Q•bitz (2009)

About this game

In Q•bitz players use their special blocks to recreate patterns, claim cards and win the game. In the first round, someone reveals a Q•bitz card (out of a deck of 100 cards), then players race to assemble their specially colored blocks in the pattern shown on that card; the first player to do so claims the card. In the second round, players must roll their blocks like dice to find the iamges that they need to recreate the pattern on the card. In the third round, all players look at the card for ten seconds to try to memorize the pattern, then they work on recreating that pattern by memory; the round ends when someone calls for it to end, with the player who successfully recreated more of the pattern than anyone else claiming the card. After three sets of three rounds, the player who claimed the most cards wins the game. Contents: 120 Q-bitz Cards, (80 in 1st edition) 4 Wooden Trays 4 Sets of 16 Cubes Rules See also: Q•bitz 100 Card Expansion Pack

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 4.
• Rules load. At 1.4/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 8 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.