Boop Review, boop. is a very cute & clever two player board game about cats jumping on a bed
Channel: Tabletop Bellhop
Date: 2023-10-17

In this podcast segment we take a look at boop. from Smirk & Dagger games, a rather deep two player abstract strategy game with a very cute and approachable theme. 

Prefer to read or want more pictures? Check out Moe's written review on the blog:
https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/boop/

This review is one segment of episode 219 of The Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, How do you do fellow kids? watch it here: https://youtu.be/HYwooBZDqeU

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Disclosure: Thank you to Curt from Smirk & Dagger for letting us take a review copy of boop. home from Origins Game Fair 2023

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Timestamps:

00:00 WHAT IS BOOP?
01:16 WHAT YOU GET WITH BOOP
02:10 HOW TO PLAY BOOP
04:02 OUR THOUGHTS ON BOOP
07:16 WHO SHOULD PICK UP BOOP?
08:35 COMPARING BOOP TO SHOBU 
12:01 CLOSING AND WHERE TO FIND MORE

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From the publisher:

The adorably 'thinky' game for 2 clever cats.

Every time you place a kitten on the bed, it goes “boop.” Which is to say that it pushes every other kitten next to it 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.

But that isn’t easy with both you AND your opponent constantly “booping” kittens around. It’s like… herding cats!

Can you “boop” your cats into position to win? Or will you just get “booped” right off the bed?

Approachable but challenging abstract game and a worthy follow up to SHOBU.     

Plays in 20 to 30 minutes.

Features a quilted, fabric board that lays over the back of the box, completing the minature bed playing surface. 8 wood kittens and cats per player - 32 adorable cat pieces in all!

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