Calico
44 questions players ask about Calico. Pick one for the answer. See also the full rulebook.
Updated 2026-11-05.
Player Turn
- Must a new tile be placed next to an existing tile?
- How many cat and button tokens can you earn in one turn?
- Can the same tile score both a cat and a button?
- Where do I place the cat or button token I earn?
- Is there a limit to how many scoring tokens can be on the quilt?
- Is your hand of two patch tiles hidden from other players?
Design Goal Tiles
- Do design goal tiles score the points printed on the tile or the rulebook values?
- Do the colors and patterns for a design goal have to come from the same tiles?
- Do the tiles around a design goal need to be adjacent to each other?
- In AA-BB-CC and AA-BB-C-D, must the letters all be different colors or patterns?
- What does the not-equal (≠) design goal need?
- Do I get points twice if a design goal is met by both color and pattern?
- Do all players use the same design goal tiles?
- Can I choose which design goal spot each tile goes on?
Cat Scoring Tiles and Cat Tokens
- Can groups of different patterns touch and still each attract the same cat?
- Can I extend a group that already earned a cat to earn another cat?
- Can I score the same cat more than once in a game?
- Do same-pattern groups that touch attract another cat?
- Do I keep cats already earned if their groups connect later?
- Can shape-based cats such as Rumi or Callie have their shape rotated?
- Do two shape-based groups of the same pattern need to be separate?
- If one tile completes two groups that would each attract the same cat, do I get two cats?
- What if I run out of cat tokens?
- Do cats care about pattern, color or both?
Button Scoring Tile and Button Tokens
Solo Mode and Variants
Calico Achievements
- For achievements, must I take a cat or button when a group qualifies?
- What if I cannot comply with an achievement's placement restriction?
- In the same-color and same-pattern achievement restrictions, do the board border tiles count as adjacent?
- Must all scenario objectives be completed in the same game?
- What do the symbols in the solo scenarios mean?
- What are the small circles under each scenario for?