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Super Meow is a light and silly adventure where players try to be the first to find and dress the mysterious superhero cat. To win, you just need to reveal a cat and a cape at the start of your turn. That’s it. But of course, it’s never that easy.
There’s a bit of sneaky stealing, a bit of card-buying, and quite a lot of laughing along the way. It’s quick, colourful, and just chaotic enough to be interesting without overwhelming anyone. We gave it a go with a mix of adults and kids, and honestly, we were pleasantly surprised by how much fun we had.
👥 2-4 players, ages 6+
⌛ Playing time: 15 minutes
📝 Designer: Guillaume Desportes
🎨 Artwork: Olivier Derouetteau
🏢 Publisher: Space Cow (review copy provided by Asmodee Belgium).
Gameplay Overview
One of the fun little things about Super Meow is how the box is part of the game. You don’t just open it and toss it aside. The bottom tray flips and becomes the market. The sleeve stands upright and becomes a trash can. It’s clever, saves space, and makes setup really quick.
Around the market, you place piles of cat food, mice, cats, and capes. There’s also a small bank tile for coin cards. Each player takes a character card and four matching starting cards, which get shuffled into a personal deck, called your backpack. You draw two cards from it to form your hand, but keep them facedown. The area to the right of your character card is your discard pile, called the washing machine, because… why not?
On your turn, you flip your two hand cards face up. You then get to do one thing: buy a card, throw away a card, use a mouse card, or just pass.
To buy something, you use the little icons on your cards to pay the cost of any card from the market or the bank. Bought cards go into your washing machine. If you throw away a card, it’s removed from the game, either into the trash can if it’s a starting card, or back to its supply pile if it came from the market.
The mouse cards are where things get cheeky. You can use them to steal one of another player’s facedown hand cards. That card goes to your own washing machine, and they draw a new one.
Once you’ve taken your action, both your cards go to the washing machine, and you draw two new ones. If your backpack runs out, you just shuffle your washing machine into a new one.
The moment someone reveals both a cat and a cape at the start of their turn, the game ends immediately and they become the superhero cat. Hopefully with a dramatic meow.
Visual Design and Components
Super Meow has a bright, comic-style look that fits the theme really well. The cards are full of energy, with bold lines and expressive little cat (and mouse) characters. You don’t need to read anything either. The game uses icons to show everything you need to know, which makes it really easy to explain, especially to younger players.
Each type of card has its own colour, so you can quickly tell what’s what. Green for food, orange for capes, purple for mice, and yellow for coins. There are also little symbols like paw prints, mouse masks, or trash cans that help you understand what a card does without needing to check the rules constantly.
The market is also nicely illustrated. Each side of the flipped box shows a different sort of shop. One has tins of food, one has capes, one’s full of sneaky mice. It’s a small thing, but it adds to the setting and helps give the game a bit of character.
One thing worth pointing out is the card quality. They’re very thin, but somehow still quite durable. Ours held up surprisingly well, even after several fast-paced sessions and a lot of handling by small hands.
Our Experience
We played Super Meow with kids and adults together, and it worked really well. Setup was done in a minute or two, and even the younger players understood the flow of the game after the first round. The clear icons and use of space really helped. Everyone quickly figured out where cards went and what they were supposed to do.
With three or four players, the game moves fast. Turns are short, and the mouse cards introduce tension to keep things interesting without making anyone feel picked on. There were a few moments where someone just dodged having their cape stolen, which led to a lot of groaning and laughter.
By the second game, people started thinking more carefully about when to throw away their weaker cards and when to save up for better ones. And yes, there were multiple games. Because they only last around ten minutes, we usually played two or three in a row. We even got a bit competitive over who got to “meow” the best to be the starting player. Some took that part very seriously.
What stood out most to us was how easily kids picked it up, and more importantly, how well they managed it without adults needing to jump in. Once they got the hang of it, they were playing full games on their own, including setup and shuffling.
Our Thoughts
Super Meow is one of those games that knows exactly what it is. It’s simple, silly, and fast, and it doesn’t pretend to be anything else. It’s perfect for families, classrooms, or game nights with friends where you want something light and fun before moving on to something heavier.
That said, it’s clearly aimed at a younger audience. For experienced gamers, it might feel a bit shallow after a few plays. There’s not a huge amount of long-term strategy, and the gameplay can start to feel repetitive if you’re only playing with adults.
Still, as an introduction to basic deck-building ideas, it really works. You learn to build your own deck, manage your cards, and even trash the ones you don’t want. The actual trash can helps drive the point home in a funny, physical way.
You’ll do better if you keep your deck balanced and don’t ignore those cape or cat cards for too long. Hoarding coins without a plan won’t help either, as one of our younger players quickly learned the hard way.
Overall, we’d recommend Super Meow for families with young players, casual gaming groups, or anyone looking for a colourful, lighthearted filler game. It’s easy to teach, quick to play, and brings just the right mix of luck, light tactics, and mischief to the table.
📝 We received a review copy from Asmodee Belgium.
