It definitely took me longer to separate the two axis’s than I expected when I first started playing. I mixed up what I wanted and did a AA-BB-CC design for pattern but an AAA-BBB design for color around the same design goal. The first time I played Calico, I definitely got confused between the colors and the patterns. The main game is explained early in the rulebook with more in-depth details explained in the later pages. The rulebook for Calico is well laid out and has examples that fully explain each potential situation and the possible point outcomes. This is definitely a more relaxing game for those with a spatially inclined brain and can prove to be more difficult from someone who struggles with this sort of puzzle. There not a lot that can be done about this, you just have to hope for the best and plan for the worst.Ĭalico is a fun game with a light to medium weight depending on the rules you decide to play with. You can search for a tile but it might next show up. While Calico is all about strategizing where to place your tiles, there is a very large element of randomness to the game. And the third player only had the hole on one side of their board. While another player had many holes all around their board.
When I looked at my board, I had one large hole in the center of my quilt that I was slowly filling in. I also find it fascinating how Calico can demonstrate how each person’s brain works. There are many times where a player gets to a point of laying the best tile in the worst situation. I love the duplicity of the design goals which makes a player have to examine the two different axis’s in order to get the best score. The tile laying aspect of Calico is extremely interesting. It definitely hits all my buckets on paper, but what about in application? What did I like? There are a lot of things I like about Calico.
Both situations turned out to be a great time. I have played Calico with a group of more experienced players as well as with a group of newer gamers. This game can be great for players of any experience level as the difficulty can be adjusted to up or down as the players desire. This game lends itself well to players would want to be competitive but do not want to be aggressive. After placing the tile, they will check to see if a cat has decided to visit or if a button should be sewn on.Ĭalico is a fun game all about set collection and pattern solving. All edge patches count towards any goals. The quilt board has spaces all around the edges that have already been filled in. They will choose one tile from their hand (of two) to place onto their quilt board. Player TurnsĪ player will do two things on their turn. For a more symmetric game, all players should have the same goals. Out of the four drawn, only three are chosen to be in play and are placed on the marked spaces of the player board. A central market of three tiles are placed in the center where everyone can reach.Įach player also has six design goals which they will shuffle and randomly draw four. This could easily be seen as trackable hidden information so playing with player hands face up would not make a difference in the game.
CALICO GAME PATCH
Each player then draws two patch tiles from the bag and keeps them facedown near their player board. I like using the bag as it makes shuffling the tiles easy. So player will use them to attract the kitties to your quilt.
The cat will only care about these patterns. Then, two of the black and white patch tiles are randomly assigned to each cat. I guess you can also look at how you attract the cats and decide which is in your wheelhouse. Or you can just pick the cats that seem the cutest. Cats have a range of difficulties, the rules suggest using Millie, Tibbit, and Coconut for your first game. To set up Calico, we first need to decide which three cats will be in the game.