Calico product reviews

Calico began as a Kickstarter item (essentially a crowdfunding site for various projects) and gained such a huge support on there, that not only did it end up going for sale in retail stores (doesn't always happen) but the first shipments even sold out in a lot of stores. Each player receives a board onto which your tiles will be placed, there are also tiles, which have select tiles to place around it, if you manage to meet its requirements then that is bonus points. For my first few games with the kids we just skipped this part to make it a little easier to learn. The game is also handy in that it gives suggested cats to use when learning how to play, with more complicated goals for down the track.

Each turn, you place one tile anywhere on your board, you then receive any cat or colour patches and place them on your board, pick a new tile from the two face up and then replace, so there are always two there. The patches and cats are what you need in order to gain points during the game, either by three of the same colour touching, or the correct number of the same pattern touching (and for some cats in a certain configuration) to gain a cat to place down. What I like about this game is that no two quilts are ever going to look the same, it will change each time as to what two tiles are available to choose from, where you place your tiles and what patches/cats you gain.

By taking away the bonus tiles, this ended up being a simple game that my special needs child could pick up quickly and play without any help from the rest of us, and for us adults, a bit more of a challenge can be had when wanted. This is a lovely game, and I'm glad I pounced on a copy when I did.