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Qwirkle is a game played with tiles having the shapes and colours of those in the menu bar above. For a detailed description visit Wikipedia.
  • When a game starts you are dealt six of the 108 tiles which are placed in your rack below the board.
  • When it's your turn to play you may place as many tiles as you can to make a line containing all the same colour or all the same shape but without any duplicate tiles.
  • If you start a game the first tile you play must cover the square with a star in it else the first tile you play must touch the side of a tile on the board.
  • You move a tile from your rack by clicking on it and then selecting a cell on the board by clicking on the cell.
  • You may also drag a tile from your rack and drop it onto the board.
  • You score one point for each tile in a line you create or add to.
  • A complete line of six tiles, called a 'Qwirkle', scores twelve points.
  • The game ends when the first player runs out of tiles. They are awarded a bonus of six points. The player with the highest score wins the game.
  • For help click the button containing a question mark at the right hand end of the menu bar at the top of the page. It will appear when a game starts.
To play this version try one of the options below:

  • To play with friends who are online now, click .
  • To play a demo which uses robots, click .
    To stop the demo click Home at the top of the page.

Click Home to see this page.

To play other games produced by Graham click here.
Change the Settings and then click the 'OK' button

To play with friends who are online now, click .



 
 
Click Home at the top of the page to leave the game.
Click Reload if game appears to be stuck.
Click
to play another game with the same players
but with as the starter.

To play a game with your friends you may either join a game someone else is hosting or host a game online for your friends to join. You will need to enter your name in the name section which will be saved as a cookie. Choose how you wish to play then click the 'Network' button at the bottom. If no option is selected when the 'Network' button is clicked this information will be hidden.

Join a Game

A friend of yours has set up a game for you to join. When the other people they have asked are ready to play, the game will start. If you have been asked to join a game, select this option. Enter your name in the 'Name Section' below and then click the 'Network' button.
If you know the game letter and number combination enter them here and then click the
key or the 'Network' button. Incorrect letter and number combinations will be ignored when the
key is used.
Host an Online Game

You may compete with your friends at the same time. You will be given instructions on what web pages to load and when everyone has loaded the page, the game will start. If you would like to host a game and your friends are waiting to play, select this option. Enter your name and your friends' names in the 'Name Section' below and then click the 'Network' button.
How many seconds do you need for a go, before a robot takes a player's turn? seconds.
Name Section
Enter your name as the first name.
To add more names click the 'Add Row' button or the
key to provide another row for you to add another name. Robots may play. Robot names are 'Bot' and a number, eg 'Bot1'. Click the 'Add Bot' button to add a robot.
Name
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Hosting an online game

Your friends should be ready to play online now.

Click the 'Go' button after telling your friends:

Your friends may also go to click the 'Network' button and select the 'Join a Game' option.

How you tell your friends is up to you but here are a couple of suggestions:

  • Click to copy the above information to the clip board. After doing so you could paste it into WhatsApp or something similar to tell them how to start the game.
  • Click to email them the instructions. The above information will be copied into the body of the email. If clicking on the 'Create Email' button does not work click on 'Copy Game Information' and use your usual email app.

Once your friends have been contacted click which sets up the multiple player page. You will have to wait for your friends before you can start playing.

Problems may occur. When they do please take a screen shot and send it to the author.

Qwirkle is played by placing tiles on a board of white cells. A tile may be placed in line with another tile of the same shape or the same colour. You place a tile on the board by

  1. Clicking on a tile in your rack of tiles, shown below the board and then clicking on an empty cell on the board.
  2. OR you may drag a tile from the rack of tiles and drop it into a cell on the board.
  3. If you are able to place another tile in the same line then do so.
  4. If you do not play a tile in 40 seconds your go will end.
  5. When you cannot place another tile on the board a timer will show indicating how much longer you have for your go.
  6. You end your go by clicking on the green tick button .

To the left of your rack is the swap button which you may click before you play a tile. Click on the tiles you would like to swap. When you have selected the tiles to swap, click on the green tick button.

To reset what you have done in your go, click the red cross button . The tiles you placed on the board will be returned to your rack.

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In seconds you will be leaving the game.