How to Play

There are three BUBACAT game levels to enjoy.

Level 1 – Enter the City of Cats

Level 1 is the basic introductory Level game for BUBACAT.

How To Play

Instructions for the Game ( Prior to starting the game: Remove the four Cat Wall Cards, remove the two Festival Confusion Cards, two Crowd Control Cards and four Foe Cards before playing). You can play as many rounds as players. If there are no winners after you play all the rounds, take all the discard cards except the last card discarded, shuffle, and start again.

The acronym below is a fun way to remember the order of gameplay.

Match your card color to the discard pile

Empty your hand of all cards

Outstanding

Win

Shout “MEOW”

Goal – Players win game points when they match their card color to the color in the discard pile and empty their hand of all cards (20 points per round). Players need a total of 100 points to win the game.

Level 2 – Find Hidden Treasure (Remove the Festival Confusion Cards, Crowd Control Cards, and Foe Cards before playing).

How To Play – Players journey to recover hidden treasures of gold, jewelry, and paintings on stone walls.

Goals – Players win game points when they match their card color to the color in the discard pile and empty their hand of all cards (20 points per round). They win additional points when they recover the Wall Cat cards from the ancient ruins (15 points per Wall Card) . Players need a total of 100 points to win the game. If a player’s last card to discard is a Wall Card, then the player earns both the round (20 points) and the Wall Cat value (15 points). The Wall Cards also slow the game down for the players who recover the Wall Card, as they lose the next turn.

Level 3 – Battle in Bubastis (Remove the Wall Cat Cards and Combo Cards before playing).

How To Play – Players must rescue and protect their feline friends from attacks by feline foes and dangerous serpents at the Festival of Bubastis

Goal – The objective is to eliminate the Foe Cats from the Festival by drawing a Foe card or using a Crowd Control Card. Chaos Cards can cause confusion, but can be neutralized with a Crowd Control Cards or other tactics. Players earn points by matching their card color to the discard pile and emptying their hand (20 points per round). Drawing a Foe card earns 15 points. The player with the most points after four rounds wins.