Qwinto

Qwinto

This is the Dutch-language edition. In Qwinto all players play at the same time, with everyone trying to fill the rows on their score sheet with numbers as quickly, and as high, as possible in order to score the most points.

To set up, each player receives a score sheet with three coloured rows of shapes (mostly circles with a few pentagons). The rows do not overlap completely, but they do overlap enough to create five vertical columns of three shapes, with one pentagon in each vertical row.

On a turn, a player rolls 1 to 3 dice, with the dice having the same colours as the rows: orange, yellow, purple. Each player may write the sum that is rolled in an empty shape on a row that matches the colour of one of the dice. When placing a sum on a row, two rules must be followed:

All numbers in a row must increase from left to right.
No number can be repeated within a vertical column.

A player does not have to enter a number every time, but if the active player, the one who rolled the dice, does not do so, they must tick a box for a failed roll on their score sheet.

The game continues until someone has filled in two rows on their score sheet or until someone has collected four failed rolls. Players then add up their points: for each completed column on their score sheet a player scores points equal to the number in the pentagon of that column. For each completed row on their score sheet a player scores points equal to the rightmost number in that row. For each incomplete row on their score sheet a player scores one point per number in that row. For each failed roll a player loses five points. Whoever has the highest total wins!