Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
As rescue dogs, players collect the sets of attributes they need to find their way to one of six available forever homes.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Hand Management
Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Hidden Victory Points
Some scores remain concealed until a reveal or the end of the game.
Events
Triggered events alter the shared state, rules, or available choices.
Ladder Climbing
Play increasingly strong combinations until opponents cannot or choose not to respond.
Read the full game description
As rescue dogs, players collect the sets of attributes they need to find their way to one of six available forever homes. This 2-6 player game asks players to make their best choices based on the "paw" they are dealt, offering a wide variety of choices and combinations that change every game to provide gameplay based on both strategy and luck! Each turn consists of drawing an event card, then drawing and playing appropriate attribute cards to build out your dog's attributes (Grooming, Obedience, Temperament, and Health) to meet requirements set by each adopter. You can play for one adopter or many, and they all have different ideas about what makes the perfect dog! —description from the designer