With the entire game revolving around slamming a button, I thought I would hate Scat Cat.

This short length actually works well for the game since Scat Cat is the type of game that works best in short bursts. Rounds take at most 20 seconds and most games will last only three to five minutes.

Scat Cat has to be one of the shortest games that I have ever played. The instructions are really short taking only a minute or two to read and the game is so self explanatory that you don’t really even need to read the rules. The game comes with a recommended age of 5+ and that seems about right. Since the game has little strategy/skill, the game relies heavily on luck to determine a winner. While you can develop a rhythm for when and how hard to hit the button, the game has no strategy and there isn’t a whole lot of skill involved either. Essentially the only thing you do in the game is slam your button over and over again in order to launch your cat into the air. Taking a look at the how to play section above you can probably tell how simple Scat Cat is. The blue player has won the game since they have reached the center platform for the fourth time. When one player reaches the center platform for the fourth time, they win the game. Otherwise the game can be played as a free-for-all where players keep playing even if someone has reached the center platform. All of the players move their cats to their first space and a new round is started. The player whose cat made it to the middle platform gets a point. Players can choose to stop the game when one player reaches the center platform. Scat Cat can be played in two different ways. If a players’ cat should fall off the board, the player places their cat back on the first space and starts moving the cat again.

Players are trying to move their cat through their track in order to reach the center platform. Everyone hits the button on their track in order to launch their cat into the air. When the game has been setup someone will yell “Go”. Everyone places their cat at the bottom space of their track and everyone resets their score marker to the lowest level. SetupĮach player takes a section of the game board and takes the cat of the same color. To be the first player to get their cat token into the middle platform four times. How to Play | Review | Final Verdict | Comments How to Play Objective

Scat card game