Knot Knecessarily Known Knitting

In addition to fiber arts, I love tabletop games. As a child, we had many games in my house. The flowering of "Euro" games in the past 25 years has intensified my enthusiasm. You can imagine my delight when one of my Mensa friends said she had accidentally backed a new game twice on Kickstarter and would I like the spare copy? The game is ArchRavels . It is a knitting-themed board game. Swoon! The basic game mechanic is acquire yarn, craft objects, redeem objects for points. There's a six-card market. In the example below, yarn available includes 1 yellow, 1 orange, 2 of any color, 1 orange & 1 yellow together, 1 blue, and 2 green. The yellow in the lower left is the top of the discard pile. A player choosing the shopping action picks from those cards, then adds the wooden colored tokens to his or her personal yarn bowl. Each player has slightly different skills, adding to replay value. In the example below, Derrick is a