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Alderac Entertainment Group | Calico | Board Game | 1 to 4 Players | Ages 10+ | 30 to 45 Minute Playing Time, Multicolour, 23.88 x 23.88 x 7.11 cm

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Fit to Print is a puzzly tile-laying game about breaking news, designed by Peter McPherson and set in a charming woodland world created by Ian O’Toole! In Quilts & Cats of Calico, cats are active during your games. Sometimes minding their own business, and other times coming to you and your quilt. They will lazily observe the board, romp and run around, and sometimes fall into a blissful nap. They are cats, you never know. You can interact with them during the game, pet them, and shoo them away when they get in the way.

In addition to all of this, the game comes with an easy-to-read instruction booklet that not only sets out the rules of the game but also includes information about the history of each cat that inspired the game’s creator. Similarly, if your patch placements have connected a number of tiles of the same pattern in a configuration that satisfies one of those hard to please Cats, you can add the corresponding cat token onto your quilt and you’ll score the relevant number of victory points shown on the cat at end game. I’ll be honest: when I first looked at Calico I wasn’t sure what to expect. The soft colors and sun-drenched artwork from Beth Sobel mellowed me out, and the theme teased me into thinking this was going to be just another pretty face. But Calico turned out to be anything but relaxing; let me tell you that this kitty has claws. Like Scarabya and NMBR 9, Calico is largely a solitaire tile-laying game with very little in the way of player interaction. Observant players might be able to seize opportunities to claim tiles which are beneficial to their opponents, but that’s about it.Calico is certainly an unusual board game, and in many ways, it’s much like marmite; you either love it or hate it. scenarios in total, they specify a number of additional requirements when setting up and playing the game. Going from easy to hard, each one shows which design goals and cat scoring tiles to use. Not only that, however, but they also show which type of cats and buttons you need to have added to your quit, and whether those goals have to be met using colour, pattern, or both! And if that’s not enough, every one has a minimum score to achieve! I need to lie down after that! Or I would, if my Calico quilt wasn’t so poorly crafted! Haha A button is worth three points. Once you have formed a group, you can take a button token and place it onto your quilt on the group that was most recently formed.

From the team that brought you the smash hit Point Salad, Point City is a fast and fun card-drafting engine-building game for the whole family! There are over 150 unique building cards, so you can create a completely different city each and every time you play! Calico is a particularly great game if you’re looking for a way to while away the hours with pleasant company and a cup of hot cocoa. It isn’t particularly competitive, focusing instead on creativity and fun. Beth Sobel’s illustrations are stunning, steeped with a level of detail that makes the feline friends – Coconut, Leo, Millie, and the rest of the gang – even more realistic. You’ll definitely want them on your quilt, that’s for sure! But how do you attract them? Read on to find out. The Aim of the Game

To set up Calico, give each person a player board and the matching colored goal tiles. There are 6 different goal tiles which give Calico some in-game scoring variety. The rules suggest that for your first game players each use the AAA-BBB, AA-BB-CC, and ≠ goal tiles, placing them in the same location on each board.

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