These Pics Of Cats Interrupting Board Games Are Adorably Chaotic

By  Travis Greenwood

Cats just like to be in the middle of the action — and they aren't afraid to crash the scene, whether they were invited or not.

That's the takeaway from a hilarious thread on Twitter, where James Huntrods, a writer with Netflix, posted a series of photos of his parent's cat barging in on family game night.

"My parent's cat interrupting board games over Christmas, a thread," he wrote on the social media platform.

cat interrupting board game @JamesHuntrods via Twitter

Board games, card games, wild hybrid games that incorporate both — no matter the format, kitty (whose name remains unknown, sadly) kept returning to the table around which the family was gathering nightly.

cat sticking head into bag of doritos @JamesHuntrods via Twitter

There were flops ...

cat sitting on dinner table interrupting board game @JamesHuntrods via Twitter

... and statuesque poses.

cat sitting on board game @JamesHuntrods via Twitter

Artistic photo framing ...

cat interrupting board game @JamesHuntrods via Twitter

... and pet collecting. All the pets.

cat interrupting card game @JamesHuntrods via Twitter

"He just likes to be involved," concluded Huntrods with one final pic of the cat, standing triumphantly atop — where else — one of the game's boxes.

cat sitting on board game box @JamesHuntrods via Twitter

Because the thread was both LOL and relatable, cat owners quickly responded with a sprawling jumble of shots of their own cats flashing that big interloper energy.

"As she's black and white, she thinks she can play either colour."

cat walking across chess board @CarlGorka via Twitter

"I am familiar with this"

cat sitting on an unfinished jigsaw puzzle @dogriguez via Twitter

"He went from shoulder to shoulder to eventually laying in my Monopoly money."

cat on man's shoulder playing monopoly @Mrs_Vee_tweets via Twitter

"Yep… and it was a cat jigsaw!"

cat sitting on unfinished jigsaw puzzle @SarahJarvis1964 via Twitter

"Filling out crosswords is impossible here"

cat sleeping on crossword puzzle @zoetjebq via Twitter

"Mine also seems to love crosswords"

cat sleeping on crossword puzzle @skylichka via Twitter

"Not a cat, but Edina likes to help with the crossword…"

dog sitting on a crossword puzzle @mrkittydonjuan via Twitter

"Our cat is fond of this too"

cat interrupting a game of monopoly and yawning @wonkywitch via Twitter

"And war games too!"

cat sitting on diorama @Canuck_Bud via Twitter

"I think not."

cat slapping woman's hand and on top of a puzzle @a_non_coward via Twitter

"Tired after all the hard work"

cat sleeping in box on a bed of puzzle pieces @LindaHiggi via Twitter

"Haven't even gotten set up and he's already trying to take over the world"

cat sniffing board game @Quigleythecrow via Twitter

"Playing the cards he is dealt"

cat playing cards @derekdbau via Twitter

"Can relate (Settler of Catan)"

cat sitting in Settler of Catan box @FionaOldThings via Twitter

"She can't understand why we'd want to play with pieces on a board when we could be playing with her instead."

cat sleeping on board game @CatStorageIdeas via Twitter

"First he ruined the tablecloth, now he wants to ruin Carcassonne..."

cat interrupting board game @JoyAston via Twitter

"Why would we put something on the floor and gather round it if we didn’t want Stanley to spread his majestic floof on it, apparently?"

cat sitting on board game @DrEmilyPrice via Twitter

Nor were games on the computer immune from such meddling:

"Also, unfortunately, I’ve had to work this week, and this is made harder when you’re on a call and a beagle wants to know how the iMac works…"

dog resting head on woman's wrist @GrumpyGamers via Twitter

So routine is this issue, in fact, that one game maker has already designed a clever countermeasure: "If you have a pet cat, you should place it here while playing The Isle Of Cats"

Isle of Cats board game @jamiereeves1974 via Twitter

And this board bait works!

"I was going to mention Isle of Cats! Now that you have seen the cat garment that is the game lid, here is Max modeling its fit."

cat sleeping in box for Isle Of Cats board game @ScientistAt via Twitter

Genius! Remember: If you're interested in it, your cat is also interested in it.

​For more photos of cats crashing game night, click on over to Twitter!​

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