However, with a simple ruleset, a quick playtime and a unique time management puzzle, Patchwork ticks all the boxes for a great tile-placement game.
The quaint theme will likely be off-putting to some and delightful to others. Once both players have run out of time, whoever has collected the most buttons is the winner.
Each turn you draft a patch tile to place onto your quilt which costs a number of buttons and time. Patchwork is a two-player board game about making a quilt out of polyomino patch tiles. There’s any number of games from the great Uwe Rosenburg that could be included on this list, but Patchwork is certainly a standout. What better way than with a homemade quilt? Making the most of the space on your playerboard is the key to winning Patchwork. The weather is getting cold and it’s time to cozy up. They appear in no particular order and your preference will come down to personal taste, but you would be hard-pressed to find better examples of the genre.
There are a plethora of games that include this gameplay mechanic, but here we will focus on games where tile-placement is at the core. If you share a similar attitude towards placing coloured squares into pleasing patterns, you’re sure to find something to love in this list of excellent games that will fulfill that very fantasy. Whether you are connecting pathways, train tracks, or buildings, there are few things more satisfying in a board game than placing tiles.