Mindware | Qwirkle: Travel (NEW) | Board Game | Ages 6+ | 2-4 Players | 45 Minutes Playing Time

Bought this for the grandchildren who love playing it - helps them see patterns

A great game to take with you

The whole family aged 85 to 8 enjoy this game .

Great product and packaging. Excellent value for money. Three generation family love the game. Recommend.

I have given my opinion - I've nothing further to say.

Bought this one instead of the main larger game because it’s easier to store. Lightweight and great for a weekend away, love the game

- Travel Quirkle is a firm favourite with all the family (4yrs to 74 yrs) plus a total winner for storage in a smart zipper-pack with separate dipping bag included to select tiles throughout the game. Much easier than yet another large box!- TBH, we've seen the original version but still preferred to buy the travel pack as these tiles are very comfortable handling size.- Most importantly, easy-to-follow rules to get going quickly. Aim of this tile-matching game is similar to "Rummy" or "Whot" cards, using clear shapes and colours to involve younger players under 6, with some help. Adaptable to suit the competitiveness of our child vs adult playing group!

Let me preface this review by saying that I love the game itself, the mechanics of how the game plays. I have been playing Qwirkle with my family for a long time now. I decided to purchase another copy in the hopes that I can combine two sets, in order to play games with more than 4 players (I have played games with one set and 5 players but, it doesn't work very well in terms of the flow of the game and total number of tiles split 5 ways). The tiles in my old qwirkle set are well made, the bag that is provided to put the tiles in feels high quality and they've held up well in the time that I've had it. Okay, with that preface out of the way I will share my gripes with this latest set.It seems like with this latest version there has been a change in the manufacturing process for this game. First of all, the bag that is provided for the tiles now sports a logo on it and feels like a cheap, thin material as opposed to the previous quality bag which was thick and logo free. As you will see from my pictures there are several dissapointing aspects to these tiles. I hope for everyone else's sake that this is a anomaly and that in general other sets have no issues with their tiles; I can only share my experience, unfortunately.I've numbered some issues I've had which the pictures illustrate.1. The paint on the front of many tiles is chipped, to varying degrees of depth and number of chips, illustrated on the two green tiles shown in the pictures.2. The paint on the tiles is thin. You can see the black tile through the paint, illustrated by the yellow tile in the pictures.3. The centering of the printing or painting is off on some of the tiles. In the purple tile picture you can see that the edge of the shape is almost off the front face of the tile, going down the side.4. Several of the tiles are dented to some degree, some are even damaged to the extent of exposing unpainted wood underneath.I'll end this review on a positive note:1. The bag is bigger. My old version has a bag that is barely big enough to hold all of the tiles. This new bag better holds the tiles, with more room to allow for rummaging through the tiles to ensure a random tile is picked.2. There's no hole in the front of the box. The old box has/had a hole in the front of the box which displayed the wooden tiles. This new version has no hole which is much more pleasing.Overall the gameplay itself is fantastic. It's a great gateway game and it's easy to learn but there's a lot of depth to it once you get into it. I just hope that nobody else receives such poor tiles as I have in this latest set.