Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Low interaction
Scales well
Light strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Draft one complete row or column from a nine-card grid, collect cats and sets, and make sure every hungry feline receives the right food.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
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Cat Lady is a quick card-drafting game about assembling the most contented collection of cats. Nine cards form a three-by-three market; on your turn, take an entire row or column, then move the wooden cat so the next player cannot choose that same line. Cats need specific combinations of tuna, milk, and chicken, while toys score increasingly valuable sets, catnip rewards having enough cats, costumes compete for a majority, and spray bottles or lost cats offer tactical utility. Every fed cat brings its printed points, but each unfed cat subtracts two, so an adorable new recruit can be either a scoring plan or a liability. The simple spatial restriction creates lively interaction without slowing the fifteen-to-thirty-minute game.