Description
In Patchwork, two players compete to build the most aesthetically pleasing patchwork quilt on a personal 9x9 game board. To start the game, each player takes five buttons and places them in a circle. The game board is then randomly placed in the center of the circle. Players take turns either purchasing one of the three patches or passing. To purchase a patch, the player pays the cost in buttons shown on the patch, advances their time token on the time track by the number of spaces shown on the patch, moves the spool to the patch's location, then adds the patch to their game board. If the player's time token is behind or on top of the other player's time token, then they take another turn. Instead of purchasing a patch, the player can choose to pass. To do this, the player moves their time token to the space immediately in front of the opponent's time token, then takes one button from the bank for each space they moved.
In addition to a button cost and time cost, each patch also features 0-3 buttons. When the player moves their time token past a button on the time track, they sum the
In Patchwork, two players compete to build the most aesthetic (and high-scoring) patchwork quilt on a personal 9x9 game board. To start play, lay out all of the patches at random in a circle and place a marker directly counter-clockwise of the 2-1 patch. Each player takes five buttons - the currency/points in the game - and someone is chosen as the start player.
On a turn, a player either purchases one of the three patches or passes. To purchase a patch, you pay the cost in buttons shown on the patch, advance your time token on the time track a number of spaces equal to the time shown on the patch, move the spool to that patch's location, then add the patch to your game board. You're free to place the patch anywhere on your board that doesn't overlap other patches. If your time token is behind or on top of the other player's time token, then you take another turn; otherwise the opponent now goes. Instead of purchasing a patch, you can choose to pass; to do this, you move your time token to the space immediately in front of the opponent's time token, then take one button from the bank for each space you moved.
In addition to a button cost and time cost, each patch also features 0-3 buttons, and when you move your time token past a button on the time track, you sum the number of buttons on your game board, then take this many buttons from the bank.
What's more, the time track depicts five 1x1 patches on it, and during set-up you place five actual 1x1 patches on these spaces. Whoever first passes a patch on the time track claims this patch and immediately places it on his game board.
When a player takes an action that moves his time token to the central square of the time track, he places the purchased patch (assuming he had purchased one and wasn't passing), then takes one final button scoring from the bank. Once both players are in the centre, each player loses two buttons for each blank square on his game board. Whoever has the most buttons wins.
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