Taken from the rules:Its simple. You and your other amateur burglar buddies are in the progress of doing what you do best, when suddenly, an alarm goes off! The entire neighborhood lights up with angry citizens, and its only a matter of time before the police arrive. What next? Run!!!Cat burglar is the game of extraordinary coincidence. Like, what a coincidence - RoboCop just happened to be leaving a grocery store just as your thief was running away from a cop on horse back. And as you turn to run the other way, a parade just happens to be crossing the street. Standing there in disgust, you get hit by a rude taxi driver who just happened not to see you....As you will soon see, things can get very crazy, very quick... - BoardGameGeek