Launch and first tournament in Terrassa

On Wednesday 3 September 2025 at 6 pm, in Plaça Vapor Ventalló, as part of Terrassa’s Street Games Week, we officially introduced the game with a tournament to teach people how to play.

Hello everyone! 

Luci Morera and I, Joan Rosset, are here to introduce this new board game. We will give you a short introduction, then teach you the rules as we play the tournament. 

A Risk Cat grew from a simple idea, when musician and bandleader Pol Pastor showed us a game that sparked our imagination. 

We made a first prototype using characters from works by artist Octavi Intente, including a ‘Fried Egg’, which gave that first prototype its name.

We tried it with friends and family, who tried it with their friends and family. Everyone asked: where can we buy this game? Well, we hadn’t thought of that!

That was when we began talking to people in the industry and game enthusiasts who encouraged us and helped make it happen. They also told us two things very clearly: a game needs a connecting story, or storytelling, and a strong name.

And you know what? We already had our story: an eccentric artist surrounded by his cats. We also knew the type of game: push your luck, where you must constantly decide how much to risk.

That is how the name was born: A Risk Cat.  It comes from ‘Arrisca’t!’ in Catalan, meaning ‘dare to take risks’, and also plays on the English word ‘cat’: a cat walking the tightrope between risk and intuition.

Let me finish with an anecdote: Octavi’s main painting features the four Musician Cats. I realised that, unintentionally, he had brought everything full circle: it began with a musician, Pol Pastor, and ends with the musician cats at the heart of this game.

Thanks for helping with A Risk Cat go to:

– Octavi Intente for the illustrations and for bringing the game to life.

– Pol Pastor for showing us Cheeky Monkey, the game that inspired it.

– Xavier Bardagí of La República Bananera for encouraging us to make it and apply for a grant from the Catalan Government’s Department of Culture.

– Maite Llordes for digitising the artworks and suggesting logos.

– Jaume Aulet for writing the rules.

– Lidia Álvarez for all the corrections.

– Arnau Rosset for making the rules video.

– Marta Begué for the voice-over.

– Otger Espinet for building the website.

– Miqui Giménez for giving us space during Street Games Week. 

– Gemma Ramos from Museu de Terrassa for providing the tournament’s first prize.

– The Department of Culture for the grant supporting games in Catalan.

– Our friends who helped improve the game by playing it and put up with us throughout its creation.

– Our children who are always there for us,

– And everyone who came to the square: thank you for being here today. 

The tournament took place at six tables with five or six participants each. Two rounds produced two finalists from each table. The final was played by six participants. 

Finalists: Guim Comasolives, Josep Ventosa, Victòria Ruíz, Neus Ferrer, Elvira Ubach and Sergi Merino.

Winner: Elvira Ubach. 

The prize was a three-hour guided tour of medieval Terrassa for up to 15 people, courtesy of the Terrassa Museums service.