Card game | 36 cards @ 3.5" x 2.25" / 54 cards @ 3.5" x 2.5" | physical / print 'n' play | 10 - 15 mins
FAIR ISLE 40 is a knitting card game for 1 or 2 players.
Inspired by 2-colour strand-work, players compete to knit the BEST FAIR ISLE PATTERN by matching motifs, completing rows and unlocking pattern bonuses. The player with the highest score after 4 rows wins.
The game is a fine balance of luck, strategy and quick thinking. Players can choose to knit quickly, forsaking matching motifs in order to finish first and limit their opponent’s options. Alternatively they can knit strategically, planning their patterns carefully to unlock row bonuses. Finally, at the end of the game you have something that you can actually knit!
the game was orginally developed as a Print N Play edition for the MSGN Game Jam in July 2020 - it is still available for FREE to download and make your own version at home.
36 cards (UK edition) / 54 cards (Canada edition)
1 - 2 players
Ages 6+
10 - 15 mins
*** BUY FAIR ISLE 40 ***
FAIR ISLE 40 is now available as a properly produced card game! These first editions (printed and shipped locally) come in a fantastic ‘knitted’ tuck box and are limited to a run of 100 copies in each territory.
UK edition* - AVAILABLE NOW! - £10 plus P&P (£1.50 in UK)
Canada edition** - AVAILABLE NOW! - $20 CAD plus P&P (shipping to Canada & US only)
HOW TO ORDER
If you’d like to buy a copy, just give me a shout on email - hello [at] smeech [dot] co [dot] uk - or on Twitter (@videosmithery)
Discounts available for multiple copies. SHOPS! STOCKISTS! please contact me for wholesale.
* UK edition comes with the orginal 36 card set (28 motif cards + 8 pattern bonus cards) plus a fold-out instruction leaflet
** Canada edition includes a full 54 card POKER size deck, with a whopping 40 motif cards (including 3 new designs) plus 8 pattern bonus cards and 6 instruction cards
You can DOWNLOAD the original Print 'n’ Play edition for FREE here
STOCKISTS - UK
NONE SO FAR (!) if you're interested, please contact me!
STOCKISTS - CANADA
MONTRÉAL
NDG / Monkland Village - Espace Tricot / @espacetricot / 6050 Monkland Ave., Montreal, Quebec, H4A 1H2 - map / buy online
Verdun - Boutique Crochet & co. / @boutiquecrochetco / 5121 Rue Wellington, Verdun, H4G 1Y2 - map / buy online
Pointe-Claire - Lainages du Petit Mouton / @dupetitmouton / Plaza Pointe-Claire, 295 Boul Saint-Jean B, Pointe-Claire, H9R 3J1 - map
Mont Royal - Le Valet d'Coeur / @ValetCoeur / 4408 St-Denis, Montréal, QC, Canada, H2J 2L1 / map / buy online
St Henri - Crossover Comics / @crossovercomics / 3560 Notre-Dame Ouest, H4C 1P4 / - map
images by Raz Ullah
RESOURCES
- SCORING SYSTEM - HOW TO - DOWNLOAD PDF (27KB)
- SCORING SHEET TEMPLATES - BLANK - DOWNLOAD PDF (23KB)
Exhibitions
July 2020 - Manchester Game Studies Network Game Jam - online / Manchester, UK
Card game | 36 cards @ 3.5" x 2.25" / 54 cards @ 3.5" x 2.5" | physical / print 'n' play | 10 - 15 mins
images by Tom & Zoe Emery
FAIR ISLE 40 is a knitting card game for 1 or 2 players.
Inspired by 2-colour strand-work, players compete to knit the BEST FAIR ISLE PATTERN by matching motifs, completing rows and unlocking pattern bonuses. The player with the highest score after 4 rows wins.
The game is a fine balance of luck, strategy and quick thinking. Players can choose to knit quickly, forsaking matching motifs in order to finish first and limit their opponent’s options. Alternatively they can knit strategically, planning their patterns carefully to unlock row bonuses. Finally, at the end of the game you have something that you can actually knit!
the game was orginally developed as a Print N Play edition for the MSGN Game Jam in July 2020 - it is still available for FREE to download and make your own version at home.
36 cards (UK edition) / 54 cards (Canada edition)
1 - 2 players
Ages 6+
10 - 15 mins
*** BUY FAIR ISLE 40 ***
FAIR ISLE 40 is now available as a properly produced card game! These first editions (printed and shipped locally) come in a fantastic ‘knitted’ tuck box and are limited to a run of 100 copies in each territory.
UK edition* - AVAILABLE NOW! - £10 plus P&P (£1.50 in UK)
Canada edition** - AVAILABLE NOW! - $20 CAD plus P&P (shipping to Canada & US only)
HOW TO ORDER
If you’d like to buy a copy, just give me a shout on email - hello [at] smeech [dot] co [dot] uk - or on Twitter (@videosmithery)
Discounts available for multiple copies. SHOPS! STOCKISTS! please contact me for wholesale.
* UK edition comes with the orginal 36 card set (28 motif cards + 8 pattern bonus cards) plus a fold-out instruction leaflet
** Canada edition includes a full 54 card POKER size deck, with a whopping 40 motif cards (including 3 new designs) plus 8 pattern bonus cards and 6 instruction cards
You can DOWNLOAD the original Print 'n’ Play edition for FREE here
images by Raz Ullah
RESOURCES
- SCORING SYSTEM - HOW TO - DOWNLOAD PDF (27KB)
- SCORING SHEET TEMPLATES - BLANK - DOWNLOAD PDF (23KB)
Exhibitions
July 2020 - Manchester Game Studies Network Game Jam - online / Manchester, UK