Table feel
Moderate level of interaction with a mix of direct and strategic confrontation.
Rich game profile
Cat Box
Cat Box is played with cards divided into quadrants each showing an empty box or one of five cats (in a box). Players take turns playing these cards to a shared display, overlapping previous cards by one or two quadrants. Each player is assigned a secret identity; if you are a ca...
Players
2-5
Time
15-30
Age
6+
Weight
1.6
Rating
7.22
Should this hit the table?
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Moderate level of interaction with a mix of direct and strategic confrontation.
Teach
2.3
Teaching signal
Replay
3.9
High replayability
Interaction
3.6
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.0
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
2.5
Luck-sensitive
Replay value
The game offers a high level of variability with different experiences each time it is played. The expansions available add new content and gameplay elements, enhancing the replay value. There is deep strategic depth and room for players to improve their strategies over time. The game scales well with different numbers of players and maintains its appeal and balance. While it may take some time to learn, the game offers a good balance between easiness and depth. Overall, Cat in the Box has a strong replayability score of 7.8.
Luck profile
Cat in the Box has a moderate influence of luck. The game outcome is determined by a balanced mix of random elements and player strategy. While random elements like dice rolls or card draws have a notable impact on the game, players also have substantial ability to mitigate luck through strategic decisions and planning. Overall, luck plays a significant role in Cat in the Box, but player strategy and decisions also have a considerable influence on the game outcome.
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What ABG knows about this game
Cat Box is played with cards divided into quadrants each showing an empty box or one of five cats (in a box). Players take turns playing these cards to a shared display, overlapping previous cards by one or two quadrants. Each player is assigned a secret identity; if you are a cat you want as many of your cats showing at the end of the game as possible, and as large a group of them as possible, but if you are the chihuahua you want empty boxes and groups of exactly three cats. Players can play cards held by themselves or any of their opponents, but one side of the card is used when playing your own cards and the other (mirror image) side when playing other peoples'. The advanced game adds five single-use tokens for each player which have different effects.
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Designers
1
Aza Chen
Artists
1
Aza Chen
Publishers
5
Grail Games
Li-He Studio
Second Gate Games
TWOPLUS Games
Zhiyanjia
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