BoardGameArchiveCalico Scoring: Design Goals, Cats, Buttons & Rainbow Bonus
Understand Calico final scoring from Design Goal tiles, Cat tokens, color Buttons and the Rainbow Button bonus.
Calico scores three overlapping systems: your personal Design Goals, cats attracted by patch patterns and Buttons earned from color groups.
Calico scores three overlapping systems: your personal Design Goals, cats attracted by patch patterns and Buttons earned from color groups.
Key takeaway
Understand Calico final scoring from Design Goal tiles, Cat tokens, color Buttons and the Rainbow Button bonus.
About this guide
Original rules, scoring explanations, related links and editorial references are retained in the sections below.
Topics covered
Design Goal tiles
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Cat tokens
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Color Buttons
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Rainbow Button
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Design Goal tiles
For each of your three Design Goals, inspect the six adjacent patch tiles. Evaluate the printed grouping requirement separately by color and by pattern. Score the tile’s lower printed value if one condition is met, or the higher combined value if both are met.
Cat tokens
Each cat scoring tile shows one or more patch patterns and a spatial requirement. Every Cat token you legitimately attracted is worth the point value printed for that cat.
Color Buttons
Qualifying same-color patch groups earn Button tokens during play. Each Button contributes the value specified by the Button scoring rules at game end.
Rainbow Button
Collecting one Button of every color earns a Rainbow Button. Multiple complete color sets can earn additional Rainbow Buttons where the supply/rules allow.
Add all three systems
Total Design Goal points, Cat points and all Button points. Highest score wins; use the official rulebook’s tiebreak if needed.