It’s no big secret that we are a family of cat lovers here. With seven-year-old Brewster and our four-month-old kitten Paddington, ThinkFun knew they’d found the purrfect family to spend time celebrating International Cat Day with Cat Crimes.
Cat Crimes is a logic game aimed at anyone aged eight years and over. It’s predominately a single-player game but my son and I have also enjoyed working together to figure out which puss cat has been rather naughty.
The game comes with a game board, six cat character playing pieces, six crime tokens and forty challenges cards with four levels of difficulty.
Our feline friends come in all shapes and sizes, and having two tuxedo cats ourselves, we were hoping that Mr Mittens rather better behaved than his playmates!
Celebrating International Cat Day with Cat Crimes has seen us cat sitting our neighbours six cats, but they’re rather naughty and we soon have to find out exactly who has been misbehaving. Select a challenge card, which range from beginner to expert. Each comes with a challenge to complete and shows you which crime token you need to place on the board.
Then try to work out where to place the cats around the board using the clues provided to discover which cat is guilty of causing chaos.
The guilty cat should be the one you end up placing in front of the crime.
When you think that you have placed the cats correctly and worked out who is guilty, turn the challenge card over and see if you’re correct.
The game is great fun and not as easy as it looks. It helps players work on their critical reasoning skills as they deduce who sits where and who is to blame. I think that Cat Crimes makes a perfect travel game as it’s compact and would sit easily on an aeroplane fold-out tray.
I’ve included my Amazon Affiliate link below (I do earn from qualifying purchases) in case you fancy trying Cat Crimes yourself.
disclosure: we were sent the item mentioned in exchange for an honest review
I’ve teamed up with Thinkfun to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a Cat Crimes game for themselves. Complete the Gleam form below for your chance to win. Good luck.
Terms and conditions:
(Please note that all entries will be checked against comments for validation).
Only the first step of this form is mandatory, all other steps are optional. Only one entry per person is allowed.
This giveaway is for UK residents only.
Once a winner is randomly picked, I will check if the winner has done what was requested and I will contact them, if they do not reply within one week, the prize will be allocated to another person. The winner’s details will be sent to Ravensburger, in order that they can arrange delivery. Please allow 28 days for delivery.
The giveaway will close on 28th August 2019 at midnight.
Don’t forget to visit my Giveaways page for more great prizes on offer!
I have six preloved furries in my house that were all named by their original owners. If I had a new cat to name, I would opt for flowers such as Dandelion or trees such as Beech just because I love nature.
If I had a cat I would call it Simba, as it would be striped and be my little tiger
If I had a cat, I would call her Princess because she would be spoilt!
Budgie – we had a cat called this when we were little – nostalgia and happy memories
If we had a cat my OH would want to call it Arnie after his old cat
i have two cats ,one called ginger and one called sweep
My last cats were Bubble, squeak, pepsi and guiness – the food and drink theme just happened
I would call my cat Barty if it was a male and Smarty for a female
Sorry the reason why i would call the cats the names i have chosen is Smarty being the female would be smarter than the average cat and Barty just rhymes with Smarty
If i was to have a pet cat i would call it Lucky hoping that it brings me good luck
I have a pet cat and she is called Khaleesi. If I got another then I would name it Tigger
Cupcake because it sounds cute.
Male I’d name Charlie Female Cheryl
if I had a cat I would call him Tom after Tom and Jerry!
I have a cat called dusty who is a sprightly 17 years old
the name we would give it would all depend on what it looked like… my last cats i owned were called felix because he looked like the cat off the felix advert, snowy because he was pure white with only a grey line on his head and molly because she was already named when we got her. before that I had tiger 1 and tiger 2 (both grey stripey with white “socks” and trixy was a tortoise shell pattern
we have had many many cats over the years, we always gave them unusual names, think the favourite name was Snorkel, he was a gorgeous black cat, we named him this after seeing it in one of our Daughters story books and just liked it.
I’d have a cat and call her Duchess like in Aristocats xx
I have a cat called Robbie I just wanted a more human name
Tigger, because I’m a Winnie the Pooh fan!
Marie like in the Aristocats, my favourite Disney film
My kitten is called Lucky because he is my lucky mascot!
It would be called Bob, as that is the name our son gives to all pets!
We already have 2, Cosmo and Smudge but we have no idea where we thought the names up from!
I have 3, but if I got another one, I’d call it Emily Junior, EJ for short, just because that’s what I keep joking I’ll do and I’m easily amused.
Binx after the cat in Hocus Pocus 😀
We have a cat who was already called Mika and we kept it because we quite liked it but I’d love a male cat called Timmy – don’t know why!
Mischief, missy for short
We have one, called Minnie, so if I got another I’d call it Mickey!
We’ve very recently lost our pet cat Bellatrix. She’s named both after the star and the Harry Potter character. At the moment our grief is still a bit raw to consider what we might call another one.
Gary because I love Gary Barlow!!
i used to have a cat called snooty after litle lord snooty in the beano i was a big fan
I would get two and call them tic and tac after my favourite sweet 😀
Probably Puss…..because I have very little imagination!
ed after ed sheeran lol x
Dibble in homage to the great show Top cat!
Gizmo it’s a cute name and would sometimes have a personality like a Gremlin
My daughter would get to name any cat we had, she would be likely to choose Bob. Don’t know why but every teddy, doll, picture is called Bob.
lola always liked that name xx
I have 7 cats, messy messy cats. If I got an 8th I would call it Aristotle unless it looked dopey
I would call it Tiger as this was the name of the family cat we had when I was little
My daughter would love a rabbit called Fluffy
I’d call it Gilbert after my favourite Johnny Depp character x
Cinders because I would choose a tatty moggy and turn her into a beautiful princessy puss!
Gingerbread, this is the name of my childhood cat
I WOULD CALL MY CAT LUCKY because it would have a wonderful life in our family much loved ,papered and wanted
we already have a cat hes called cat because my eldest loves the movie breakfast at tiffanys
Top cat – he’s the smartest cat around
If I had a cat I’d name it honey!
We name all of ours names of flowers. My niece has decided the next one is to be called daisy! We have just decided to get another furry friend!
Jinx, as I’d like a cat like the one from meet the parents, so what better name to call it!
I have a cat called Mini. We called her this as she was smaller than all the other kittens in the litter.
I have a cat called TikTok as when she walks her tail sways like a pendulum
I did have a beautiful ginger cat called Garfield
I would call it shorty as it the colour of shortbread
My little boy said we should have a cat called Callie
I have two cats, Senna and Jenson. We always name our cats after Formula 1 drivers
chips, coz its my fave food
we do have a pet cat and her name is tinkerbell…my 7 year old at the time named her.
I do and his name is Mr Whitey – named for obvious reasons.
I call it lucky as they always land on their feet
I call them pickle as most of the cats I’ve hade have been little pickles.
Unicorn! It’s my youngest girls favourite thing. lol
Hello! I’ve had a good think about this comment and I’ve decided that if I was to get a cat (and I do love them!) that their name would have to depend on what I think the cat would like and what would suit them. Sorry it is not quite answering your question but that is what I thought.
Garfield. Loved the cartoon as a child
Thorin, because he’s my favourite character in The Hobbit.
I would have a Ginger cat and would call Red after Simpy Red.
I would have a Ginger cat and ca it Red after the group Simpy Red
If I had a cat, I would call him Plum
we have (had) two cats, mine was called Calypso after a greek goddess, but sadly after 3 years of lighting up my life, she died on 2nd August at 1pm from some kind of poisoning from touching something outdoors that had been sprayed, or so the vet tells us. Any other cat we get in future I would call Gaia (Earth mother – the first goddess in greek mythology) x
we are planning on getting a cat next year. And my daughter has already chosen it’s name – Cookie!
I would call it Annie or Lucy, both names I”ve loved since childhoold 🙂 I always wanted either a child with that name or a pet with that name 😉
Puzzles as that’s what my childhood cat was called
Midnight as the cat would be black
I don’t have a cat but would call it Luna. I just love that name for a pet.
Midge as that as my first cats name
Our next black and white cat would probably be Magpie 🙂
I would love a ginger cat and call him Toulouse as I love the Aristocats
Shabba….Mr Loverman!
Lotto, hopefully bring me some luck
id call it Porpentina – tina for short becase we love Fantastic Beasts
If I had a pet cat I would call it Jingles, because jingles = Christmas = gifts and all pets are gifts!
I name my cats after varieties of wine grapes
Kitty – name is appropriate.
We’ve discussed this a lot in it family, without ever getting a cat, but Timothy is my choice
I wouldnt be able to have a cat as im highly allergic to them but if we did we would call him smelly cat from friends. Thanks for the chance
my cat is called Cole as he is black and my son loves ninjago
our cat is called Willow, she is a Russian blue and is a stunning shade of grey, like the buds on our pussy willow tree
We have had lots of cats over the years. Hubby insists that all their names have a Leeds United connection. I do get my own way occasionally – Nigella was originally going to be called Nigel!!!
I called it Milky and because she is a white cat and loves Milk.
Slinky because cats are slinky!
Galileo because I think it’s a really cool name!
Our cat is called Bobble. He’s fluffy and bobbles along.
I’d call it Bruce after my late father.
I have 3 cats, which really is more than enough, but if I did get another one, I’d call it Lily
My cats have all had typical animal names – the last one was Daisy. For a future cat I like the idea of Mr or Mrs something. Maybe Mr Furball or Mrs Whiskers.
I have a cat called Holly because we got her at xmas 🙂
It would depend on the colour of the cat really. Shadow or Midnight for a black cat, Snowy or Blossom for a white cat, and Ziggy for a stripy one.
We had a cat named Frampton after the guitarist Peter Frampton, maybe our next would be Hendrix
I have two pepper and Sassy – Sassy’s full name is sasquatch because she has huge feet
I would call her Tigger because of her stripes
I’d have a cat called Ed as I love Ed Sheeran
If I had a cat, I’d call it Shadow
I’d probably let my daughter choose, which makes me think it would end up being called Lily.
Summer, to go with my one called Winter
We have one car called Milly as it was my daughters favourite name
I have 3 cats, Albus Bellatrix and Frank. If we got another we would name her luna
I’d call my black cat Midnight after one of the cats in The Worst Witch books
I would call it Lucky, because with having a parrot it would be very lucky that I take in another cat
I have two cats named by their previous owner. I would name a new cat depending on its personality.
My gorgeous shorthair cat Smudge has given me over 13 years of love and affection. Her mum was my cat so i even saw her being born. LOVE cats, especially Smudge xxx
We would call it lion as if it were a big cat
We named my cat Ozzy because my fiancé’s surname is Osborne .
smokey as that what my friends cat was called
I have 2 cats called Tigger and Tiger Lily I would carry on the Disney theme and call her Belle
I would call my cat Crumbs, I bake all the time and I always am covered in crumbs
My cat is called Athena. She’s a 13 year old Maine Coon who I have had since a kitten. I named Athena after the Goddess of war, craft and wisdom. She lives up to her name when our dogs decide to argue and she wades in to sort them out!
I do have a cat, called Alex. It was a rescue and that was his name.
we actually have 4 cats 🙂 LadyCat, Mister Leopard Belly aka LeoCat, Morticia and Houdena (it was houdini until he turned out to be a she)
Kizzy the Kat, as it seems such a fun name x
I actually have a cat and hes black and called Trigger
I’d call it Magic because cats help witches in stories.