First Rat FAQ
52 questions players ask · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Full rulebook
Components
- Does the colourblind comic let a backpack's bonus apply to spaces of the other colour?
- Can you use more than one Comic power in the same turn?
- Does Ratwoman get a free item from each booth she visits, or only one in total?
- Can a Super Rat's power be transferred to another rat when its rat reaches the Rocket?
- Where does a Super Rat go when you take its Comic?
- Do backpacks, comics and energy drinks apply to all your rats or only to the one they are attached to?
- How do backpacks, energy drinks and bottle caps work?
- Does the rocket-building discount comic apply once per turn or for each rocket part built?
- Does Neil Ratstrong need a complete rocket to earn double points at game end?
- How far can Neil Ratstrong move in one turn?
- Does the light bulb track double my resources, like an energy drink does?
- Must Arnold Rattenegger's extra resource be the same type as the one his space gives?
Setup and Sequence of Play
Step 1: Move Rats
- When you move two or more rats, must you move all of them?
- If you move only one rat, must it land on the same colour as your other rats?
- Do rats you don't move this turn have to match the colour of the rats you do move?
- Can you move a rat past one of your own rats that is ahead on the track?
- What happens if none of your rats has a legal move on your turn?
- If a rat lands on the Launchpad, can you choose its colour and then move other rats to that colour?
- When moving several rats, is the 1 to 3 space limit per rat or for the total?
- If you take Moldy Cheese to pay other players, can you keep the leftover Cheese for later?
- How many Moldy Cheese can you take to pay other players?
Step 2: Collect Resources
- Can you use more than one backpack in a single turn?
- Does the energy drink double the resources from every rat you move, or only from one rat?
- Does the Light String bonus apply to every space the marker has passed, and is it counted once per space?
- Does the Light String bonus go once per rat moved, or once per turn?
- For the Light String bonus, does it go to rats on or behind the Light Bulb, or to rats on or ahead of it?
- Does the Light String bonus also apply to Apple Core and Light Bulb spaces?
- Does a Construction Light count as a space when your Light String marker moves?
- Do rats you did not move on your turn still collect resources?
- Can you launch several rats onto the Launchpad in one turn, reusing the space a launched rat just left?
- Can you take the 3-point Award on the final space if none of your other rats is on the junkyard path?
- Can you gain more than one Rat Burrow reward in a single turn?
Step 3: Go Shopping (Optional)
End of Game
- Does a score marker placed on the Rattronaut track count toward the eight markers that end the game?
- If one player's fourth rat reaches the Launchpad in the same round another player places their eighth score marker, is there an extra round?
- How does the 12-point Bottle Cap score, and can its points go below zero?
- Does the Madcap Crow bottle cap that counts items count everyone's items or only your own?
- Does the bottle cap worth 6 points per Score Marker on the Rocket track count only your own markers?
- What happens if you still have points to score after placing your 10th score marker?
Solo Play
- Does Greg's prepared score marker take a space away from the player on that track?
- When Greg prepares the best track and several tracks tie, who chooses which one?
- Can two of Greg's rats end on the same space?
- Does Greg score the bottle caps he takes from a booth at game end?
- In solo play, when two of Greg's rats enter the same booth, how many items are removed?
- Does Robo-Rat score the rocket track when it has a cube on each of the three rocket parts?
- Does Greg score points when his rat reaches the Rocket?
- Who is the start player in solo mode?
- If one of Greg's rats lands on the Launchpad and forfeits its remaining moves, is its icon action still triggered?