Overview

Peek-a-Mouse is a cooperative observation and memory game. Players peer through the windows of a mouse house using a flashlight to spot objects, then work together to answer questions about what they saw. The team tries to score as many points as possible before the mice come home after 6 rounds.

Components

• 1 house board (3D cardboard house with windows)
• 16 wooden Object disks
• 1 floor board (with room colors and all objects printed)
• 4 double-sided Question boards (Easy, Intermediate, Difficult, Very Difficult)
• 14 double-sided Answer tokens
• 1 Mouse Meeple
• 6 Mouse Cylinder tokens
• 1 flashlight
• 4 rooms (Bathroom, Kitchen, Living Room, Bedroom)

Setup

1. Assemble the house board for the first game (follow assembly instructions).
2. Place the Question board matching the desired difficulty on the table next to the house.
3. Take the Object tokens and place them on the floor board in their designated spots, matching each object to its room. Objects are double-sided (front and back matter).
4. Place the floor board on top of the plastic insert matching the room layout.
5. Place the Mouse Meeple on the first space of the round track and the Mouse Cylinder on the scoring track.

Difficulty Levels

Difficulty	Object Types Used	Rounds
Easy	Green disks only	6
Intermediate	Green and orange disks	6
Difficult	All disks (green, orange, red)	6
Very Difficult	All disks; use Very Difficult Question board	6

Actions

The primary action in Peek-a-Mouse is observing the house interior through its windows during the timed observation phase, then placing Answer tokens to respond to questions about what was seen.

Turn Structure

The game is played over 6 rounds. Each round has 3 phases:

1. Preparation

Insert the wooden Object disks into the house through the hole on top. Each player shakes the house to distribute the objects randomly. Place the flashlight in the owl’s hole and turn it on.

2. Observation

When all players are ready, one player turns on the flashlight. All players look through the windows to observe the inside of the house and find the objects. Players have about 30 seconds before the flashlight goes out. They must try to remember everything: which objects are in which rooms, which side of each token faces up, and where things are located.

Tips: Players can walk around the house to observe every angle. Players are forbidden from touching or tilting the house. Players can talk to share information.

3. Answers

Players answer the Question tokens for that round:

• Place 1 Room token on each location (positive answer = face up, negative = face down).
• Place 1 Object token on each location.
• Turn the tokens so the Object or Room faces up to answer each question using the Answer tokens.

Question types vary by difficulty:

• Questions A and B: Positive/negative answers (place Answer token face up or face down).
• Questions C, D, E, and F: Players place Answer tokens with the correct side up for each room/object.

Multiple choice questions only give a point if the answer is completely correct.

Scoring / Victory Conditions

After answering all questions, remove the roof and check answers. For each correct answer, advance the Mouse Cylinder one space on the scoring track.

After 6 rounds, compare total score:

Score	Rating
14+ points	You are the real experts!
12-13 points	You won! You know the mouse’s house like the back of your hand.
8-11 points	Not bad at all!
4-7 points	A good start, but the mice will keep some secrets from you!
Less than 4	Maybe you will do better next time?

Special Rules & Edge Cases

• If a token is on its side between two rooms, it can be considered in either room.
• If an object is exactly on the wall between two rooms, the front determines which room it counts as being in.
• At the end of each round, players remove the disks from the house and close it again.
• The Mouse Cylinder advances on the scoring track and returns after 6 rounds.
• Variant for younger players: Place and turn over the Question tokens before the start of each round so players can see what questions they need to answer before observing.

Player Reference

Phase	Action
1. Preparation	Insert objects, shake house, place flashlight
2. Observation	Look through windows for ~30 seconds
3. Answers	Answer questions using Answer tokens

Scoring: 1 point per correct answer. Total after 6 rounds determines rating.