Twinkle

About this board game

Twinkle is a dice-drafting game for 1–4 players that takes about 30 minutes, inviting you to build a personal constellation over seven rounds.

As a stellar creator, you choose colorful dice as stars and place them one at a time, building from either or both of your two starting stars. Every new star must have a lower value than the star it branches from, and each starting or placed star can support at most two branches.

At the start, the six colors of d8 dice are rolled onto the central board, while d4, d6, d10, and d12 dice in each color wait nearby. On your turn, take one available d8 without changing its value, or choose any three unclaimed dice, roll them, and keep one before returning the others to their appropriate locations.

• Place dice to create a branching constellation with descending values.
• Score 2 points immediately when a new star has more sides than the star it branches from.
• Earn additional end-game points according to each die’s color and position.

Color-based scoring gives every choice a different focus. Yellow dice reward collecting sets, while blue dice are worth more when a pair branches from the same star. Black dice score from their sums beside each starting star, and red dice depend on the number of even or odd non-red dice on the same line.

For added variety, Twinkle includes optional mission cards. Use one to three missions to reward goals such as having the lowest total sum, the fewest types of dice, or the fewest colors. Choose your stars carefully, anticipate rival creators, and take risks at the right moment to claim the highest score.