Flycatcher

Little Catcher is a tactical game for 2 players, each one will control a chameleon and a toucan. The board is a 4 × 4 grid, with stacks of 3 mosquito markers placed at the 9 internal intersections of the grid.

In a turn, the player can move either his toucan or his chameleon. To move the chameleon, you must first eat one of the mosquitoes in a corner of the space you are in, then move one square orthogonally. To move the toucan, it must be done diagonally, eating the mosquito through which you pass, the toucan can move more than one space in the same movement, but you must be able to eat in each corner you pass. If you can't feed one of your animals, you won't be able to move. If you can't feed either of them, you lose the game.

If you manage to eat nine yellow mosquitoes, you win immediately. The game also has mosquitoes of other colors with special powers: move a mosquito, move one of your animals, force the opponent to play a certain animal, etc.


Authors: Bruno Cathala and Andrea Mainini