Cheese Thief cover
2020BGG rank #4,274

Cheese Thief

by Dongxu Li · Jolly Thinkers

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Players4–8
Time10–15m
ComplexityLight
Age8+

About the game

What is Cheese Thief?

A fast-paced social deduction game for 4-8 players in a fantasy themed world. Play either as one of the normal sleepyheads dreaming about the taste of delicious cheese in tomorrow's meal OR as the thief trying to steal away the cheese for his own belly. As a thief clever enough, you might have to make a cut to your fellow minions so as to sneak away successfully. No moderator. No player elimination. No set pattern. Cheese Thief is different from other similar games in social deduction genre in that it uses die-face combinations in its core mechanism to provide countless replayable scenarios. One night phase to setup. One die-face to provide genuine information. One vote down to decide who gets the cheese in the end. —description from the publisher

How it plays

Mechanics

Dice RollingHidden RolesRoles with Asymmetric InformationTraitor GameVoting

On the shelf

Categories

AnimalsBluffingDeductionParty Game

Questions players ask

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  • How do setup and the first turn work in Cheese Thief?
  • When does scoring happen and what ends the game?
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