

The first player to empty their hand ends the game and receives a 6 point bonus. After that players continue to play as they would, but without replenishing their hand. Play continues as normal until there are no cubes left to draw from. Once the player has played their cubes, they must draw enough cubes to bring their hand back to six, then roll the new cubes and set them in their hand as they were rolled.

After they have rolled their cubes, the player may play as many cubes as they are able, if none of their cubes are playable they must re-roll until they can play at least one cube. On the player’s turn they may choose however many cubes from their hand to roll. Each player starts with a hand of six cubes (draw six, roll all six and keep them in your hand as they were rolled). With the addition of the cubes, comes more control over the pieces you play. Lines may only include one of each shape (if they are all the same color) or one of each color (if they are all the same shape). Score by building rows and columns of blocks that share a common shape or color, you receive points for each cube in a line added to and in the line created! Look for opportunities to score big by placing a cube that touches multiple pieces with matching attributes, or by getting a Qwirkle (completing a line of shapes in the same color or a complete line of one shape).

Gameplay is similar to the original Qwirkle, and easy to learn it’s as simple as matching colors and shapes, but winning the game requires tactical maneuvers, well-planned strategy and a little bit of luck. Toy’s “Best Vacation (children’s products) Award”. It’s won a few of its own awards like the “Major Fun Award” and Dr. Qwirkle Cubes is the impressive follow-up to the wildly successful original Qwirkle game.
