Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Player-count sensitive
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Place a kitten, boop every adjacent piece one space away, graduate trios into cats, and line up three adult cats to win.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Grid Movement
Move pieces between adjacent spaces on a regular grid.
Pattern Building
Place elements to create arrangements that satisfy scoring or action patterns.
Slide / Push
Use Slide / Push as a recurring structure for player decisions and resolution.
Race
Compete to reach a destination, threshold, or objective before opponents.
Take That
Use Take That as a recurring structure for player decisions and resolution.
Square Grid
Use an orthogonal grid where position and adjacent spaces shape movement or placement.
Read the full game description
boop. turns an inviting quilted bed into a deceptively sharp two-player abstract game. Each player begins with eight kittens and keeps eight adult cats in reserve. On a turn, place one available piece on any empty square; it immediately “boops” every adjacent piece—orthogonally and diagonally—one space directly away. Pieces pushed beyond the edge return to their owner, while pieces blocked by another cat or the edge of a line may stay put. Aligning three of your kittens removes them from the bed and graduates them into adult cats you may place on later turns. Cats can boop kittens and other cats, but kittens cannot move adults. The first player to align three cats wins; a player can also win by getting all eight cats onto the bed. Every placement changes several future lanes, so a tiny ruleset produces forks, sacrifices, forced pushes, and surprising reversals. The fabric board drapes over the box to create the game’s memorable bed-shaped playing surface.
