Patchwork Review - 2 Player with the imaginary wife

[@Shelfside]

This written review doesn't have any pictures of my imaginary wife: www.shelfside.co/reviews-2023/patchwork-review

[@Noobwater]

This review convinced me to buy 8 copies of patch work, all the special holiday editions. I'll have to keep them in shrink to maintain their value. But for the original edition, I carefully cut the plastic open on the bottom so I can still play while maintaining the box quality! Edit: Couldn't forget the wife's boyfriend, so I bought him 2 deluxe copies as a thanks for letting me bring his switch on vacation!

[@quibily]

I'm relieved to finally find something I can play with The Wife. I hear she's very hard to get to play board games, so it'll be good to be prepared in case I meet her!

[@Shelfside]

good to be prepared!

[@draheim90]

Can confirm this is a pretty good game to play with your wife’s bf. Though my wife’s gf seems to enjoy it a tad more.

[@Pmartshand]

I didn’t know this game could have such a long review. Great job! Thanks for doing what you do.

[@SClarkPharmD]

Patchwork is so good! It's got a spatial puzzle, economic engine (button income), and race elements (to leather patches and quilt patches) all in twenty minutes. Easy to teach but has some tough decisions.

[@ВсеволодОвсієнко]

Oh, you know about Go and even mentioned it in the video!!! For me, as strong Go player who studied it for more than 9 years , and a huge fan of the channel and board games overall, this was such a discovery! 15:19 ( btw, I still like luck element in the games, for example, in War of the ring)

[@soulofastro]

Oh cool, finally something to play with the wife

[@woobackwednesday2299]

My fave two player game is Targi because I'm a filthy euro enjoyer

[@JayChampagne]

My favorite is Yinsh, because I'm a degenerate abstract stan.

[@JayChampagne]

A good alternative two-player, perfect information, abstract strategy game would be any of the GIPF project games, with Yinsh being the fan favorite.

[@abruwer08]

Feels very on par with Hey that's my fish! spatial puzzle and level of complexity. I'm also always on the look out for textless board games as we have a young one who can't read explanetory text on cards ect yet, but is smart enough to memorise a simple rule set. So might get this next time I see this. Thanks!

[@TigerVent]

What about the patchwork successors?! Cottage Garden or indian summer?!

[@shortydancer]

Patchwork is the ultimate successor to all those get games. Get it right pleb

[@lilformersmatt]

One of two games EVER that my wife and I both thought was so weak that we got rid of it. Did not get why this was supposed to be fun or challenging.

[@BrandonGraham]

Love the callout for bags. I hate when a publisher makes basic organizing of parts my problem. I just opened Awkward Guests, and it had zero bags. Am I just supposed to sprinkle the tokens on top?

[@trooper6762]

Pretty big first world problem you got there

[@BrandonGraham]

@@trooper6762 your comment is usually used when someone complains about their life, which I wasn't. I gave someone my money for a product. If I were to use it as is, it would kind of be annoying. Like if I got a burger and fries, but they just dumped the fries on the counter. And someone in line says FiRsT wORlD pRoBlEm.

[@trooper6762]

@@BrandonGraham If "I hate when a publisher makes basic organizing of parts my problem" isn't complaining to you then I won't participate in this conversation further. Have a good day, and joyful gaming!

[@BrandonGraham]

@@trooper6762 Complaining about a product that I paid for. Not my life. Again, context.

[@darioc9948]

I use poker chips to keep track of the button value you have in your tiles. Great review. I love Patchwork. I would also try out Mandala as a 2-player only game.

[@Shelfside]

Cheers! I will put Mandala on my list! -Ashton

[@Hieronymus-Pseudonymous]

I put my income on top of my board. (This also means that my final income is pre-prepped.)

[@tomsule]

Best boardgame channel out there.

[@Mark-nh2hs]

Reminds me of the board game "Paris - La Cite de la Lumiere (City of Light)".

[@lookoutspiele9135]

thanks for stating the fact this game does NOT come with an imaginary wife (but might attract your significant other into playing his/her first board game ever...) Have a good day!

[@JayChampagne]

One minor nitpick is that it's almost impossible to completely fill up the grid. For some reason, this really bothers me, but not enough to keep me from playing the hell out of the excellent mobile app.

[@shortydancer]

It’s actually not impossible if you’re not a causal. Lol. Seriously, I came to needing one leather patch to fill everything up. Then I got all caught up in the emotions I didn’t think my move through. I could have gotten it if I just passed since my wife’s bf also could buy the next three in line. Then it would have been mine!!!

[@shortydancer]

7 out of 10?! SEVEN OUT OF TEN?!!?! how dare you. Everyone, boo this man. Lord Uwu please forgive him. He knows not what he does.

[@RenbroNL]

I gifted the game 4 times already to non-boardgamers. It's so good that it packs a decent punch for something so extremely accessible. The gamer like complains are kind of silly to me given how light it is. Also imo no need to house rule the tile placement by the way. Sure not the most interesting turns when you have to pass. But it's not random and any problem you have will have your opponent as well. The option to pass and let your opponent deal with the same problem is an interesting choice. Makes the games play out differently as well.

[@friedrichschumann740]

How do you like a feast for odin? This is Uwe's highest ranked game on bgg.

[@Shelfside]

I was interested in checking it out a couple of years ago, but wasn't really too interested after scanning the rules and components- looked too much like caverna, which I owned at the time. Maybe one day! -Ashton

[@JayChampagne]

​@@ShelfsideHave you tried Ora et Labora? That's definitely my favorite Uwe game.

[@jokerES2]

But, how do we feel about the Halloween edition button on tile rebalance?

[@Shelfside]

oh boy, maybe one day with the wife

[@EfrainRiveraJunior]

Patchwork is on my to-play/purchase list.

[@BRNRDNCK]

If y’all haven’t heard of or played Blood on the Clocktower that needs to be your next try. Hard to come by a physical copy right now but you can play online. It’s a masterpiece that has redefined social deduction.

[@Shelfside]

Played it multiple times! I want to do a review one day :D -Ashton

[@BRNRDNCK]

@@Shelfside Good to hear! If your rating wouldn’t be a 10/10 I’d love to run some online games to change your mind. I’m a storyteller and wrote one of the game’s most popular scripts. God bless!

[@shortydancer]

Finally reviewing a game that matters.

[@leohahn5835]

Great video to watch with le wife!

[@BB-pn2qv]

This really is a great game, wish they made a larger version

[@Shelfside]

I want different player boards for sure! -Ashton

[@Q101-k4p]

Patchwork is a 0 randomness game (once it's set), but it definitely has some luck. Because you can't foresee the whole game, quite often there will be perfect fits you definitely didn't plan for but you'll pretend you did.

[@stephensimpson1963]

Patchwork NIS is my top game of all time

[@BlackDiluvian]

I played this to death.. not going back. Like a lot of other games it becomes a frustrating luckfest at relatively low skill levels.

[@vlowolvtake1797]

This is totally random but when I heard the way you say "kaveat," I had flashbacks of the question, do you pronounce "aunt" like "ant" or not. (I do. I also pronounce the "a" in caveat the same way as "ant." I also enjoyed the perspective of playing Patchwork to feel all those years of playing Tetris paying off😂

[@Shelfside]

fascinating- I've only heard "caveat/kaveat" said how I say it haha. I do like to say "aunt" as "ant" most of the time though, it's just easier :) -Ashton

[@Hieronymus-Pseudonymous]

(Not having watched the video, I'm wondering if you pronounce the C of "caveat" as in "certain.")

[@vlowolvtake1797]

@@Hieronymus-Pseudonymous You can just google "caveat pronunciation" and you will find multiple audio samples. But no is the answer to what you're wondering. The "c" in "caveat" is pronounced like "k". You can listen to Ashton say the word in the video too.

[@EfrainRiveraJunior]

I wish I could afford two GoChess boards.

[@OreLye]

This is not 0% luck cause your oppenent can chose to take the piece that you want for your next turn or may go elsewhere. So as it depends on his choice, his configuration, you just need to pray like 99,9% of games. You still can be very frustrated. But yeah it's definitly close to no luck and is way less luck dependant than my fav 2 player game schotten totten

[@EfrainRiveraJunior]

Any game blows Agricola out of the water.

[@fsmoura]

Sorry, but I only play extremely demanding hardcore monstergame wargames. And since my wife is imaginary, she's always got the level of dedication and commitment necessary. If I need 7 full days to run a Pacific Theater campaign, there's no complaints about my lack of showering. ( -.-)

[@TheMightyFlea-0]

I wish my wife was imaginary

[@PandaPandaPandaism]

Games with an imaginary wife? Doesn't Rahdo already have that niche covered?

[@daseemore4377]

I was going to invite you over but all this talk about my wife's boyfriend I'll come to your place for game night.

[@stefanopaolini1345]

I really disliked it, too little agency for me and that kind of spatial puzzle isn't of my taste

[@Xloi63]

Mindthieeefffff

[@NicoHolic777]

*Patchwork is the best two player game* *Patchwork is the best two player game* *Patchwork is the best two player game* Jokes aside, great review as always!

[@ashtonwu7760]

patchwork is the best 2 player game

[@senKeiser]

Two player game is the best Patchwork

[@jarrodwatkinson3291]

😞 P r o m o S M

[@AdamJorgensen]

I guess taste really is subjective, for me this game just looks totally fugly XD