Cat Crimes

Unravel clues, examine fishy footprints, and figure out which troublesome feline committed the crime in a clever single-player deduction game that puts your logic skills to the test.

Cat Crimes (published by ThinkFun) is a captivating, single-player logic and deduction game that challenges players to solve household mysteries caused by six misbehaving cats. Moving away from competitive board games, card play, and dice rolling, this hands-on logic trainer turns spatial reasoning and clue analysis into a fun detective investigation. The primary gameplay objective centers on identification: players review a challenge card, analyze positional clues around a circular game board, and place all six cat standees so that the guilty party is sitting directly in front of the crime token.

The primary mechanical hurdle stems from synthesizing overlapping spatial relationships and process-of-elimination logic. Clues describe cat positions relative to board landmarks, specific items, or other cats—such as "Sassy is sitting across from the cat who knocked over the coffee" or "Tomi is next to the cat with the bell collar." Featuring 40 progressive challenges ranging from Beginner to Expert, the game accommodates solo sleuths aged 8 and up, with individual mysteries taking 5 to 15 minutes to solve. To crack the toughest cases, players must carefully cross-reference every clue, test spatial layouts, and eliminate impossible configurations until every feline is in its rightful spot.

Game Specs at a Glance:
Age Range: 8+ Years
Publisher: ThinkFun
Play Time: 5-15 Minutes
Player Count: 1 Player
Complexity: Light (Deduction, Pattern Recognition)

What's in the Box?

• 1 Circular Game Board
• 6 Plastic Cat Standees
• 6 Crime Tokens
• 40 Challenge Cards with Solutions
• 1 Rulebook and Detective Guide