Qwirkle – what’s a Qwirkle?
What’s a Qwirkle you ask…
Check out the board game video review and you’ll find out.
Of course, how they came up with the name of Qwirkle we may never know. But what we do know is that Qwirkle is another good family board game.
Can the whole family enjoy Qwirkle?
This is another Yes and No depending on your family size.
“Yes” in that Qwirkle is easy for youngsters to understand and play. And older kids and parents can have fun too.
But “No” in the sense that everyone may not be able to play at the same time. Playing with all 6 in our family took too long for this type of game. There was more down time than we like between turns when some would take a lot of time analyzing their next move. So when playing we suggest sticking with the limit of 4 people at a time.
School fun too
When we first pulled Qwirkle out, our 6 year old recognized it immediately because they have it in his 1st grade classroom at school. And wouldn’t you know it, he took an early lead after the first couple rounds.
But in the end, Jaden did the Qwirkle video review because as he puts it: “this is my type of game.”
We’d like to thank Boardgame Revolution for a copy of Qwirkle to review.
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I just received Qwirkle for my birthday based on your You Tube review. We played as a family last night and had a great time! We played WAY past bedtime but that’s ok once in a while. And what’s great about it is our youngest almost beat the pants off everyone because he could see patterns no one else could catch. If it hadn’t been for others scoring “Qwirkles” and racking up extra points, the 6 year old would have beaten us all. Who’s to say he won’t tomorrow night? Thanks for your great reveiws.
Also, do you consider Ingenious and Qwirkle to be similar enough to be redundant?
Thanks, again. Joann
Joann – I wouldn’t consider Ingenious and Qwirkle redundant at all. Ingenious brings in a whole different strategy and thinking element. Yes, you’re placing tiles on the board next to similar colors, but there’s more decisions about blocking and situating pieces for optimal scoring. And the trickiest part is balancing your scoring amongst all your colors – so that you don’t leave one behind on your score track. It’s a great balance and sometimes tough to pull off.
Do you think an elderly person (94yo to be exact) would be able to catch on and follow this game? She is my grandmother and is still pretty mentally sharp. She plays Ono, Yahtzee and Sorry but looses interest in more complicated competitive board games she used to play, like Monopoly and Scrabble, now that she is older. For her, learning a new game is a challenge. Something simple enough to easily understand and play but not so simple it’s dull would be ideal. Any suggestions?? Thanks!
Valerie – Yes, we do think an elderly person would be able to catch on to Qwirkle. Another game your grandmother may enjoy is Blokus. Very simple to understand an play, but with some strategic depth to keep every game interesting.
I finally got to play Qwirkle! my friend’s little dude requested it for Christmas so a few weeks before when I saw him I gave him the travel version I found at Wal-Mart then gave him the bigger version for Christmas and we played it. My friend said he did much better playing with them – he was too distracted I guess this time (he’ll be 7 in Feb and seems to have trouble focusing). so after he bailed about halfway through his aunt , cousin (almost 12), and I kept playing. It’s a fun game – wish I had others to play with more often.
Another one of our favorites!
I live in a retirement village and one of our number, Helen introduced Qwirkle to our games group yesterday. 6 of us played, with the cautious ones – Claudia and Kath – playing with another player until they gained confidence to play alone. 94 year old, Jean loved it. We had previously played Iota so understood the game concept but appreciated the larger, more colourful tiles; much more suitable for those of us with arthritic fingers.
I’m sure we’ll play it again, but think Quiddler will continue to be our favourite where we really have to work hard to beat Jean.
We have recently also introduced the group to UNO Flip which we find much more interesting than the original.
Margaret
That’s great to hear Margaret! Love hearing about players in that age range enjoying such games.