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Year Published
2007
# of Players:
3 − 5
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 5 players
Recommended with 3, 4, 5 players
(39 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
20 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
8 and up
User Suggested Ages
8 and up
(7 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(13 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Felix: The Cat in the Sack
Alternate Names
菲力袋中貓
Filou - Die Katze im Sack
Filou - Le chat dans le sac
Minoes - Kat in de zak
Expanded By
Families
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Who does not know the colloquial expression "Buying the cat in the sack" ("Buying a pig in a poke")? In this game you can experience the meaning of this expression yourself. A group of cats wants new owners, but these lucky people do not know if they get some sweet pussycats or one or more mean old cats. Sometimes only a dog is helpful, who chases the unwanted cats away. But then too many dogs are worse, too, because they only think about chasing themselves away. A clever auction game with many interesting decisions.

Idea of the game: With their mice, the players attempt to grab the famous cat in the sack. In the sack, there are both good and bad cats. Each player can also put a dog or rabbit into the sack instead of a cat, allowing players to bluff one another. At game end, all positive cats and mice count plus points, but negative cats count minus points.

Contents: 50 game cards, 4 mouse cards, 1 "cat in the sack" card, 1 start player marker, 76 mice money

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4 Russian rules for Felix: The Cat in the Sack.
Правила игры Felix: The Cat in the Sack на русском языке. Russian rules for Felix: The Cat in the Sack.
2009-01-15
1 Regolamento in italiano
Italian rules.
2008-06-30
10 Felix: The Cat in the Sack Quick Reference
1-page quick reference in English, a la Liumas. Contains most rule queries.
2008-03-16
2 Felix Tuckbox
Tuckbox to hold all 55 cards from Felix: the Cat in the Sack. Tuckbox generated at http://tuckbox.gameupdates.com/
2008-02-26
5 Felix's Mice Money Stash
An important part of playing "Felix: The Cat in the Sack" is hiding your money from your opponents. To help with this, I've create "Felix's Mice Money Stash".
2008-01-22
1 Concise reference sheet by hecose
Concise reference sheet for teaching the game and easy reference
2007-12-29
0 Nederlandse vertaling Filou
Dutch Rules of Filou
2007-12-26
14 Reglas en Español
Reglas en español con el mismo formato que las reglas originales. Posted with Friedemann Friese's permissión.
2007-12-02
2 Filou rules in Hungarian
My Hungarian translation of the rules. Posted with permission of Friedemann Frise.
2007-11-14
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 460
Num Ratings: 1752
Average Rating: 6.72
Standard Deviation: 1.13
Num Views: 42822
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Avg. Game Weight: 1.4 moreinfo
Fans: 12
Personal Comments: 628
Users Owning: 1679
Users Wanting: 80
Users Trading: 32
Has Parts For Trade: 0
Want Parts In Trade: 0
Price History: View
Total Plays: 5070
Plays This Month: 63
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