Animals · Card Game

Dog Lover

In Dog Lover, you fetch cards, collect bones, and gather food for your lovable dogs. You rescue them from the shelter, train them on new tricks, and cherish their unique traits. The player who takes care of their beloved dogs best will score the most victory points and win!

2–4 players30 minages 10light difficulty

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About the game

What is Dog Lover

In more detail, you start the game with a random dog card — which come in small, medium, and big sizes — as well as a random "special trick" card. Shuffle the game cards, then lay out the top nine cards in a 3x3 grid. Next to that, lay out three dog trick cards in an adjacent column and three rescued dogs in another column. The player farthest from the start player places the watch dog token next to one of the rows or columns, then the game is ready to play.

On a turn, choose one of your trick cards, rotating it as you desire, then collect cards from the 3x3 grid that match the pattern on the trick card, e.g., common polyomino shapes. You can take at most one card in the row or column under the protection of the watch dog. You can play and tuck cards both before and after you collect cards from the grid. What do you do with what you collect?

Dog cards sit in front of you immediately. Good boy!

Specs

Game details

Players: 2–4
Age: +10
Duration: 30 min
Difficulty: Light
Type: Board game
Year: 2021
Mechanics: Open Drafting · Set Collection · Variable Player Powers
Categories: Animals · Card Game
Designer: David Short
Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group · CMON Global Limited · Fox Games · MINDOK