There are 6 different colors and 6 different shapes, so Qwirkle has 36 different tiles. There are 3 copies of each tile for a total of 108 tiles.

Example: If your hand has a red square, red circle, blue circle, green circle, orange diamond, and purple star, your largest group would be the 3 circles. If there’s a tie for who has the largest group, then whoever’s older goes first.

Two tiles that touch each other form a line and need to be either the same shape or the same color. Try to play 2 or more tiles when you’re starting the game since you’ll earn more points.

Two tiles that touch each other form a line and need to be either the same shape or the same color. Try to play 2 or more tiles when you’re starting the game since you’ll earn more points.

A line of the same color can only have one tile in each shape. Example: You can only have one yellow square in a line. A line of the same shape can only have one tile of each color. Example: You can only have one blue star in a line of stars. When you add the tiles to the grid, they all have to go into the same line. However, you can place your tiles on either end of the line. As you build out the grid, you’ll restrict where other players can put their tiles and some spots might get blocked off.

You’ll have to wait until your next turn to play any tiles you just exchanged.

Example: If you add 2 tiles to the end of a line that already has 2 tiles, then you’ll earn 4 points. Example: If you play blue square on the end of a line with 2 other squares and then connect a blue circle to the blue square, you’ll earn a total of 5 points. You get 3 points for the line of squares and 2 points for the new blue line you made.

You can never make a line that’s longer than 6 tiles.

Search the board for corners made by the lines and see if you have any matching colors or shapes. Example: If there’s an empty space with a green star to the left and a blue square above it, you could play a green square in the space for 4 points!