Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you’ve been missing out on? Let’s find out!







First up: We flock together like birds of a feather in Oh My Pigeons!Next: We make really big bids and hope it does the trick in Colossal Cat In The BoxAnd lastly: We hop around the board releasing rabbits in our wake in Bunny Boom







Oh My Pigeons!







Designed by: (not listed)Published by: Ravensburger (2024Players: 2 – 5Ages: 8 & upPlaying time: 15 minutes







Oh My Pigeons! is a fast-paced, “take-that” party game where players compete to be the first to fill their “bench” with silly little pigeons. On your turn, you play a card and set off one of the following:









* Gaining Pigeons: Take pigeons from the central flock and add them to your bench.







* Stealing Pigeons: Take pigeons directly from other players’ benches.







* Removing Pigeons: Force other players to return pigeons from their benches back to the central flock.







* Swapping Benches: Exchange your entire bench (and its pigeons) with another player.







* Rolling the Die: If you play the “Oh My Pigeons!” card, you roll a special die with various outcomes:







* Gain Pigeons: Take 3 or 5 pigeons from the flock.







* Steal Pigeons: Take 2 or 4 pigeons from other players (you can split them among multiple opponents).







* “Poo” Flick: This is a dexterity element! Place the die near your bench and flick it at an opponent’s bench. Any pigeons knocked off their bench return to the central flock.







* “NON” Card: This is a special card that can be played anytime, even on another player’s turn, to cancel their card action or prevent them from taking pigeons or flicking the die after a roll.







* Draw Cards: At the end of your turn, draw cards until you have 3 cards in your hand again. 









The game immediately ends as soon as any player fills all the spaces on their bench with pigeons. That player is declared the winner.







Colossal Cat In The Box







Designed by: Muneyuki YokouchiPublished by: Bézier Games (2024)Players: 2 – 5Ages: 14 & upPlaying time: 20 – 40 minutes







Cat in the Box is a unique trick-taking card game with a “quantum” twist: your cards don’t have a fixed suit until you play them! Unlike traditional trick-taking games where cards have a set suit (hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades), in Cat in the Box, your cards are “colorless.” Each round is played in two parts: preparation, where you are dealt a hand, discard one card, then place a guess how many tricks you’ll win, and trick taking. When you play a card, you declare its color (red, blue, yellow, or green) and place a token on a central “research board” to mark that specific number/color combination as “observed.” Here’s the catch: You cannot declare a color for a card if that specific number/color combination has already been observed on the research board by any player. This is where the “paradox” comes in. If you’re forced to play a card but cannot legally declare a color for it (because all options for that number are taken), you’ve caused a paradox, and the round ends immediately. You can score points in multiple ways, as you score points for the number of tricks won, if your guess during preparation was correct, and if you’ve created a “run” of tokens on the research b...