Patchwork Doodle

A roll-and-write take on Patchwork: draw the shared shapes onto your own 9x9 grid and fill it as cleverly as you can.

Designer: Uwe Rosenberg
Published by: Lookout Games
Editions by: asmodee, 999 Games, Hobby Japan, Maldito Games, Lacerta, Funforge

Patchwork Doodle (2019) is the roll-and-write version of Patchwork. Everyone gets a 9x9 grid and draws a starting polyomino from a card. Each round, polyomino cards are laid in a circle with a rabbit placed between two of them. On a turn someone rolls the die, moves the rabbit forward and removes the card it lands on, and every player must draw that exact shape on their grid. After a set number of cards the round ends, you score points, and more cards come out. It's a tidy puzzle of fitting shapes into your quilt with minimal luck beyond the die. One to six players, around 20 minutes.

Shared shapes drawn on your own 9x9 gridRabbit and die choose the next cardOne to six players, all at once

Who it's for

You like Patchwork-style shape puzzles and want a pencil-and-paper version that handles big groups with no downtime.

Not for you if…

You want much interaction or table presence. Everyone plays solitaire on their own sheet here.

Vibe's take

Calm, pencil-scratching concentration. Everyone's puzzling at once, with an occasional groan when the rabbit lands on an awkward shape.