Game Daze Chandler Fashion Center Employee Recommendation, February 2010

James -

Qwirkle Cube is a fun and enjoyable game for all ages. It's simple yet strategic in its own unique way. Unlike its original, (Qwirkle) You play with cubed pieces that have one type of color with each side having a different shape. With your cubes you have more to work with than just using tiles like in the original. It's fun shapes and colors are used to match in a line, and/or connect off another players cubes to score points. After all cubes are used up you tally your scores to see who has won. I definitely enjoy this game because its simplistic design, creativity, and tactical style draw you in. Distinguish between the individual shapes and colors to match up for the win. I'd recommend this for adults and children to play together for a great learning experience.

Game Daze Foothills Mall Employee Recommendation, October 2009

Katrina-

"Match, Score, and WIN!"

Qwirkle Cubes is a fun, colorful modified version from the Mindware game Qwirkle. This bright game consists of matching and adding your cubes to the other players' hand by shape or color. Each cube has 6 different shapes of one color.

Each player picks 6 dice (without looking of course!) from the bag. They then roll the dice and the game starts! The main object of the game is matching and scoring. Each cube is worth 1 point, but when you get a Qwirkle (make a line of 6 of the same shape or same color), your points double! After each turn, the players pick the same amount of dice they played so they always have a hand of 6 dice. Try to use as many dice on one turn as possible to get more points.

This game is almost a mix of Dominos and Scrabble. It’s a lot of fun, easy to learn, and ideal for 2-4 players. It takes about 30-60 minutes to play and recommended for ages 6 and up.

I highly recommend this game for anyone who likes a little suspense with their game and especially for people looking for that new, unique and colorful game!

Game Daze Tucson Mall Manager Recommendation, June/July 2009

Ron-

Qwirkle Cubes - An Improvement on an Already Great Game!

In Qwirkle Cubes, you and up to three opponents arrange cubes (dice, essentially) with colors and shapes on them in a crossword-like pattern. Each row can either be the same color with all different shapes or the same shape with all different colors. Points are scored with each play. The winner is the player with the most points.

Up to four players begin by randomly drawing six cubes from the drawstring bag, then rolling them. This is each player’s hand, and it is left in view of all the players. Each cube is all the same color, with one each of the six symbols on each side. There are 15 cubes of each of the six colors, for a total of 90 cubes in the game.

On your turn, you may roll any number of the cubes in your hand. You then play as many of your cubes as you’re able to in one line. You score points for every thing you affect, one point per cube in a set. For instance, lets say there’s a line of cubes with three different-colored diamonds, green, orange, and blue. Then you place a red diamond at the bottom of that line, along with a red starburst and circle to the right of the red diamond. Picture an “L” shape for the result. The player would get seven points—four for the four diamonds and three for the red symbols. To be clear, you would score the red diamond twice because it affects two different lines. You then draw your hand up to six, rolling the new cubes you’ve drawn. Play continues clockwise.

If your play had completed a row of six, you would have earned a bonus, six points. This is called a Qwirkle (and we have game title!).

The game continues till one player plays their last cube, and there are none to be drawn. That player earns a six-point bonus for “going out.” The game ends at this point, and the player with the highest score wins!

This is a new version of Qwirkle, which is also a great game. Why is this better? There are two reasons: 1) the cubes prevent you from getting stuck, mitigating some of the game’s “luck issues,” and 2) having all hands visible creates more chances for deeper tactics. I love this game and would recommend it to just about anyone, ages six and up!