ROSEVILLE, Minn. – MindWare, a leading manufacturer of brainy toys and games, is celebrating more than three million award-winning Qwirkle® games sold throughout the world since 2006.

"Qwirkle, invented by Susan McKinley Ross, is MindWare's best-selling board game. Qwirkle consists of 108 wooden tiles players use to make lines that are either all one color or all one shape without having any duplicate tiles in the line. Complete a line of six tiles and score a "Qwirkle" for six bonus points. The player with the highest score at the end of the game wins. Ten years and more than three million games sold means:

• There are at least 324 million Qwirkle tiles in circulation – more than the number of people in the United States.
• Laid end-to-end, these tiles nearly reach from Seattle to Miami and back again.
• 6 Stacked, these tiles would be as high as the Empire State Building more than 23,200 times.
• With an average play time of 30 minutes, Qwirkle has been played for at least 171 years.

Over the last 10 years, Qwirkle has received numerous awards for its creativity, fun and exceptional play value including the Spiel des Jahres award, Mensa Select award, Parents' Choice Gold award, National Parenting Center Seal of Approval award, Major Fun award and Creative Child award. MindWare has also expanded the game into other areas including Travel Qwirkle™, Qwirkle Cubes™, Qwirkle Trio™, Qwirkle Expansion Boards™ and a limited 10th Anniversary Edition Qwirkle™. For more information on Qwirkle or to learn more about MindWare, visit mindware.com.

Happy Qwirkling!"