Qwirkle Board Game
09/04/10
- 2-4 players
- ages 6 and up
- 45 minutes
- Games Magazine Award: Best Family Game Runner-up 2007
- Mensa Best Mind Game Award Winner 2007; Major Fun Award Winner 2007
Product Description
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 youll be creating columns and rows of matching colors and shapes i… More >>
$17.88
Qwirkle Board Game
I purchase this for a six year old nephew, and the whole family joined in to break in this game. It was easy to understand, but challenging. My nephew really enjoyed the game, but it was hard for the adults not to be competitive when playing. The game is fun, and it makes you want to out-think the opponents.
From what I hear, my brother’s family has been playing the game almost daily since my nephew received it. What better reception could there be for a game?
This game is money well spent. I believe that it will help my nephew develop logical thinking skills and strategy development. The fact that he is smiling all the while, is icing on the cake.
Rating: 5 / 5
Qwirkle has excellent game play and I have enjoyed playing it with friends many times (using their copies). It’s a bit like Scrabble, but without the letters. However, this current production run (from China) is extremely poor and I would highly recommend waiting to purchase this game until production values have improved. The blocks sometimes have chips / gouges in them. The paint used is extremely thin and lacks glossiness. You can see the black paint under the stamped shapes. The shapes are not always centered on the block and some of the shapes are incompletely stamped (i.e. part of a star’s point may be missing). I have seen versions of Qwirkle from its first production run and these are of much higher quality. Yet you pay the same price. So despite its excellent game play, I would recommend not purchasing this game until production values are vastly improved.
Rating: 2 / 5
As a mom with 6 kids of different ages, I look for games that my younger ones can play but that don’t make me crazy with boredom (ie CandyLand, Chutes and Ladders) My 4 year old can only make it through 1/2 a game, the end gets too complex for him, but my 7, 10, and 12 year old boys love it, as do my in-laws and everyone else who has played it with us. I like games that only take minute to explain and start playing but that have enough strategy to keep the mind occupied. Also at 30-45 minutes a round, it’s enough of a distraction but doesn’t take hours to play. The game consists of wooden tiles with 6 different shapes and colors and that’s it. Very durable, my 4 year old loves to build Qwirkle castles. I recommend this game. My other favorites are Blokus, Othello and Rummikube, all the same genre, fun, easy to explain and play and yet a challenge.
Rating: 5 / 5
This game uses tiles in a manner similar to dominoes, with placement suggestive of Scrabble with its possibilities of blocking or making way, and like Set, it demands recognition of patterns and colors.
Great inter-generational game as well as one that can be fiercely competitive among peers.
Rating: 5 / 5
We bought Qwirkle a few months ago and love it. We’re able to play it with our 4 & 7 yr old which has been great. It’s nice to be able to play at your own pace and not have to feel like you have to ‘dumb down’ the game to play with your kids. It fits most age levels which is great. The kids love that fact as well – it’s not like Candy Land or Chutes and Ladder which rely on luck. It relies on choices and thinking ahead similar to domino’s in my opinion. It’s been a good game for our family.
Rating: 5 / 5