Qwirkle: Connect Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Components
• Set Up
• Starting the Game
• Game Play and Scoring
• Qwirkle Select and Qwirkle Connect Combined
• Components (Combined)
• Set Up (Combined)
• Starting the Game (Combined)
• Game Play and Scoring (Combined)

Components

Important note: The Qwirkle Expansion Boards are for use with your existing Qwirkle game. Qwirkle tiles and drawstring bag are sold separately.

• 4 game board quadrants
• Your Qwirkle game

Set Up

Use the Qwirkle Connect side of the boards. Arrange the game board quadrants to make one large square board. The board quadrants can be combined in many ways. The illustration shows the recommended set up for your first game.

The recommended board when first playing Qwirkle Connect.

Another possible board for Qwirkle Connect.

Place a randomly drawn tile face-up on each black space.

Starting the Game

The player with the most tiles that share one attribute plays first. The first player is not required to play his or her largest set of tiles. The first player can place his or her tiles anywhere on the board, as long as one of the tiles is touching a tile that is already on the board.

Game Play and Scoring

Game play and scoring are the same as in Qwirkle, with the following exceptions:

• The board starts with 24 tiles that you can play off of. As in Qwirkle, you must play so that at least one of your tiles touches a tile already on the board.
• The numbered spaces allow you to score bonus points. One-point bonus spaces require you to connect two of the Qwirkle tiles placed on the board in set up. Two-point bonus spaces require you to create connections further away from the starting tiles.
• When you play a tile on a numbered space, add the bonus point(s) to your normal score. Only score the bonus once, even if the tile placed on the bonus space is used in two different lines.
• You cannot play off of the board.

Playing the green circle in the upper left of the board scores 5 points: 2 points for the green line, 2 points for the circle line, and 1 point for the bonus space.

Playing the two diamonds in the upper right of the board scores 9 points: 3 points for the diamond line, 2 points for the orange line, 2 points for the purple line, and 2 points for the bonus spaces.

Qwirkle Select and Qwirkle Connect Combined

Qwirkle Select and Qwirkle Connect can be combined together to create a game that will have you thinking in multiple directions. Please read the rules for Qwirkle Select and Qwirkle Connect before playing this game.

Components (Combined)

• 4 game board quadrants
• 12 star tokens
• Your Qwirkle game

Set Up (Combined)

Arrange the game board quadrants to make one large square playing board. The board quadrants can be combined in many ways. It works best to use two board quadrants from Select and two from Connect, as shown in the recommended board illustration below.

Place one star token on each of the star spaces. Place a randomly drawn tile face-up on each black space.

The recommended board for combining Qwirkle Connect and Qwirkle Select.

Starting the Game (Combined)

The player with the most tiles that share one attribute plays first. The first player is not required to play his or her largest set of tiles. The first player can place his or her tiles anywhere on the board, as long as one of the tiles is touching a tile that is already on the board.

Game Play and Scoring (Combined)

Game play and scoring are the same as in Qwirkle, Qwirkle Select, and Qwirkle Connect with the following exception:

• If a bonus point square is uncovered by the use of a star token, the bonus point(s) are scored again if the square is played on.