Some two-player games are cooperative, while others are competitive," he says. For example, the Actually Curious games won't pit you against your opponent whereas games like chess and Boop do. The next few months I didn't have to do a whole lot of work on boop. other than to peek at the progress Curt was making on the design of the box, the rulebook, and the quilt! Yes, instead of a crepe paper ruffle, boop. would include an actual stitched quilt as the board in every box! This idea of one piece affecting everything directly around it became an experiment of different outcomes, especially if the theme were different. Maybe things are magnetic, and some would push and some would pull. Or maybe only one would push. Maybe they would flip. I ran through at least a dozen variations over the next month or two before settling down with a played piece simply pushing all adjacent pieces — unless there was a piece next to it that prevented its movement. I would run with that and keep it themeless (for now).

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If you have a set of all kittens or a mixture of cats and kittens, remove one of these sets from the gameboard and your supply gains 3 Cats. Note in case of a mixture all cats and kittens are still removed, with the kittens replaced by cats before being returned to your pool. If you have multiple groups of 3-in-a-row, only ONE group can be aged each turn Board size was something I fought with a lot. Remember, at this stage I had no constraints. A larger board would accommodate more pieces, but would also increase the manufacturing cost. Additionally, I wanted to allow pieces to fall off the edge of the board instead of clogging it up, and a larger board made that happen rarely.

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We elected to skip the Origins Game Fair because its dates were too close to our favorite convention: Geekway to the West. It, too, had been delayed until the third quarter due to Covid. I chatted with Curt Covert of Smirk & Dagger beforehand and asked whether he would be attending. He was worried his schedule (and wife) wouldn't allow it — until I reminded him of what happened when he missed the same convention in 2019. ( Hues and Cues was demoed.) The first convention to resume was Gen Con in September 2021. While I did attend and had "Pounce House" (and other games) to pitch, I didn't. I wasn't 100% after my health scare and preferred to skulk around the demo hall watching people play Hues and Cues. This was the first time I had gotten to see retail versions being played in person. I sat in with a few groups without disclosing my relationship, soaked up the laughter, and took note of unique clues. And while I haven't been given clearance to officially talk about the future of boop., let's just say there's already more great things in the works! Much like the name, the theme needed to relate to the mechanism and not just be slapped on. I considered a number of options: meteors from space, sumo wrestlers in a ring, drops of water raining down. Then the obvious hit me: CATS!I think he was hooked right there and then, but if you know Curt, don't play poker with him. He doesn't project until he's sure. He asked to take the prototype home to test. I sheepishly agreed, knowing it was my only example. It was only a few weeks later when he called to tell me he wanted to move forward with it immediately! Every time you place a kitten on the bed, it goes "boop." Which is to say that it pushes every other kitten on the board one space away. Line up three kittens in a row to graduate them into cats. . . and then, get three cats in a row to win. Because the games are sourced worldwide, if there is an issue with a missing component you will have to reach out to the specific publisher. If you are having issues reaching the publisher directly, please reach out to us.