Quint Twist

Place a marble, give one quadrant a quarter-turn, and chase five in a row across a board that keeps rotating beneath you.

How to play

Quint Twist is a strategy game on a 6×6 board divided into four 3×3 quadrants. Each turn has two steps: first place one of your marbles on any empty cell, then rotate any quadrant a quarter-turn clockwise or counter-clockwise. The twist scrambles part of the board, so threats appear and vanish as the quadrants spin.

You win by making a line of five of your own marbles — horizontally, vertically or diagonally — and lines may run straight across the quadrant seams. The win is checked after the rotation, so the right twist can complete your line or break your opponent's.

• Place a marble, then twist a quadrant — both steps are required to finish a turn.
• A line of five may cross from one quadrant into another.
• Once per game you may Lock a quadrant, freezing it so your opponent can't rotate it on their next turn.

Controls

• Desktop: click an empty cell to place a marble, then click one of the ⟲ / ⟳ arrows beside a quadrant to twist it. Use the Lock a quadrant button to freeze one for a turn.
• Phone & tablet: tap a cell to place, then tap a rotation arrow — no keyboard needed.

Game modes

• Vs Computer — Easy, Medium or Hard; pick whether you play first or second.
• 2-Player — pass-and-play on one device.
• Online — create an invite code, join a friend, or quick-match a live opponent.

Tips & strategy

• Think of the twist as a second move: place a marble where a rotation will swing it into a threat.
• Watch both colours — the same rotation that helps you can hand your opponent a five, so look before you turn.
• Save your one-time Lock for the moment a single quadrant rotation is your opponent's only winning idea.

About Quint Twist

Quint Twist reinvents the five-in-a-row connection genre by adding a board-twisting mechanic and a once-per-game quadrant lock, so position is never fixed. This is an original, free browser game playable instantly with no download or sign-up.

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