Lookout Games | Patchwork | Board Game | Ages 8+ | 2 Players | 15-30 Minute Playing Time, Multicoloured, 7.87 x 1.77 x 7.87 inches

love this game with my partner, we don't play too much, it's not the most competitive one, even if we need to try to steal some opportunities from the other with the tiles.. it's more a solo puzzle game to play against the other. but still it's nice, cute, interesting. once in a while we are happy to grab this box and have a go. easy to play and set up ! love it

I bought this for my 7-year-old daughter for Christmas but my wife and I have been playing it mainly at night. The rules are exceptionally simple but the game actually has a tremendous amount of strategy. My favourite two player game is currently Jaipur but Patchwork may very well dethrone it, it's that good. Both players have their own gridded mat on which they need to construct a quilt. On a turn, the player may take any of the next three quilt patches from those encircling the board: there is a rather substantial wooden marker to mark the current point and it's moved to where the patch was removed from each time, thus your choice affects the patches available to your opponent. Each patch is a shaped like a tetris piece (of three, four or five blocks) and so the first puzzle is fitting these onto your grid. Each piece has a cost (in buttons, the game's currency) and time printed on too. You see, to represent time, there is a third board with a track on which the players have a token: once a player reaches the centre they can make no further changes to their quilt. The game finishes when both are over the finishing line. To buy a patch you have to both pay its cost in buttons and also move your piece around the timeline the number of spaces shown on that piece. The twist is that the person at the back continues to play until the other player is at the back, golf style. That way there is a strategic element of taking the pieces with the low time cost in order to get multiple sequential goes and, in doing so, access to the better patches. However, the more awkward shaped pieces tend to be cheaper so sometimes you have to pay high in order to get a piece that actually fits your quilt. In addition, many of the patches have one, two or three buttons icons on them: for these you get payouts whenever a button icon is crossed on the timeline (there are several of these) and it's important to get lots of buttons in the early game as otherwise you don't have enough cash to buy what you want later on. So there are many factors in play here: money, time and best fit. If there's no quilt piece you want you can, instead, move in front of the other player on the timeline and gain one button for each square you moved, thus allowing you to cash time for money to get access to the more lucrative pieces. There are also five 1x1 patches on the timeline that are won by the first player to cross over them: extremely useful for filling those inevitable holes. At the end of the game, each player loses two buttons for each empty square on their quilt board, so it pays to get as much covered as possible. Finally there's a 7 button bonus for the first player to complete a 7x7 square without gaps. The winner is simply the player with the most buttons at the end. We've had winning scores ranging from the negatives to 40, but we've also had some very close games too, with just a button or two between us. All in all, Patchwork is a pure gold: it has simple and straightforward rules, it's quick and easy to play, tense in places and a lot of fun! It's also has surprisingly strategic depth: I especially like how you can really stick it to the other player, by making a snazzy chain of moves when they go too far ahead on the timeline. This is especially satisfying when you are running out of buttons but are then able to set up a chain of moves that pushes you over a button icon giving you a button haul you can then use for your second or third contiguous go. This is the second Uwe Rosenburg game I've played: Bohnanza, too, is a fantastically original and fun game so I'm starting to think this guy is some kind of game designing genius: I'll definitely be checking out his other offerings (looking at your Caverna).

What a great little game! Easy to learn, quick to play, tricky to master. If you like playing around with shapes, planning tactical moves, or just having fun, this is a game you should definitely have a look at. Even with my wife and I being avid gamers, Patchwork still hits the table plenty of times and certainly enough to be worth having in anyone's collection, because it's easy enough for smart kids to play but still plenty challenging for clever adults. It plays through in around 20 minutes (once you're used to it), so a 'best of three' is a good start to an evening of gaming or before chilling out with a film. The only downside is that it is just a 2 player game, though we easily adapted it for 4 players using house rules. Watch a couple of playthroughs if you want, and then if you like the look of it - buy it! I'm sure you won't regret it.

This is a great game. It's extremely high quality in presentation and manufacture. It's also easy to master too, which is necessary when you want to have a quick game of something after dinner rather than switch on the TV! The premise is that you have to make a patchwork quilt in a kind of Tetris style in a turn-based ruleset. The rules aren't difficult to master and you can get a good two or three games in 30-40 minutes, which is perfect when you want to do a 'best of 3' event. Size wise - you'll need one half a standard sized table to play this comfortably as pieces have to be spread out. But other than that the box is transportable so you could take this away with you if you wanted to - although I tend to think a card game is better for that environment. Overall well worth the money and I wouldn't hesitate on buying this for friends and family who want an easy yet fun and colourful two player game.

This simple abstract game for two players sees you purchasing tetris shaped pieces of card with buttons to make a patchwork quilt design on your playing board. Each player is trying to acquire these pieces to try to fill there playing board without leaving too many gaps. Points are scored for doing this and the player with the most points at the end wins. Now this may sound strange or an unappealling subject matter for a game, but the strategy and thought that has gone into this fairly lightweight, easy to learn game elevates it above the pasted or patched on theme. Designer Uwe Rosenberg is better known for games like Mayfair Games MFG3515 Agricola 2016 Edition Board Game or Caverna The Cave Farmers but I think this wonderful game is certainly well worth a look for any fan of either the designer or fun Euro style 2 player strategy games.

Article reçu en parfait état. Boite 20 x 20 cm peu encombrante. Bonne qualité du matériel (carton épais), pions en bois et joli design général. Même si le "thème couture" pourrait sembler rebutant pour certains, on l'oublie très vite. La règle est très bien faite, simple à comprendre. Ce jeu basé sur le principe du Tétris permet de faire de bonnes stratégies et de bons calculs. C'est très fun, ingénieux et assez addictif. Un excellent jeu pour deux.

Uns macht es sehr viel Spaß. Es ist kurzweilig und wir tüfteln immer wieder an einer geeigneten Strategie. Überraschenderweise benötigt man zumindest am Anfang des Spiels doch recht viel Platz auf dem Tisch für die Patchwork-Teile. Zum nebenbei unterwegs mal schnell zocken daher eher weniger geeignet, obwohl die handliche Verpackung anderes vermuten lässt. Aber zur Not findet man wahrscheinlich auch dafür Lösungen ;-)

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.

~ 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 .