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Manufacturer: MindWare
Brand: MindWare
List Price: $24.95
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Average Ratings:

Qwirkle- Mix, Match, Score and Win!


DESCRIPTION:

Amazon Maximum Age: 12
Manufacturer Maximum Age: 86
Amazon Minimum Age: 72
Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Toy
Brand: MindWare
EAN: 0736970320168
Feature: Scrabble meets Dominoes in this great new family game.
Label: MindWare
Manufacturer: MindWare
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 72
Model: 32016w
Publisher: MindWare
Release Date: 2007-05-01
Special Features: matching game
Studio: MindWare


FEATURES:

• Scrabble meets Dominoes in this great new family game.
• A visual strategy game the entire family can play
• Features 108 wooden blocks
• Mensa Select Award winner!
• Parent's Choice Gold Award winner!



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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: Great game for the whole family
Comment: I found this game while looking for a birthday present for my daughter. I had never heard of it before, but thought it sounded fun. I was right. My daughter (8) loves to play it and so do we! My husband and I even play it together. Fun game, easy to play but, still challenging. The games pieces are very sturdy. I highly recommend this game to anyone.

Customer Rating:
Summary: A must-have family game
Comment: Qwirkle is a big winner both as a family game and an educational game. If you love kids and/or games it belongs on your must-have list (along with Set, Zigity, Family Fluxx, Blokus, Magnetic Quarto, and Labyrinth: the card game).

PROS:
Fun for all ages and any number of players.
Inclusive, meaning adults and very young kids can have fun playing together (not exactly the same thing as the previous comment!)
Develops different kinds of thinking--logic, strategy, patterns (or left/right brain if you prefer).
An elementary toy which encourages experimentation with new rules and games, as well as tasks like sorting and patterning.
Portable, comes with drawstring bag.
Seems durable--no chipping or peeling paint, despite next comment.

CONS:
Poor build quality. Not all pieces are square or the same size. Many paint defects, some pieces were stuck together.
Poor design and implementation of a great idea. For example there is a four-pointed star and an eight-pointed star. The four-lobed shape is variously called flower, clover, and shamrock. These and other ambiguities could have easily been avoided with a little more thought. Also, red/orange and blue/green are hard to distinguish except in bright light.
Requires a fairly large flat surface to play and tiles are easily bumped (it's a portable game but definitely not a travel game).

Each tile has one of six shapes drawn in one of six colors, resulting in a 36-tile grid. The game contains three of these sets for a total of 108 tiles. You must place tiles so that each row and column contains only one color or shape. You get bonus points for completing a set of six (a Qwirkle), at which point that line is closed. The lines can have gaps, which makes it much more interesting.

Note: The picture on the Amazon product page does not conform to the instructions that came with our game.
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Apparently even the designers are having too much fun making up rules!

We like to play shorter versions of the game using one or two sets of tiles. (We store a single set in a Ziplock bag within the drawstring bag). Also, our son (6) likes to keep score only by counting Qwirkles, rather than having a point for each tile.

Here then are the rules for "Speed Qwirkle", which is what we usually play:

Use only one set of tiles.
Two or more players.
Each player draws only 4 tiles.
Tiles can only be placed within a 6x6 square, so you'll know fairly soon where each one must go.
Tiles must touch on an edge--you can't put one in its place off by itself.
You have to play something if you can, but you can play fewer than you might.
Score one point for each line you complete (there are only 12).
You never know how it's going to turn out until the very end!

We also play "Quicker Qwirkle", with two sets of tiles and five per person. Another rule we use a lot is that you get a double bonus for making a purple Qwirkle, because it's so much fun to say.





Customer Rating:
Summary: Family Fun
Comment: Qwirkle

Love this - great for families with kids that are a bit older. Fun fun fun. Good quality game pieces.

In certain light, if you have your pieces stading up facing you, it can be hard to tell red from orange.


Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Game
Comment: This is a really fun game for kids and adults. There are ways to simplify it for younger kids, too. Helps kids learn colors, patterns and strategy.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Scrabble without the annoying words.
Comment: This is a great game that can be played on many levels.

My two-year old uses it for matching colors (and shapes - but the shapes are a little unorthodox).

My six year old has the mechanics down and is trying figure out how to make high-point plays.

I can match wits with my mathematician brother-in-law and strategy-crazed father-in-law.

I look forward to playing this game for a long long time.

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