![]() ![]() And as the online version is a perfect replica of a two player Qwirkle game, the online game does not disappoint. What I like about qwirkle is that it’s a strategy game that doesn’t take hours to play. Once again, I direct you to the Qwirkle episode of TableTop for a more thorough introduction to the game. Once a row of six is complete, the player has earned a “qwirkle” and extra points are awarded. ![]() Rows and columns can only contain one symbol in all six colours, or one colour in all six symbols, and each player will gain one point for each tile they place on the board. At the start of the game players pick up seven tiles, as you would in Scrabble, and each take turns laying out tiles on the board in a row or column. Said tiles contain one of six different symbols in one of six different colours. It plays a little bit like Scrabble, if your tiles contained colours and symbols instead of letters. Qwirkle is a fun little game that is super easy to pick up, and great for all ages. That said, if you’re looking for a quick way to play (without having to spend the time calculating points), then this is the online game for you! The AI for the computer players also aren’t the best, and you’ll notice that the computer players have a tendency to play all their “meeples” as early as possible and spend the rest of the game drawing and placing tiles. As such, it is a little buggy at times, and your meeple and point count can sometimes go haywire. While Carcassonne by Badim does a great job of recreating the core mechanics of the game, I do warn you that at the end of the day the game is a clone, and not an official online version published of the game. For those unacquainted with the game itself, I direct you to the Carcassonne episode of Table Top for a quick overview. ![]() For those who haven’t played Carcassonne before, as Wil Wheaton on TableTop describes it, Carcassonne represents one of the four pillars of classic European-style tabletop gaming (the other three pillars represented by Alhambra, Ticket to Ride and Catan). Kudos to Kongregate user Badim for creating a worthy clone of one of my favourite classic tabletop games. My hope is that these games serve as a good way for my fellow busy friends to keep tabletop gaming as part of your life. Note that these are my own choices, based on the games that I like, the ones that are easiest to play online (i.e., minimizing how much you have to download or how many accounts you have to set-up), and ones that translate well from the table to the computer. Recognizing that we don’t always have the time to gather our friends and play hours of tabletop games, this top 5 only includes my favourite board games that are playable online. In honour of the big day I thought that as a “Causal Gamer” I would make a top 5 list of my favourite board games, but with a twist. It really was the Geek & Sundry network that nurtured my love of everything board games, and if it wasn’t for Wil Wheaton and his weekly TableTop web series I would not have been introduced to many of the games that I am now proud to own and share with my friends and family. Although this year I won’t personally be participating in TableTop Day, I still wanted to make a post to show my support for Geek & Sundry and the event.
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