Cat Rescue

EvEvanstar5,9

A very cute co-op/solo game. The art is completely delightful. Each player gets a hand of two cards. You start the game with a grid of cards. On your turn you can place a cat card into the grid which pushes cards in the direction you placed the card into. If you place from your hand, then the next card introduced has to come from the draw deck. If you placed from the draw deck then the next can come from either the next player's hand or the draw deck. Additionally, you can't introduce a card to the grid from the same direction as the previous placement or cause the most recently added card to move at all. Your goal is to get a line of three or four cards of the same color, in which case the middle cards flip over and are worth 1 vp at the end of the game, or 2vp if you manage to then push them out of the grid. Delightful little puzzle. There are a number of expansions that look to up the complexity, but I only had the chance to play with my 5 year olds so we stuck to the basic rules and they had a fantastic time. Unfortunately the card quality isn't great. I had the cards in premium sleeves, yet one of the cards managed to get damaged from one of my 5 year old's fidgeting with the card in his hand. I would have liked it if they used a more flexible cardstock. ★ Art, Iconography and components functional ★ Clever or interesting mechanisms ★ Reasonably low downtime between turns with mildly AP players ★ Multiple plays stay interesting ★ Low or mitigatable luck elements ★★☆☆☆ Raw enjoyment