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Qwixx

Cross off as many boxes as possible on four coloured rows, without piling up penalties.

players
2–5
minutes
15

You’ll need the game box. Marquoir sums up the rules and keeps score.

Setup

  • Six dice: two white and four coloured. One score sheet per player.
  • Each sheet has four rows: red and yellow from 2 to 12, green and blue from 12 to 2.

How to play

  • The active player rolls all six dice. Everyone may cross off the sum of the two white dice, in the row of their choice.
  • Then the active player alone may cross off the sum of one white die and one coloured die, in the row of that colour.
  • You always cross off from left to right: skipped boxes are lost for good.
  • An active player who crosses off nothing takes a penalty.
  • The last box of a row — the 12 or the 2 — can only be crossed off with at least five crosses already in that row. It then locks the row for everyone.

Scoring

  • A row with n crosses scores n × (n + 1) / 2 points: one cross 1, two crosses 3, five crosses 15, twelve crosses 78.
  • Locking a row adds one extra cross to its count.
  • Each penalty costs five points, subtracted from the total.

End of the game

  • The game ends as soon as a player takes their fourth penalty, or two rows are locked.
  • Add up the four rows, then subtract the penalties.

House rules and pitfalls

  • Locking a row requires crossing off its last box, which takes at least five crosses already in place.
  • A locked row is locked for everyone: the first to get there deprives the others of their remaining boxes.

Frequently asked questions

How is the score calculated in Qwixx?

Per row, based on the number of crosses: one cross is worth 1 point, two are worth 3, three 6, four 10, and so on according to the formula n × (n + 1) / 2. Then subtract five points per penalty.

The box

Released
2012
Age
Ages 8+
Designer
Steffen Benndorf
Artwork
Oliver Freudenreich, Sandra Freudenreich, Tom McKendrick
Publisher
Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag
Mechanics
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Contents
  • 6 dés : 2 blancs et 4 de couleur
  • 1 bloc de score
Expansions
  • Qwixx Le grand Mix!
  • Qwixx: Big Points · 2021
  • Qwixx: Connected · 2019
  • Qwixx: Bonus · 2020
  • Qwixx: Characters

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Rules on video

Videos in French, hosted on YouTube.

Where to find it

Specialist French shops. Marquoir earns nothing from these links.

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