Quinque official English rules

Overview

• Each player has 18 parachutes of their colour.
• One player places a parachute on the first tile.
• Players take turns to:
  1. Mark a skydiver or move a tile.
  2. Optionally move a tile.
• The winner is the first player to make a line of five of their parachutes.

Game play

Mark a skydiver

1. Choose a free skydiver on an already-played tile and put a parachute on their back.
   • OR
2. Add a new tile adjacent to an already placed one and add a parachute to one of the new tile's skydivers.

Move a tile

1. Select a tile.
2. Move the tile to any free space on a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line.

• All tiles must have edge connections.
• A tile cannot be moved if:
  • One of its skydivers was marked in the same turn, or
  • The tile is surrounded on all 4 edges.
• Tiles may not be rotated.

Game end

Win

• The active player immediately wins if five of their own skydivers are aligned.
  • Horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

Tie

• Both players are out of parachutes.