Shake hands and play again later
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (385337)
Rockingham, Australia
July 26, 2026 8:16am CST
Our son is visiting from Ireland and came home the other day with a variation on the board game, Qwirkle. This one is called Qwirkle Flex. We’ve played it a couple of times. He enjoys board games and we’ve played Catan, Flamme Rouge and a couple of card games. Flamme Rouge is particularly relevant at the moment as it’s based on the Tour de France so each player has two little cyclists to look after.
But what I wanted to tell you was that, towards the end of the instructions for Qwirkle Flex, if two players draw, it advises that the players should shake hands and agree to play again soon. Isn’t that a great way to finish a drawn game?
The photo is of our box of poker chips that we picked up at the garage sale. We haven’t played poker yet and probably won’t.
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12 responses
@sallypup (69547)
• Centralia, Washington
Just now
Players really need to remember to shake hands after playing the Monopoly game. I'm glad you are having a visit with your son.
@rebelann (117934)
• El Paso, Texas
1h
I have never heard of those games before, I do know and loved to play poker but that's no fun when it's only 1 person 
@Ineeddentures (39371)
•
1h
Like a boxing match ends in a draw
Shake hands and agree to do it again soon.
@snowy22315 (211217)
• United States
5h
Sportsmanship is important in gaming. My nephew plays cattan.
@AliCanary (4710)
•
4h
Some of these Eurogames have very cute rules. There's one where everybody is a thief and you are competing to steal the most loot and sell it to the fences. In English, it's called "Sticky Fingers", but in the original German, it's "Langfinger", and the rule is that the person with the longest fingers gets to be the starting player!
@teamfreak16 (44648)
• Denver, Colorado
6h
The Flamme Rouge. One kilometer left in the race (unless I'm hearing it wrong.) I had no idea there is a game!
