I ordered the Qwirkle Board Game because it just "sounded" like it might be fun. Plus I vaguely recall having seen it in a TV ad and being quite impressed.
Often I will buy a game on impulse and it will not live up to my expectations. But, not in this case!
The Qwirkle Board Game is fun and simple to learn. You create lines (six tiles in a row) that are all of thesame color with different symbols, or all the same symbol of different colors! Simple enough, but when you begin toplay, you start to realize that you can create more than one line by placing a tile in the correct place.
Of course you get points for each tile placed and if you complete a line, you get an additional 6 points (calleda Qwirkle) for each line completed. You begin to see that by playing a fifth tile in a line you may set up youropponent to play the sixth tile and score a Qwirkle.
There are three of each tile in the game and I found myself scanning the board to see what was played so that Icould make decisions on how to play my pieces. The tiles are placed just like scrabble horizontal and verticle.
"I would recommend this game for anyone who plays dominoes, scrabble or any strategic tile game."
Totally love it! The only addition I would make (this is by no means a complaint) would be to add a game versionwhere the tiles are made of a more durable item, much like modern dominoes (ivory plastic type) or perhaps metaltiles. I would buy that version just for a "collector" value. I have several chess sets just because I love theboards and pieces, same thought here... NOW, GO GET THE GAME!
I got mine from Amazon where there's a Christmas sale with a huge 43% discount. So click here to get your 43% discount on the Qwirkle Board Game at Amazon now.
