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How to play Trap the Cat

Wall off tiles one at a time before the cat reaches the edge.

The rules

1. Tap a tile to turn it into a wall. Then the cat takes one step.
2. If the cat reaches any tile on the edge, it escapes and you lose.
3. Cut off every route to the edge and the cat is trapped: you win.

How to get started

1. The cat always heads for the nearest edge. Watch which way it is facing.
2. Walls right next to the cat rarely work: it simply steps around them.
3. Build a wall two or three tiles ahead of the cat, across the route it wants.
4. Close gaps in your wall before the cat reaches them, and use the starting walls as anchors.
5. Hint shows the tile the cat wants next.

A tip

Build your wall a few tiles ahead of the cat, not right beside it, and join it to the walls already on the board.

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