Qwirkle Board Game

Our tactile wooden block game combines the logic and strategy of Set® with the creative multi-maneuver game play of Scrabble®. Easy-to-learn rules mean you'll be creating columns and rows of matching colors and shapes in no time! Look for opportunities to score big by placing a tile that touches multiple pieces and matches both shapes and colors; the player with the most points wins. 108 blocks.

div class="aplus" pAn addictive strategy game in the tradition of Sequence, Scrabble, and Othello, the Qwirkle Board Game from MindWare has a simple, straightforward premise: match tiles and win points. But the real joy of the game lies in plotting and scheming your way to victory. Winner of the Parent's Choice Gold Award and a Mensa Select National Competition Winner, Qwirkle is destined to be a family game night favorite. This game is designed for ages six and up and for two to four players./p div style="width: 250px; float: right; margin:0px 0px 15px 15px" div style="background: url(http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/toys/detail-page/c26-1933054395-call2.jpg) repeat-y 0 0; overflow: hidden;"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/toys/detail-page/c26-1933054395-call1.jpg" width="250" alt="Mindware Logo" div style="padding: 0px 35px 35px 0px; background: url(http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/toys/detail-page/c26-1933054395-call3.jpg) no-repeat bottom;" div style="text-align: center"h5QwirklebrBoard Game/h5/div ul style="margin: 0.2em 0px 0.8em 25px !important; padding: 0px; width: auto;" li style="padding:0px 0px 10px 0px"Ages: Six and up/li li style="padding:0px 0px 10px 0px"Players: Two to four/li /ul div style="text-align: center"h5At a Glance:/h5/div ul style="margin: 0.2em 0px 0.8em 25px !important; padding: 0px; width: auto;" li style="padding:0px 0px 10px 0px"A fun twist on Scrabble and matching games/li li style="padding:0px 0px 10px 0px"Players strategize to make matches and earn points/li li style="padding:0px 0px 10px 0px"Comes with 108 wooden tiles/li li style="padding:0px 0px 10px 0px"Winner of Parent's Choice Gold Award and Mensa National Competition/li li style="padding:0px 0px 10px 0px"Includes drawstring bag for tile storage and instructions/li /ul /div/div/div div style="width: 144px;float:right;margin:10px;text-align:center;" img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/toys/detail-page/c26-1933054395-award.jpg" alt="Mindware Qwirkle Board Game" /div div class="leftImage" style="width: 250px;" img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/toys/detail-page/c26-1933054395-1-s.jpg" alt="Mindware Qwirkle Board Game" div class="imageCaption" This award-winning strategy game is easy to learn. View larger. /div /div div class="leftImage" style="width: 250px;" img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/toys/detail-page/c26-1933054395-2-s.jpg" alt="Mindware Qwirkle Board Game" div class="imageCaption" Match colors and shapes in this enthralling strategy game. View larger. /div /div h5 Mix, Match, Score, and Win/h5 pQwirkle consists of 108 wooden blocks with six different shapes in six colors. Using the blocks, players attempt to score the most points by building lines that share the same shape or color. The simple setup makes this an instant winner for younger kids, while adults will enjoy strategizing to win. /p h5How to Play/h5 pA typical game of Qwirkle lasts about 45 minutes--longer when you're first learning how to play--and players will likely catch on to the rules in no time at all. The game can be set up anywhere, although a large tabletop is best to accommodate the generous number of tiles. The only other thing you'll need is a pencil and paper to keep track of everyone's point count./p pEach tile has an illustration on the back (circle, eight-point star, four-point star, square, clover, or diamond). Each of these symbols appears in six different colors (red, yellow, orange, green, blue, and purple). In total, the game has three tiles each of the 36 possible color-symbol combinations. To help make sure you don't lose any tiles in between games, Qwirkle comes with a drawstring storage pouch. /p h5Straightforward, Easy-to-Follow Rules/h5 pAs in Scrabble, the game starts with players drawing their own "hand" of six tiles. The player with the most tiles that share something in common (color or symbol) plays their pieces and wins points. And so it goes until the pieces make up a giant grid. One rule adults will likely need to reiterate to little ones is that duplicate tiles don't count. For instance, if someone has three diamonds, and two of them are green, they can only count one of those diamonds for points./p pAs play continues and the stakes get higher, younger kids may need some help deciding where to build to maximize their points. Our testers found that the length of the game may make younger kids squirmy halfway through. To keep them engaged, parents can always distribute half the number of tiles to start. The game is over when all the tiles have been played and all the points have been tallied. /p h5What's in the Box/h5 p108 wooden tiles, cloth drawstring bag, and instruction booklet./p div class="break"/div /div