Lining up a row of three of your pieces isn't easy because when a piece is added to the board, it "boops" all of the pieces adjacent to it, pushing them one space away, including diagonally.

A piece can be booped right off the tree, in which case it is returned to the owner's pool of pieces.

A booped piece does not cause a chain reaction when it moves into a new space. other pieces it moves towards do not move away in reaction.

Placing:

Adding the White Kitten does not create a line of three. Instead, anything adjacent (yellow area) is pushed one space away.

Booping:

Pieces can be pushed right off the tree! No secondary chain reactions occur (so Kitten (a) doesn't move).

🐾 Don't be fooled by the tiered structure of the board. Cats and Kittens can be booped up or down a tier. Occasionally view play from overhead to see moves that are less obvious with the visual disruption of the 3-0 board.

🐾 "boop" or 'meow" sound effects are encouraged when you boop. : )

When any two pieces are already in a line on the board, another piece played into that line cannot push those pieces. This is true regardless of colors of the pieces.

(Of course, they CAN be booped from other directions.)

When the Black Kitten is played, Kitten (b) gets booped, but the other Kittens don't move because they cannot be booped into each other. The line of two (or more) prevents it.

Setting up a line of two and defending against it is an important strategy. In the image above, if it had been White's turn and a White Kitten had been placed instead, a line of 3 White Kittens would be scored on the diagonal. So, try to break up or block an opponent's line of two.