CATherapy
CATherapy

Run a therapy office where cats are the therapy.

Build rooms, care for cats, and match them with clients who need a fluffy friend. A cooperative game for 2 to 4 players.

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The CATherapy box cover: a woman resting with three cats, surrounded by yarn Box-cover art: a woman resting her head on her arms, surrounded by three contented cats

The Game

It’s literally a game about herding cats while helping people heal.

  1. Play together. You win or lose as a team.
  2. Cats are the therapy. Match each client’s needs to a cat’s traits.
  3. Build your office. Add rooms, up to three floors high.
  4. Juggle resources. Food, litter and space run out fast.
The full CATherapy game set up on a green table: room tiles, cat and client cards, tokens and the box
CATherapy laid out for a game: the cat deck and three cat cards, MEOWples, litter and kibble cubes with the litter tray and kibble bowl, the client deck and event die, upgrade tokens, the room deck and room tiles, the starting office and the week tracker
Everything on the table, ready to play.

2-4 players ages 12+ about 15 minutes per player

Meet the cats

Rescue strays, each with their own traits (and their own opinions).

MEOWples: wooden cat pieces, one color per cat.

Meet the clients

Every client walks in having a hard day. Find them the right cat and watch them walk out feeling lighter.

Click a card to treat a client.

Build your office

Therapy rooms, storage rooms, waiting rooms and shelter rooms all ready to support your therapy office

Gameplay

The game takes place over a week, with each player taking 1 turn each day. On each turn a player:

  1. Takes one action: rescue a cat, build a room, gather food or litter, or move cats.

  2. Places a client: match their needs to the cats in a room.

Make it to the weekend: pay upkeep and keep the office running.

Meet the Creative Minds

  • Tanner Brown

    Tanner Brown

    Graphic Designer

    @mpathvisuals

  • Dailen Brown

    Dailen Brown

    Gameplay Engineer

    @dailenbrown

  • Katrina Conrad

    Katrina Conrad

    Artist

    @artistfae

The Brown Brothers, Dailen and Tanner, grew up playing board games together and have been building CATherapy together ever since.

Once the gameplay was ironed out, Katrina Conrad joined as our lead artist. She’s made most of the emotive, fun art you see here.

We aren’t therapists, but we encourage everyone to use the power of therapy in their own lives.