In Twinkle,
the boundless universe comes to your table as you build your own
constellation. Having the role of a stellar creator, your task is to
decorate the night sky using colorful dice as stars and win the
competition among other creators who share the same goal. Choose your
star dice carefully, foresee your opponents’ moves. and take risks at
the right moment in order to claim victory.
Over the seven rounds of the game, you form your constellation one
die at a time, building off either or both of the “starting stars” on
the player board. To set up, roll the six colors of d8 dice, then place
them on the central game board. Place the d4, d6, d10, and d12 dice in
each of the six colors to the side. On a turn, choose either:
- One of the d8 dice without changing the value on it
- Any three dice not previously claimed (with d8 dice being an
option), then roll those three dice and choose one of them, returning
the other dice to the central game board or the side as appropriate.
Place your chosen die in your constellation, either as a star
branching off one of your starting stars or as a star branching off a
previously placed star. Each starting star and each placed star may have
at most two branches off of it, and each placed star must have a lower
value than the star from which it’s branching off.
If a newly placed star has more sides than the star it’s branching
off of, you immediately score 2 points. Otherwise, you score points only
at game’s end, with your dice scoing points based on their color. For
example, with yellow you score 1, 3 or 6 points for having one, two, or
at least three yellow dice. Blue dice are worth only 1 point each,
unless two blue dice branch off one star, in which case the pair is
worth 4 points. Black dice score based on their sum off each starting
star, and red dice based on how many even or odd non-red dice are on the
same line. Whoever scores the most points wins.
You can also play Twinkle with mission cards that reward the
player with the lowest total sum, the fewest types of dice, the fewest
colors, and so on, with 1-3 of these mission cards in play as desired.
