The Health Inspectors Wouldn't Approve

6. Rat Hot
by Michael Schacht

Players:2
Ages: 8+
Time: 30 mins (15 or so once you've got the hang of it)
Type of game: Tile placement, stacking
Reccomended?: Yes

There's a rat in me kitchen what am I gonna do?

Probably not sell any of those herbs and spices due to food hygiene regulations.

Except that's what you have to do. Each turn you take 2 tiles and aim to place them so that you form sets of your colour spice (2 of a kind gets you 1 point, 3 or more gets you 2 points). You're also aiming to leave your opponents colour of rats in awkward places and limit their options for completing sets on their turn.

You can place your tiles on the table or on top of other tiles. Your tile cannot cover just one tile and must have tile(s) under each of it's 3 sections. By doing this you can cover up (squash) your own rats and your opponents herbs and spices.

Quick to learn and fun enough but kind of gross if you think the theme through. Again, this is a 2 player so doesn't come out as much as I'd like.