| User | Rating | Min. Age | Adults Too | Comment |
| smithhemb | 9 | | | Qwirkle has all of the appeals of Ingenious -- attractive components, scales well from 2-4, simple rules/interesting choices, nice tradeoff between offense and defense, accessible to non-gamers -- and it's more fun, I'd say (and my 9 year old agrees).
Haven't experimented enough to recommend a minimum age. No reading or math (beyond counting) required, but you do have to think strategically and think ahead to win. Some luck-of-the draw. I think our 4 player games have lasted about 45 minutes, which probably places this beyond the attention span of most preschoolers.
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| Spanky2001 | 9 | 7 | Yes | |
| beezwax | 8 | 7 | Yes | This has been an outstanding game to play with the kids. The bits are cool. The rules are fairly simple and easy to teach to both kids and adults alike. Despite the simplicity, the game can be played very strategically for older children or adults. Highly recommended. |
| davebo | 8 | 7 | Yes | A good game, but my 8yo found the scoring difficult to understand. My 11yo was able to understand it perfectly well. However, my 11yo boy did not like the game. |
| RPardoe | 7 | 6 | Yes | Simple rules might suggest this as a good kids game. However, the play is a bit deeper as one needs to set-up (and block) the high scoring 6-in-a-row combinations. I have also knocked the rating down a bit on game length, as the game can drag due to the number of tiles to be played. Shorter attention spans with repetitive action might be off-putting to some. Minimum age reflects who I think could play the game and understand the rules. Minimum age does not reflect who can play the game well. |
| boltongeordie | 6 | 8 | Yes | OK for kids, but the pen and paper scoring and rather scrabble-like mechanic just doesn't seem to click with kids. They can understand it but they don't seem attracted to it. |