Game Patchwork: Polish Folklore
See how many scraps of different materials lie scattered around. It's time to make a beautiful quilt out of them! This task requires a bit of effort, a bit of free time and a good supply of buttons
Patchwork: Polish folklore is a unique edition of the popular, two-player puzzle game. During the game, we will choose scraps from the available pool, bearing in mind the cost of each of them in buttons and time. Using the acquired elements, we will try to take up space on our boards as efficiently as possible.
The Polish Folklore edition has the same rules as the classic Patchwork. It is distinguished by its graphic design, including 33 different types of patterns, inspired by folk embroidery from various regions of Poland.
What is it all about?
- Before starting the game, we place the tiles in a circle around the board, and then place a neutral pawn in a random place between them. Its location indicates which fragments of materials we can currently get - the first 3 in front of the pawn are available. Each time a player takes a tile from the pool, he places a pawn in its place, thus designating a new available pool.
- Each of the scraps of fabric has a cost expressed in buttons and time for sewing. This means that in order to draw it, we have to pay in both forms.
- Buttons are a classic currency: we need to have the right amount of them in the resources, which we will spend to get a tile. The heart of the game, however, is the time board in the middle. Each time we draw a piece of material, we move the number of spaces indicated on it.
- When playing Patchwork, we don't always play turns one after the other. The active player is always the person whose pawn is behind on the time track. It performs its actions until it passes the opponent's pawn. This is an important strategic element, sometimes it doesn't pay to go too far!
- The acquired tiles are immediately placed on your quilt board. We sew them permanently, so once placed, they cannot change their position. Our goal is to fill the board as efficiently as possible, at the end of the game we will receive negative points for each field not covered with material.
Why will you love this game?
- To play Patchwork, we only need to learn a few simple rules for moving around the board and getting buttons, the rest of the game is based on skillful planning and making the right decisions.
- This is an example of a perfect two-player game in which we have a lot of control over the opponent's actions. We will often face the choice of whether it is worth taking a slightly less fitting element only so that the other player does not get it.
- The game provides an interesting, creative challenge and allows you to practice spatial analysis. Trying to fill the board can be difficult, especially in the first attempts, but over time we will plan our moves better and better!
- Patchwork: Polish folklore is distinguished by a unique graphic design, including 33 different types of patterns, inspired by folk embroidery from various regions of Poland. You can find the full list in the manual!