Let's Play a Game

Let's play a game
I'll write the rules
A set of conditions
Unravelled from spools
Of thought, tangled up
And sewn onto a board
With a die and some pawns
And a way to be scored

I'll be the queen
And you play a knight
As we rise through the levels
So you could-maybe-might
Yell "King Me!" and then
Let the stopwatch begin
Time your steps to flee quickly
From where you've been

If you land on the spot
Colored brown, then you're stuck
Until you draw a card
That reads "Out of the Muck."
If I connect four
After you slap the Jack,
Then I have only one hope-
To run the Mousetrap