Ingeniously simple and simply ingenious

Simple play materials - 108 handy wooden blocks printed 6 icons in 6 color, any shape / color combination is 3 times available, and a bag from which the stones are tightened obscured. The rules would fit compactly on half a page. From the gameplay, it is most likely related to Scrabble, except that instead of words just cross symbol sequences are placed either in the same color or the same forms. The longer the series, and the more rows are expanded by applying stones, the more points you get per train. Sounds easy, is simple, but against a crafty opponent you simply can not get very far with, that you have to generate the 6 Hand stones in each train by skillfully applying ordinary points increase and that is a lot of fun for people who are not at war with logic ,

A luck factor is of course present, but appears rather low in good players, because with so many trains at any time benign or less follow suit well-fitting stones. Especially if the field is already somewhat developed some thing always goes, no matter what you get on the hand, so that the allowable knockback and Neu-pulling of stones (which it indeed is in Scrabble) rarely if ever needed. The tactical decision which stones are also used when not always easy - I put the red diamond now that the upper left corner, where it also forms a 3- and a 4-series with pre-set stones and collect right now ordinary 7 points or keep I prefer something else, because there are already 4 diamonds at the bottom right in a row, the red would be the 5th and if I may a few moves later a yellow diamond draw (which is not yet available, so if the opponent no obvious has 3 times is in the bag) then there's a Qwirkle (completed 6-series) and 12 points ...

Go to particularly good for two games and also does not produce aggression because no tactic component for targeted sabotage or destroy the opponent's play is present.

Conclusion: Qwirkle has in my opinion the makings of a classic - the best newcomer in our game closet for a long time. Simplest material and rules, great fun. If you like Scrabble, Rummikub Genial and who will love also Qwirkle.