20:06

   Never played it by the rules…until a month ago when I sat down with my nephew…and we played it by the rules!

   Everyone else in the room would, every once in awhile, turn their heads and say,”Is THAT how you play it?”

5. Ben Clark on 07.10.2010 at 07:35

   Agreed with most of the posters here: I’ve never actually played a game of Moustrap – just set it up and watch the magic that is Rube Goldberg. That said, I’ve also never paid for a copy of the game. I think the one we have now is older than I am.

   Many games – Risk, Monopoly, RPGs – seem to encourage homebrew rules, but Mousetrap is the only game I’ve ever seen that a)no one plays by the rules that ship with the game and b) no one creates house rules either. A singular achievement!

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