How to play Nine Lives Loot

A turn-based dungeon board game about brave cats, questionable plans, and knowing when to take the loot and leave.

1. Gather your crew
Start a dungeon and share its code with friends, or choose solo practice to play against bots. Pick one of the four cat heroes; no login is required.
2. Keep a private quest
Choose one of your offered quests. The rejected quests become shared objectives, so keep an eye on what the other cats collect.
3. Build the dungeon
At the start of each round, every player receives 2 room cards. Take turns placing both around the Heart Pool, one per pass, before normal turns begin. On an Explore turn, choose one of two revealed rooms, rotate it, and connect it to the dungeon.
4. Plan your escape
Start at the Heart Pool and connect a route through the rooms. Claiming a new room costs a paw. Match a monster’s attack requirements to fight for its reward, or pass it and take its bypass damage.
5. Pack potions and a power
Potions add temporary power, retained trophies strengthen your hero, and every hero has a power usable once per round. Damage must stay strictly below defence throughout your route.
6. Find the exit
Leave through an exposed corridor and confirm your escape. The first escape starts a shared draw countdown. Resting instead leaves the round and can increase your permanent paw capacity.
7. Count the loot
After three rounds, the server totals treasure, opened chests and quest rewards, then subtracts trap penalties. The most gold wins; equal totals share the victory.

Meet your heroes

Wizard

Catnap Spell. Once per round, bypass one monster for 0 damage and no loot. Does not disarm traps or bypass claimed-room restrictions.

Bard

Encore. Once per round, add +1 to one required attack type for one fight on your own escape.

Rogue

Quiet Entry. Once per round, pass one locked doorway without a key on your escape. Does not open it permanently or open chests.

Healer

Bless This Mess. Once per round, cancel up to 2 accumulated damage between rooms on your own escape. Cannot rescue an already invalid route.