Lookout Games | Patchwork | Board Game | Ages 8+ | 2 Players | 15-30 Minute Playing Time & Space Cowboys | Jaipur 2nd Edition | Board Game | Ages 12+ | 2 Players | 30 Minute Playing time

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Patchwork is a strategy with a rather abstract theme – making a quilt of colorful patches. It may not seem very exciting to many gamers who are used to adventures, fantasy, travels in time and space, and fighting monsters. This time, Uwe Rosenberg offers his admirers a peaceful and domestic pastime that you may enjoy while having a cup of tea and sharing gossip about your neighbors. How many cats are alive in the boxes and how many are dead? This card game plays like Liar’s Dice with a cat-themed twist. The game ends when both players have run out of time - in other words, when they’ve reached the middle of the time board.

If your time token is on top of the other’s time token or behind it, you go again. Otherwise, it is your opponent’s turn. Patchwork cleverly uses elements of time management and resource management, you have to watch your opponent’s actions, so, the game might turn out not to be as meek as you thought. The scoring in Patchwork is very straight forward. Count your buttons and subtract two for every square on your board that isn’t covered by a patch. The only other thing to consider is there is a X button bonus for the first player to cover a 7×7 area of their board, but when this is scored you just count these as buttons. The Theme Works Well Do you have a favourite ghoul? If you do, then Patchwork Halloween could be a perfect game for you! Pumpkin Patches! In a board games review by Wirecutter, Patchwork was described as being "similar to Tetris but with a sewing theme" and a "surprisingly complex challenge". [3] McMillan states that the game is deceptively "peaceful and harmonious" on first inspection, but once the game is in progress it becomes evident that the game is "devious and cutthroat". [1] He also states that beginners may finish their first few games with negative scores. [1] More experienced players may play by "trying to make it impossible for [their] opponent to fill" their quilt. [1]Player count, game length and overview: What is Patchwork about, how long is it and how many people can play? Patchwork is a puzzle-like tile-placement game for two players by Uwe Rosenberg and the perfect example of not judging a book by its cover - or, in this case, a board game by its theme.

Apart from being aesthetically superior, creating a quilt with no holes is good because you are more likely to get the 7x7 bonus and it’ll mean fewer minus points at the end of the game. Only the first person to complete a filled-in, hole-free seven-by-seven square earns the 7x7 bonus, which is worth 7 points. Button bonanza! Pass a beautifully wrapped single present bonus patch and you will be able to add it to your prezzie pile! What’s more, if you are the first to completely fill a 7×7 portion of your board as you are tessellating your tiles, you will receive Santa’s seven-point bonus! Snow-tastic! Quilt Show by Rio Grande Games is another quilt-making game that came out the same year Patchwork did. This tendency has something to say about trends in modern gaming, that’s for sure. (It’s up to you to decide what exactly.) With artwork by Matthew Inman, the artist who brought us The Oatmeal, Exploding Kittens is easily one of the most popular board games about cats available today. The objective is simple: don’t explode! This game is like a combination of Uno and Musical Chairs. Players play cards to help them not explode and then end their turn by drawing a card. If a player draws an exploding kitten, they better hope they have some sort of diffuse card, like a laser beam or belly rubs! Otherwise, they explode and they are out of the game. The last player standing wins. Isle of Cats

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Then players score; you find the largest rectangle you’ve coloured with no gaps and score for the largest square in that rectangle plus one for every row/column not inside the square. For example, in a 6×4 rectangle, you’d score 16 for the 4×4 square plus two for the rows not in the square, so 18 in total. Once the first round is scored, you move onto round two and repeat, then round three. Keep your mice safe from the hungry cat! If you’re the last player with mice left in your bowl in this fast-paced game, then you win. Roll dice to find out what happens. You can squeak by a sleeping cat, but a hungry cat spells trouble. This adorably thematic game comes with little mice pieces, unique dice, and a bowl for the kitty. Here, Kitty, Kitty! Folklore Editions have also been released. These "re-themes" are based around different regions or cultures, and incorporate fabric designs and artwork of those regions. Patchwork: Folklore China was released in 2020 in German and Chinese. Patchwork: Folklore Taiwan was released in 2020 in German and Chinese. Patchwork: Folklore Polen was released in 2021 in German and Polish. Patchwork: Folklore Skandinavien was released in 2021 in German. Patchwork: Folklore Anden was released in 2022 in German and Spanish.