{"id":19951,"date":"2026-06-02T16:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T14:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/mecanique\/non-classifiee\/magicats-2026-the-magical-cat-battle-royale-is-back\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T16:09:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T14:09:34","slug":"magicats-2026-the-magical-cat-battle-royale-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/news\/magicats-2026-the-magical-cat-battle-royale-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Magicats (2026) \u2013 The magical cat Battle Royale is back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">You might remember Clash of the Gladiators, the arena game designed by Reiner Knizia. It returns in 2026 in a fully revamped edition, published by Korea Boardgames, and the makeover is definitely worth noticing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><strong>What is Magicats?<\/strong> Welcome to the Great Magic Cat Tournament at Felinor School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! 2 to 4 players compete by leading clans of magical cats in a merciless arena. The goal? Collect the most trophies by capturing your opponents&#8217; cats and their magic tokens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The game unfolds in two distinct phases. First, the <strong>Preparation Phase<\/strong>: you position your cats on the board and equip them by drafting from 11 different types of magic tokens. Each cat heads into battle loaded with 4 tokens. Then comes the <strong>Battle Phase<\/strong>: cats move up to 4 spaces to engage their opponents. The distance between fighters constantly changes the dynamic of each encounter. Take two hits, lose a token to your opponent. Lose your last token&#8230; and your cat becomes a trophy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><strong>Why should you check it out?<\/strong> Reiner Knizia is a guarantee of clean, efficient mechanics. Magicats looks very accessible from age 10, with 40-minute play sessions and a moderate complexity rating (2.20\/5). Perfect for a laid-back game night that still keeps you on your toes \u2014 or rather&#8230; on your claws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might remember Clash of the Gladiators, the arena game&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[347],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19952,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19951\/revisions\/19952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mr-boardgames.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}