User summary
ねこまねき (Neko-Maneki) is a Japanese card game of accumulating cats (neko).
Who is the one to be the best cat partner?
Try to play items that won't overlap with other players, and get the cat!
A simple butting game!
'Butting' is a Japanese game for the cancelling out method used games like What the Heck?. in Neko-Maneki, players choose a card face-down from their hand of five. They want to collect the cat card turned up from the draw pile by matching with their hand card.
But if any players match cards, they discard their card. Of the remaining, the highest ranked card collects, if it matches. Players score points for getting cats. Most points wins when the draw pile is out.
Gameplay follows the typical double-think needed for this style of game. But the game holds a little more than mere bluff.
Publisher's summary
ねこたちといちばん仲良くなれるのは誰か？
アイテムを被らないように出して、ねこをゲット！
お手軽バッティングゲーム！