Inspector Mouse: The Great Escape

About this board game

Inspector Mouse: The Great Escape is a deduction game for 1–4 players that plays in around 15 minutes. Released in 2021, it challenges players to help Inspector Mouse prevent a planned jailbreak.

The convicts are preparing to escape, and Inspector Mouse is on their trail. To foil the attempt, players must use their detective skills to work out who was the last crook in the cell with the escape tunnel.

The central mystery is tied to the alarm: players need to correctly identify the criminal who triggered it. Solving that question is the key to stopping the escape and proving that the investigation has succeeded.

Each successful investigation helps Inspector Mouse put an end to another escape attempt. The player who stops the most escapes wins, giving the game a clear competitive goal alongside its focused detective challenge.

With its short play time and support for up to four players, Inspector Mouse: The Great Escape offers a quick way to enjoy a criminal investigation built around observation, deduction, and identifying the right culprit. Its premise is simple: follow the trail, examine the evidence available in the mystery, and catch the crook before the jailbreak succeeds.

Whether played with one player or a group of four, the game keeps its attention on one urgent question: who triggered the alarm? Find the answer, stop the escape, and aim to foil more jailbreaks than anyone else.