Surges

Each time 1 or more cheese symbols are rolled when attacking or defending with a minion, add 1 cheese token to the minion cheese wheel for each cheese rolled. When there are no minions on the board and the last mouse on the initiative track ends its turn, add a cheese token to the minion cheese wheel. When the minion cheese wheel fills up with 6 or more cheese tokens, a surge triggers. Follow these steps to resolve its effect:

1. Move the hourglass marker one page closer to the chapter end marker along the chapter track on the story control board.

2. Check the chapter instructions. If there is a special surge rule for the room the mice are currently in, follow the instructions.

3. If there are no chapter-specific surge instructions, follow the surge effect on the face-up encounter card that is on the encounter deck and then discard that card.

4. If there are no room-specific surge rules and no face-up encounter card, no minions are placed for this surge, but the hourglass marker is still moved.

5. After resolving the surge, remove all cheese from the minion cheese wheel.

If a surge requires minion figures to be placed, and there are not enough of those figures available, place as many as possible and ignore the rest.