Game Info
Year
2023
Players
3-6
Age
14+
Playtime
15 min
Complexity
1/5
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Description
A short party game where players competitively adopt cute cats by pulling tokens from a bag or rolling custom dice to collect the most cats
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Getting Games Impressions Vlog at 6:57 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Puzzly, polyomino/Tetris-like cat drafting with varied scoring
- Pacing and teachability are strong for a newer title
- Beautiful cat illustrations and thematic flair
Cons
- Sponsorship bias noted by the speaker and its impact on perception
- Drafting mechanic can be frustrating at times
Thematic elements
- rescuing cats and managing resources on a ship
- island full of exotic cats
Comparison games
- Bunny Kingdom
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Basket-based cat placement on ship — Cats are held in baskets and placed on your ship; groups of same-colored cats laid out contiguously score points.
- Drafting and card economy — Seven cards are dealt to each player; rounds involve drafting with a specific pass/keep flow, and players buy drafted cards with fish.
- Endgame scoring through spatial layout, groups, and lessons — Scoring considers contiguous groups of cats, rows/columns, treasures, and lesson-driven scoring components.
- Fish economy and card costs — Players start each round with a pool of 20 fish; each drafted card has a fish cost to add to your hand.
- Lessons (private and public) driving endgame objectives — Drafted lessons provide endgame objectives; private lessons are facedown and influence scoring; public lessons are contested by everyone.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I was immediately struck and how simple the rules were
- this game gives you a lot of points for doing a wide variety of things and I was really impressed with it
- I hate drafting can certainly come into play here
- this is a really short game like surprisingly short
- I really enjoyed the different pieces of this game but it did not seem to come together
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kovray Top 10 List at 19:14 sentiment: positive
video_pk 88272 · mention_pk 232390
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Satisfying to fit pieces together.
- Challenging due to oddly shaped ship rooms.
- Combines polyomino with card drafting and resource management.
- Fun and puzzly strategic challenge.
- Many ways to win.
Cons
- Can be Cutthroat if played on Board Game Arena.
Thematic elements
- Rescuing cats.
- Rescuing cats from an island and bringing them to a ship.
Comparison games
- Patchwork
- Baron Park
- Sushi Go
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Drafting — Pick and pass card play similar to Sushi Go.
- Resource Management — Balancing baskets for rescuing cats with having enough fish to entice them onto the ship.
- Set Collection — Collecting cats of the same color to make families on the ship.
- Tile Placement — Fitting polyomino pieces together to fill a ship's rooms.
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Quotes (from this video)
- There's something so satisfying about fitting the pieces in together and filling in this space
- It feels like Tetris but a board game but it's Unique
- that's half the fun of you know castles of mading lug is I think it'll fit there does it oh it doesn't oh you know that kind of thing
- it is a dry dark black Euro
- easy to learn and hard to master
- It just has the basic Tetris like pie love
- I just love the Wild West theme in general
- there's just so many things to do here
- Patchwork can be a really Cutthroat game of trying to deny the other player the pieces they need while also trying to get the pieces that you need
- it is actually kind of fun to debate where things in your vacation took place
- it's a rare polyomino game that has a theme and the theme actually works
- that game is going to be miabi it is a polyomino game where you are drafting polyomino tiles and creating your own zen garden
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Board Gaming Ramblings Review at 0:20 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- cute art style
- accessible rules
- family-friendly
- serves as a thematic stepping stone to Race to the Raft
Cons
- not as deep as some other puzzle games
- limited replay variety beyond scenarios
Thematic elements
- cats and playfulness; a precursor to Race to the Raft
- Cats of various colors in a light-hearted, cat-themed setting
- light, whimsical thematic background
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- card-based movement — cards dictate movement options and terrain interactions
- Cooperative Game — players work together to guide cats to safety, coordinating with limited talk
- cooperative puzzle solving — players work together to guide cats to safety, coordinating with limited talk
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's basically a thematic sequel to a cool looking game called I love cats which we enjoyed playing
- this game is a puzzle
- the core rules are very simple
- advanced mode adds that you can now only move up to five spaces with a cat
- it's a light game
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