Each player controls colored mice and tries to collect pieces of cheese in Castle Appenzell. On their turn, players spend action points to put new mice into play, reveal corridors in the castle, move their mice around the castle, or push a tile into play, which changes the maze of cheese pieces underneath. If two of a single player's mice reach a place with the same kind of cheese showing, the player obtains a piece of this cheese. The first player with 4 different pieces of cheese wins the game. Awards & Honors 2009 Guldbrikken Best Children's Game Nominee 2009 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Nominee 2009 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Enfant Winner 2008 JoTa Best Children's Board Game Nominee 2008 Golden Geek Best Children's Board Game Winner 2008 Golden Geek Best Children's Board Game Nominee 2008 Årets Spill Best Children's Game Winner 2008 Årets Spill Best Children's Game Nominee 2008 Årets Spel Best Children's Game Winner 2007 Spiel des Jahres Recommended 2007 Kinderspielexperten "5-to-9-year-olds" Nominee 2007 Japan Boardgame Prize Best Foreign Game for Beginners Nominee 2007 Japan Boardgame Prize Best Childgame Nominee 2007 Golden Geek Best Children's Board Game Nominee 2007 Essener Feder Best Written Rules Winner 2007 Deutscher Spiele Preis Best Children's Game Winner