X-tiles
X-tiles Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Content
48 Tiles
Aim of the Game
The aim is to score points by being the first player to play all their tiles. Rounds are played until one of the players reaches the target score.
For example:
2-3 players – play to 10 points
4-5 players – play to 12 points
6 players – play to 15 points
Setup
The tiles are shuffled face down and each player draws seven tiles.
Remember to keep your tiles hidden from the other players! The remaining tiles are placed in piles next to the playing area, as they are not needed before the next round. Keep a pen and paper (or your mobile phone) handy for recording your scores!
How to Play
The player who won the last round plays first (for the first round, any one of the players can play first). Tiles must be played so that adjoining edges have matching colours.
- The starting player draws two random tiles from the piles and places them on the playing area so that the colours of the adjoining edges match. Then that player starts the game by adding the first tile on them.
The first tile played must "turn" the game – it can't be played so that there are three tiles in a line.
- Now the fun begins! Players take turns playing tiles, and whenever a player plays a tile that matches along more than one edge, that player gets to go again.
Very rarely a situation may arise, where a player is not able to play any of their tiles on their turn. If this happens, the turn passes to the next player instead. If none of the players are able to play a tile, the round ends without a winner!
Diagram: a correctly played tile (marked "Correct!") and an incorrectly played tile (marked "Incorrect!") show adjoining edges matching and not matching.
End of the Game
The round ends, when one of the players has played their last tile. That player gets a point for each tile remaining in their opponents' hands, and if their last tile matched on more than one edge, they get double points!
Now you can record your points and play again.
The winner of the game is the player who reaches the set target score first!
Etiquette note: if the played tile matches along 3 or 4 edges it is considered good etiquette for the other players to heartily congratulate the player in turn!