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Star Wars Qwirkle

Darth Vader in six colors

Qwirkle as you know it – you form and extend rows of blocks which show either the same color or the same image, in order to score the highest possible total of points. In this version of the game the 108 blocks do not show six different geometric shapes in six colors, but six different characters from Star Wars - Yoda, Boba Fett, R2-D2, C-3PO, Stormtrooper und Darth Vader, in six colors and each character 3x per color. You draw 6 blocks from the bag and if you have the most correlations in either character or color you place the starting-row. As the active player you place one or more blocks into one row and refill your hand from the bag or exchange 1-6 blocks for new ones.

Two or more blocks next to each other form a row, either with blocks showing the same character or the same color. In rows of the same color each character may only occur once, in rows of the same character each color is only allowed once. Therefore, each row has a maximum length of six blocks.

Newly placed blocks must be in contact with blocks already placed, you can add blocks at the beginning and the end of a row, but only into one row in each turn. If you cannot place a block you must exchange blocks. At the end of your turn you score 1 point for each block in the row you have formed or extended, you can score twice for a block if the block belongs to two rows. If you complete a row of six blocks, this is a Qwirkle and you score six bonus points.

So far so familiar; if you do not know Qwirkle and love Star Wars, you should grab a game, this edition, too, is an elegant, quick placement game for all the family.

Players: 2-4

Age: 6+

Time: 45+

Designer: Susan McKinley Ross

Artist: not named

Price: ca. 30 Euro

Publisher: Schmidt Spiele 2015

Web: www.schmidtspiele.de        

Genre: Tile placement, combinations

Users: For families

Version: multi

Rules: de fr it

In-game text: no

Comments:

Basic game with a license topic

Rules unchanged

Purely abstract game despite the topic

Compares to:

Qwirkle and variants, also games with group formation using color or symbols

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0