BABA & KOKUM: Porch Print Shop

Two grandmothers. One scarf. Your turn to print. The Porch Print Shop is a cozy puzzle about the printed floral scarf. Night on the prairie, a lamp on the porch. A guest arrives and asks for a scarf. You lay woodblock tiles on the cloth: every tile is a flower printed in one of five inks. Once the cloth is full, the finished scarf hangs on the line. HOW TO PLAY • Two tiles in your hand, three in the basket. Place one, take one, until the cloth is full. • An ink patch: three or more squares of one ink side by side. • A flower bunch: two or more of the same flower together. • Mirroring: a printed kerchief is symmetric, so left-right and top-bottom pairs score. • The border ring, the heart in the centre, a golden thread you choose the ink for, and “Pattern!” for a move that joins a patch and a bunch. • Every guest has wishes of their own. The third star needs all of them granted. • Tools:…