Qwirkle Board Game by Mindware

BUYING GUIDE. 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 in no time! Look for opportunities to score big by placing a tile that touches multiple pieces and matches both shapes and colors; the player with the most points wins. 108 blocks.

Product Features
* 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

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.

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