{"id":18317,"date":"2026-04-20T07:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dlair.net\/austin\/?p=18317"},"modified":"2026-04-20T07:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:20:10","slug":"prepare-for-strategic-booping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dlair.net\/austin\/prepare-for-strategic-booping\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepare for Strategic Booping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Boop<\/em>\u00a0is an adorable Smirk &amp; Dagger game of cats trying to sit on a bed. The rules are simple, but the implications of those rules make for a very strategic game with surprising depth.<\/p>\n<p>The basics are simple: players take turns placing kittens on a bed. Every time a kitten is placed on the bed, every kitten adjacent (vertically, horizontally, and diagonally) gets \u201cbooped\u201d one square away from the placed kitten. Kittens can be \u201cbooped\u201d right off the edge of the bed!<\/p>\n<p>However, if there\u2019s already a kitten on the opposite side of a kitten from the \u201cbooping\u201d cat, the \u201cboop\u201d doesn\u2019t happen. That kitten remains where it is since it can\u2019t be \u201cbooped\u201d into another kitten.<\/p>\n<p>If you line up three kittens (after all the booping has been done), all three kittens graduate up to cats. Cats are bigger than kittens; they can\u2019t be \u201cbooped\u201d by kittens. Cats, however, can \u201cboop\u201d both kittens and cats.<\/p>\n<p>If you line up three cats (or have all eight of your cats) on the bed, you win!<\/p>\n<p>The ideas of the game are simple enough, but they produce surprising strategic depth. You can\u2019t just place one kitten next to another to try and create a line, since placing a kitten \u201cboops\u201d the kitten next to it. The trick is to arrange things where \u201cbooping\u201d can\u2019t happen, or to \u201cboop\u201d the last kitten into place to create a row of three. Trying to move cats is more difficult, since kittens can\u2019t \u201cboop\u201d them; they can only be \u201cbooped\u201d by other cats. So it requires a lot of thinking ahead to get our felines in the right position, and the whole time your opponent will be \u201cbooping\u201d your felines right along with theirs. It\u2019s very much like\u2026 Actually, it\u2019s\u00a0<em>exactly<\/em>\u00a0like trying to herd cats! You can deny your opponent certain places on the board by arranging things so placing their cat or kitten in that space will \u201cboop\u201d one of yours into a lineup of three. And that\u2019s only scratching the surface of this clever and cute game.<\/p>\n<p><em>Boop<\/em>\u00a0is played by two players, and a game typically lasts less than a half-hour of play, meaning you can play it multiple times in an evening. The art is adorable, \u201cbooping\u201d felines around the bed is cute, and the strategy requires thinking ahead multiple moves to get your \u201cboops\u201d in just the right places. Talk to the cat-friends at your local Dragon\u2019s Lair Games &amp; Fantasy\u00ae today about adding\u00a0<em>Boop<\/em>\u00a0to your collection.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dlair.net\/austin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/a91c4a9f-5f11-cb5e-d5ae-044f24c48fac-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dlair.net\/austin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/a91c4a9f-5f11-cb5e-d5ae-044f24c48fac-300x300.png 492w, https:\/\/www.dlair.net\/austin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/a91c4a9f-5f11-cb5e-d5ae-044f24c48fac-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 492px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boop\u00a0is an adorable Smirk &amp; Dagger game of cats trying to sit on a bed. 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