Lately I’ve been a bit fascinated by games designed specifically for two players. It is very interesting to see how a game can be fine-tuned when the designer knows exactly how many people will be playing. The downside is, if I really like a two-player only game I can’t pull them out for the average game night, but it gives Christin and I something interesting to play when it’s just the two of us. After reviewing Fox in the Forest, I decided to try Patchwork as my next sampling of the two-player genre. You can’t always rely on getting special patches. By the nature of the game, it can work out that your opponent reaches all of the patch spaces before you. Therefore, try not to rely on them to fill in spaces in the middle of your board.

All in all this is something you need to decide on your own. The "long" story behind this is, that - when the development of the app started - Uwe suddenly had a platform where he was able to conduct a lot of playtesting easily and fast (the original intend of this was to "teach" the AI). In this process he became aware that the first leather patch statistically is coming to early. This means that in more than approx. 50% of the games, the first leather patch is not useful (as it can't fulfill it means - filling gaps - as there are no gaps at that time). Thus he decided to put the patch on a later space. However, "Patchwork" already was a much appreciated and grat game before that change and a lot of people had no issue with this "statistical flaw". And while Uwes perfectionism in his games is perfectly fine, deciding to not change the board is too.If you decide to buy a patch, you must move the neutral token into the space of the patch you’re buying, pay the button price marked on the patch piece, move your time token the indicated number of spaces on the time board and place your patch on your quilt board. It’s important to note that once you place a patch, it can’t be moved for the rest of the game - so choose wisely. With artwork by Matthew Inman, the artist who brought us The Oatmeal, Exploding Kittens is easily one of the most popular board games about cats available today. The objective is simple: don’t explode! This game is like a combination of Uno and Musical Chairs. Players play cards to help them not explode and then end their turn by drawing a card. If a player draws an exploding kitten, they better hope they have some sort of diffuse card, like a laser beam or belly rubs! Otherwise, they explode and they are out of the game. The last player standing wins. Isle of Cats To be fair though, even though it felt like a lot of peices were tearing when I punched them out, when taking pictures for this post I didn’t find many pieces that were damaged. Aside from some frayed edges these are the two worst pieces I could find, and the damage on the second one is very hard to see because of the colors used on that patch. Once the player has chosen the patch to take, they move the neutral token next to the patch. They then have to pay the number of buttons set out on the tile. The buttons are paid into the supply.

You’ll notice various spaces are marked on the time board which requires the player that passes the space to respond in these ways: Keep your mice safe from the hungry cat! If you’re the last player with mice left in your bowl in this fast-paced game, then you win. Roll dice to find out what happens. You can squeak by a sleeping cat, but a hungry cat spells trouble. This adorably thematic game comes with little mice pieces, unique dice, and a bowl for the kitty. Here, Kitty, Kitty! A: You calculate the negative sum exactly. It is important to find out the difference between the players’ scores, even if they are both negative.Unlike most games when taking turns this game does not alternate. Whichever players time token is further behind on the board takes his/her turn, which could require one player taking multiple turns before the other player is able to take to a turn.