Qwirkle

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Qwirkle is a tile-based game for 2-4 players.^[1] It was created by MindWare and shares some characteristics with the games Rummikub and Scrabble.

The Qwirkle game box

Equipment

Qwirkle comes with 108 wooden tiles,^[2] and each tile is painted with one of 6 shapes in one of 6 colors. The box also contains a bag to store the tiles and a rule book.

Play

The game begins with all the tiles being places face down on a table and mixed thoroughly. Each player then randomly draws 6 tiles. During their turn, a player may either:

• Place one or several tiles on the table
• Give up their turn to exchange one or more tiles in their hand for other random tiles

Players must always end their turn with 6 tiles in their hand, so if they place tiles during their turn, they draw random tiles to build their hand back up to 6.

Any tiles that are placed in a row must share at least one attribute however (either color or shape), and they must be played in 1 line although they do not need to touch.

Play continues until there are no more tiles to be drawn, and one person uses all of his available tiles.

Scoring

Players score 1 point for each tile placed within a line, including existing tiles within the line. The idea is to form lines that have each shape of a certain color, or each color of a certain shape. For example: if there are 3 stars placed down on the grid (1 green, 1 blue, and 1 purple), then the player can put down another star that is red, orange or yellow. If a line is completed (this is called a "qwirkle"), then an additional 6 points is added to the player's score.

At the end of the game, the person who plays all of his or her tiles, gains an extra 6 point bonus. The player who has the highest score at the end of the game wins.

References

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