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Great Cheese Heist
Introduction
The Great Cheese Heist is a simple minefield kind of game by FunFair Technologies. It involves a mouse navigating a minefield, laced with cheese and mousetraps.
Rules
- There are three board to choose from: 2x3, 3x6, or 4x9.
- After choosing a board, the player must navigate through a matrix filled with cheese and mousetraps. Each column has one mousetrap and every other row has cheese.
- The player must choose a row.
- After making his choice, the game will show which row has the mousetrap in the next column.
- If the player chose a row with cheese, his balance will be increased. If he choose a row with a mousetrap, then he losses.
The following table shows what each level pays according to all throw boards.
Pay Table
| Level | 2x3 | 3x6 | 4x9 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.92 | 1.44 | 1.28 |
| 2 | 3.69 | 2.07 | 1.64 |
| 3 | 7.08 | 2.99 | 2.10 |
| 4 | 4.30 | 2.68 | |
| 5 | 6.19 | 3.44 | |
| 6 | 8.92 | 4.40 | |
| 7 | 5.63 | ||
| 8 | 7.21 | ||
| 9 | 9.22 |
Analysis
The following table shows my analysis of the 2x3 board. It shows the player can expect a return of about 96% for each marginal additional step he takes.
2x3 Analysis
| Level | Pays | Probability | Return (per game resolved) |
Return (per step) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.92 | 0.500000 | 0.960000 | 0.960000 |
| 2 | 3.69 | 0.250000 | 0.922500 | 0.960938 |
| 3 | 7.08 | 0.125000 | 0.885000 | 0.959350 |
The following table shows my analysis of the 3x6 board. It shows the player can expect a return of about 96% for each marginal additional step he takes.
3x6 Analysis
| Level | Pays | Probability | Return (per game resolved) |
Return (per step) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.44 | 0.666667 | 0.960000 | 0.960000 |
| 2 | 2.07 | 0.444444 | 0.920000 | 0.958333 |
| 3 | 2.99 | 0.296296 | 0.885926 | 0.962963 |
| 4 | 4.30 | 0.197531 | 0.849383 | 0.958751 |
| 5 | 6.19 | 0.131687 | 0.815144 | 0.959690 |
| 6 | 8.92 | 0.087791 | 0.783100 | 0.960689 |
The following table shows my analysis of the 4x9 board. It shows the player can expect a return of about 96% for each marginal additional step he takes.
4x9 Analysis
| Level | Pays | Probability | Return (per game resolved) |
Return (per step) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.28 | 0.750000 | 0.960000 | 0.960000 |
| 2 | 1.64 | 0.562500 | 0.922500 | 0.960938 |
| 3 | 2.10 | 0.421875 | 0.885938 | 0.960366 |
| 4 | 2.68 | 0.316406 | 0.847969 | 0.957143 |
| 5 | 3.44 | 0.237305 | 0.816328 | 0.962687 |
| 6 | 4.40 | 0.177979 | 0.783105 | 0.959302 |
| 7 | 5.63 | 0.133484 | 0.751514 | 0.959659 |
| 8 | 7.21 | 0.100113 | 0.721814 | 0.960480 |
| 9 | 9.22 | 0.075085 | 0.692281 | 0.959085 |