I’m the Rules Girl, and this is Patchwork,
a tile-placement strategy game for 2 players. In Patchwork, players compete to create the
highest-scoring quilt, out of the pieces of cloth available to them. The goal of the game is to win, and you win
by having the most victory points, earned by stockpiling buttons and making the biggest
quilt possible. On your turn, you’ll choose between three
available tiles in front of the pawn, clockwise. Each tile costs both buttons and time to place. Select a tile you can afford, and move the
pawn up to where that piece was. Put it anywhere on your board, flipping and
rotating it if you’d like. Now pay its cost in buttons and move your
token on the time board as many times as the piece says to. If you pass a button on the time board, collect
buttons equal to the number of buttons that appear on your board. If you pass a leather piece, take it and place
it anywhere on your board for free. The first player that fills a 7x7 grid with
pieces gets 7 bonus points. Now, look at where you are on the time track. If you’re behind or tied with your opponent,
take another turn! Don’t want the pieces available to you right
now? You can also pass, moving your pawn until
you are right in front of your opponent and collecting a button for every space you moved. You also collect your button income or leather
patches if you passed those. Since you’re now ahead of your opponent
on time, it’s now your opponent’s turn. And that’s the game! Play continues until both players have reached
the end of the time track. Now add up the number of buttons you still
have available to spend, and subtract 2 points for each empty space on your quilt. The player with the most points wins the game! Ready to play? Grab your board and place your token at the
start of the time track. Randomly arrange all the pieces in a big circle
around the time track, placing the pawn in front of this piece, going clockwise. Collect five buttons to start. Randomly select a player to go first. If you liked Patchwork, you might like other
dueling games such as Jaipur, a trading game, or 7 Wonders Duel, a game of competing ancient
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