WYPS - idea for universal version

Spiel des Jahres 2011 became game QWIRKLE - http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/25669/qwirkle. Stones for Qwirkle and definition of word could be used in WYPS too. Rules for international version of WYPS - Q version:

• Size board 8. It is 36 fields.
• 36 stones. There is 6 characters in 6 different colors.
• Rack size is 5 stones.
• Other rules are the same as in last version of WYPS.

Two interesting games

There are two interesting games from ongoing tournaments on LitteGolem.

Full Board

This game was played in 10th WYPS championship between JeanHerbert and chianti. Game was played to last stone and last 13 moves were atari moves. There is final position:


The win with a few stones

Second game is played in 7th WYPS championship on small board. Game is played between gpallis and Michal Piszczalka. gpallis is a new champion on small board and this interesting games is his only lost. In this position:

gpallis plays excellent move REFILTER.



White is not only connected, but there is only one free field in corner, very distant from important letter R. But Michal Piszczalka found right solution.



In final position has black only 9 stones against 19 white's stones. But it is enough to be connected.

New videos on YouTube

I create two new videos. There is a new special page with these videos too. Video with game on small board has every move commented - there are explained rules.