Patchwork

A fun two-player game. Definitely challenging, but clear instructions make it easy to learn. The playing pieces are constructed well and have a nice feel. The board and patch designs are colorful, intricate, and unique. A good value for the money, and it makes a great gift.

Kids have grown up but we still wanted to honor family game night. Perfect 2 person game. Easy to learn and play. About 20-30 min. It is a bit like Tetris getting pieces to fit on a board. Well made and sturdy. Colors and designs are pleasing

~ Rainy/snowy/too hot weekend? Got the stew stewing or pie baking? Not all friends could come over? Got about 20 minutes to kill? Well, this is the perfect game for you to play with your friend/roommate/partner/husband/child/anyone you've got there! But please note that you can only play this with one friend; not the whole squad - for this is strictly a 2-player game! ~ What's all the stuff here? Well, you've got a lot of blue buttons, 33 patches, two quilt boards (lime green and yellow) and two time tokens of the same colors corresponding to these quilt boards, One Time board (the one with the spiral steps), One Neutral Token (the one that looks like Chess coin), Five 1x1 patches (the tiny leather patches), One 7x7 button tile (special tile). ~ Rules: 1. Each player picks one quilt board and the time token of the color corresponding to the color of their quilt board. Sit opposite to each other. 2. Place the time board at the center. Both the time tokens have to be placed at the beginning of the spiral in the time board (As the game progresses, you literally spiral your way through time!). Place the 1x1 patches at the corresponding blanks on the time board. Arrange all the 33 patches randomly around the time board. 3. Locate the smallest of the 33 patches. You'll find a tiny 2x2 rectangular patch. The Neural token (the grey chess like coin) has to be placed between this patch and it's immediate patch in the clockwise direction (refer to picture attached). The game proceeds in the clockwise direction from the neutral token. 4. Each player gets 5 buttons to begin with. 5. The player who last picked a needle must start the game. If neither of you have done that, just toss for it! 6. During your turn, you have two choices: Choice A: Buy a patch of your choice by paying the number of buttons indicated on that patch. You are eligible to buy any of the first three patches that are immediately adjacent to the neutral token in the clockwise direction. When you do pick a patch, move the neutral token to the now empty spot created by you taking this patch. Now you can use this patch to create a quilt on your quilt board. Use the patch wisely! Next, move your time token as per the number of steps indicated by the hourglass on that patch that you've just used. As long as your time token is further behind or on top of your opponent's time token, it is still your turn! Yes. This game does not necessarily alternate turns. Choice B: You decide to rest. Here you just pass over your opponent's time token; exactly to the next space. Not one step more or less. You'll receive one button for each of the spaces that you've crossed. Now that your time token is in front of your opponent's, your turn is over! 7. When your time token spirals it's way through the time board, You might happen to pass through some special places. When you cross a button checkpoint, count the number of buttons on the quilt that you've created on your work board (this doesn't include the buttons that you spent buying the patches but rather the huge buttons on the patches). You receive these many buttons from the reserve. Also, in case you are the first player to land onto or pass over a 1x1 patch, you get that patch. These patches go to the first player to land on or pass over them and MUST BE USED IMMEDIATELY. 8. The first player to build a complete 7x7 quilt (without any empty spaces) on their work board gets the special 7x7 tile. This corresponds to 7 buttons. (PS. The work board itself is 9x9) 9. So that's it. When both the time tokens reach the center of the time board, the game ends. 10. Point calculation: Add all the buttons that you have left. From this subtract the number of empty spaces on your work board multiplied by 2. ~ So that's pretty much it. You can refer to the pictures that I've attached to get more of an idea. ~ You'll definitely get familiar with the rules when you play a game or two. The rules are very simple. And the game is fun! ~ Also, I've noticed that this game does not involve much fighting or cheating. Just a fun and friendly game that helps you while away a max of 30 mins .

This is quite a fun two player game. The game length depends heavily on how long players spend analyzing their turn. We've found it takes us roughly 20 minutes or so. Do note that the game is only for two players. It's printed rather largely on the box cover, but I just wanted to reiterate in case it were overlooked. The artwork on the game pieces has a cute feel to it and was actually the reason i chose to buy the game (my wife loves sewing crafts). While it certainly doesn't hurt gameplay, one improvement i'd make is to include real plastic buttons rather than cardboard ones. If someone felt so inclined, this could be an easy upgrade you could add to the game yourself without much cost.. some people, like my grandma, have jars full of buttons laying around! The rules of the game are short and rather simple. At the start of the game you feel as if the game might be too trivial and might not have enough strategy incorporated. However, it wont be long until you realize that's far from the case. For being such a simple game concept with a small rulebook, it is packed full of strategy. There's the obvious layout concern for your card, but then there are additional considerations such as managing your button income, defensively choosing a piece or advancing beyond a piece so your opponent can't get their ideal piece, not progressing too quickly around the board, but also not going so slow that you're strapped for funds. There's a bonus scoring of filling a certain sized region of your board, however we usually are unable to achieve this without making sacrifices or just getting lucky. One possible twist you can add to the game is to come up with your own regions/shapes to achieve points.. kind of like how bingo can be an X, a square, etc. You could make any type of regions/bonus points you want. The simple concept of the game would make it a good gateway game.. but it would really need a 4 player variant for that to work for us. I'd love to see a 4 player expansion put out for this game where you got a couple quilt boards and it doubled-up the patches and buttons (these would need to have an indicator on them so you could remove them for a 2 player game again). We enjoy this game quite a bit, but i don't think i'd consider it in our main rotation.. but it's very close. The game is well balanced and has good strategy involved.. it just doesn't have enough dynamics to it to make it something you play on high rotation. That said, i'm glad we bought it and I'd still buy it again. If they ever do come out with that 4 player expansion i'm sure we'll pick it up.

Fun short game that we’ll probably come back to. Rules are simple and easy to understand

Super nice game, easy to play

This is really a fun game and one of our favourites. Value for money is there. The quality of the product is very good.

I bought this to add to my two player game options, and I’m not disappointed. It’s very easy to learn and has a quick but enjoyable gameplay. I would advise using a decent sized table to set up, as you need to place all pieces in a circle around the board. The game itself is very aesthetically pleasing, and both myself and the other player (both women in late 20s) found it pleasing and relaxing. We played two rounds and could have done more. Easy enough for children to play but has enough variety in play-throughs, and potential for tactics to be enjoyable for adults. I would highly recommend for people who want something to play as a less drawn out and intense option. Set up is minimal and although there is a lot of pieces involved, it’s not as intimidating or confusing as other board games. My only advise would be to keep the button pieces in a ziplock bag as I can see them disappearing over time! Although it was pointed out to me you could easily sub in real buttons and get the same effect. Definitely worth the money, and has the added bonus of being very pretty and calming!

El juego aparenta ser sencillo, pero esconde muchísima estrategia. Es un gran juego para 2 jugadores, es rápido de aprender y tiene una profundidad asombrosa además de que es altamente divertido. Apto para todos los públicos. Los componentes son de gran calidad y el precio es bastante bueno para todo lo que ofrece.

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