Another dice game, you say. No big fuss, you say… Well, it is a bit more than just that. Qwinto combines the color of the dice with the number of pips rolled to score points.  Each turn, you decide which dice to roll, choosing up to 3 colors (yellow, orange and purple). The result of your roll must be written on a row of a matching color on your score sheet.

There are a couple of basic rules to be respected when entering the result: the values must be in ascending order from left to right in a row. Duplicates are not allowed, so no numbers can appear twice, in a row or a column. Placement of your result is key as you can only pass 4 times, also known as failed attempts, following those rules.

The game finishes when a player has filled out 2 colored rows or when a player records 4 failed attempts. Then you check the score sheets and the players with the most points wins.

So, we have colors, rows, columns, failed attempts, ascending numbers, no duplicates and because developers are nice they leave the final scoring to BGA, one less thing to be concerned with. And we forgot to mention pentagons, but we will let you figure this one out… So, Qwinto is definitely more than just a dice game. And it was included in the list of Spiel des Jahres recommended games upon release.

Qwinto is a nice mix of dice rolling, strategic placement, and push-your-luck. If you want to give this all-time favorite a go, click the link below

https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=qwinto

Let’s bow to Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag and the game designers Bernhard Lach & Uwe Rapp, for this dice nice addition to BGA and our congratulations to vurtan for rolling out Qwinto on the platform.

That's your Monday release,

Until next time, keep rolling and as always... take care and play fair!