Qwinto

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Qwinto
Game data
author Uwe Rapp , Bernhard Lach
(+ Reinhard Staupe , card game)
graphic Oliver Freudenreich
publishing company Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag
Publishing year 2015
Art dice game
Teammates 1 to 4
Duration about 20 minutes
Age from 8 years

Awards

Qwinto is a dice game with three dice by Uwe Rapp and Bernhard Lach , which was published in 2015 by Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag and was presented at the international game days SPIEL '15. Like other games from the publisher, such as the Qwixx and twenty one games developed by Steffen Benndorf , the game combines the color of the dice with the number of points in the rating. It can be played alone and with up to four players, with around 20 minutes playing time being allowed for a game. The recommended minimum age for players is eight years.

In 2016, Qwinto was included on the recommendation list for Game of the Year 2016. Qwinto: Das Kartenspiel, an implementation of the game as a card game , was released for the Nuremberg Toy Fair 2017 .

Gameplay

The Qwinto game material consists of a game block made up of similar scoring slips and three dice, one of which is red, yellow and purple. There are three horizontal rows in the game colors red, yellow and purple, each with nine fields and a gap. In addition, the fields are arranged in such a way that two or three fields form vertical columns. There is also a pentagonal bonus field in each of the five columns of three.

Below the three rows is a row for four missed throws and a detached row for scoring. The aim of the game is to get the most points at the end of the game.

Game flow

At the beginning of the game, each player is given a score sheet and a pen to write down the die results. In the game, the individual rows must be processed from left to right in such a way that the entered values ​​are always higher and at the same time never the same values ​​are in one column. The game ends as soon as a player has completely filled two rows or rolled four missed throws.

The starting player is drawn by lots, the players in turn roll the dice. The active player can choose whether to roll one, two or all three colored dice. After the roll he can decide to roll all the chosen dice again or to score the roll. The result can then be entered by all players at any point in a row that corresponds to one of the dice colors. When making entries, two basic rules must be observed:

  • Within a color row, the values ​​must be in ascending order from left to right; doubling is not permitted. The gaps between the individual values ​​can be of any size.
  • Values ​​may never be entered twice within a column.

In each of the three columns there is a pentagonal field, the bonus field. If a three column is complete in the final scoring, the value in the bonus field will be included in the scoring. If the active player cannot enter the dice value, he must mark the throw as a miss and tick a box in the line accordingly.

End of game and scoring

The game ends as soon as a player has completely filled his second color row, or if a player had to tick his fourth miss. Then it comes to the evaluation that each player makes for himself:

  • For each complete row of colors, the player is given the number at the very end of the row as points.
  • For each incomplete color row, the number of numbers entered is noted as points.
  • For each complete column, the value in the bonus field is noted as points
  • Five negative points are noted for each miss.

At the end all points are added and the negative points are subtracted. The winner is the player with the highest score after scoring.

Qwinto: The card game

The Qwinto: The card game is basically played according to the same rules and the same scoring block as the dice game, but instead of the dice, a card set of 32 playing cards is used to determine the values. At the beginning of the game the cards are shuffled and each player receives three cards for his scoring sheet, which he takes in his hand. The remaining cards are placed in the middle of the table as a face-down pile and four cards next to them as an open 2 × 2 display.

The players play in turn and each cover one of the cards in the open display with any one of their own. If a player has two cards with the same card value, he can also discard the second card with the value next to his card. The discarded card and the two horizontally and vertically adjacent cards form the result of the round by adding them up; if two cards were placed, the cards adjacent to the last card placed are scored. The player announces the total and the colors involved, whereby gray is generally not mentioned. Now all players are allowed to enter the announced number in a row of colors with one color involved, just like in the dice game.

If the active player cannot enter the value, this counts as a bad throw and must mark it in the corresponding row. This is also the case if the player has discarded a gray card and the two neighboring cards are also gray; so there is no color involved that can be scored. At the end of the turn the player draws cards until he has three cards in hand again. When the draw pile is empty, all cards on display with the exception of the visible cards are shuffled and laid out as a new draw pile.

The game also ends here as soon as a player has completely filled his second color row, or if a player had to tick his fourth miss. The winner is the player with the highest score after scoring.

Qwinto: The card game as a solo version

The rules for Qwinto: The Card Game also describe an option for a solo variant. All rules of the multi-player game apply. In addition to the cases described, the game ends when the draw pile is used up and the player has played all cards in hand.

Development and reception

The game Qwinto was developed by Uwe Rapp and Bernhard Lach and published in 2015 by Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag (NSV), it was released for the international game days SPIEL '15 in October 2015. The Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag published the game in a German version , in the same year a Dutch version was published by White Goblin Games . In 2017 the game was released in a Japanese version by Arclight Games and in a French version by Gigamic.

In 2016, Qwinto was included on the recommendation list for Game of the Year 2016.

Qwinto: The card game was published for the Nuremberg Toy Fair 2017, a Dutch version was also published here by White Goblin Games.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Rules of the game for Qwinto ; accessed on May 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Official rules of the game for Qwinto: Das Kartenspiel ; accessed on May 28, 2017.
  3. ↑ Versions of Qwinto in the board game database BoardGameGeek; accessed on May 28, 2017.
  4. ↑ Qwinto (Japanese Ver.). Retrieved November 15, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Qwinto (French edition) | Board Game Version | BoardGameGeek. Retrieved November 15, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Versions of Qwinto: The card game in the board game database BoardGameGeek; accessed on May 28, 2017.

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