Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Low interaction
Scales well
Light strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Draft shelter dogs, arrange them into training-card patterns, and rehome them with suitable families while competing for commendations and reputation.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Open Drafting
Select cards or items from a shared face-up display.
Pattern Building
Place elements to create arrangements that satisfy scoring or action patterns.
Set Collection
Gather related items that become more valuable when scored together.
End Game Bonuses
Earn additional points for meeting conditions evaluated when the game ends.
Solo / Solitaire Game
Provide rules and objectives designed for a single player.
Read the full game description
Forever Home is a welcoming pattern-building game about finding new families for shelter dogs. Each player manages a five-by-five shelter grid and spends two actions per turn bringing in dog tokens, moving dogs, or claiming training cards whose patterns match the shelter. Completed training sends dogs to home cards, where different family types score in distinct ways, while the shared commendation board rewards majorities in training, rehoming, and variety. Turns are fast, but each placement changes several scoring possibilities at once. A double-sided player board adds an advanced challenge, and a dedicated solo mode replaces table competition with trainer objectives and a round limit. The result is an accessible spatial puzzle with enough drafting tension and scoring overlap to reward repeated play.
