Cat Box is played with cards divided into quadrants each showing an empty box or one of five cats (in a box) Players take turns playing these cards to a shared display overlapping previous cards by one or two quadrants Each player is assigned a secret identity; if you are a cat you want as many of your cats showing at the end of the game as possible & as large a group of them as possible but if you are the chihuahua you want empty boxes & groups of exactly three cats Players can play cards held by themselves or any of their opponents but one side of the card is used when playing your own cards & the other (mirror image) side when playing other peoples& The advanced game adds five single-use tokens for each player which have different effects Players 2-5 Playing time 15-30 minutes Ages 6