How to score Dixit
Dixit scores after every turn. If some players find the storyteller’s card but not all, the storyteller and each of those players score 3. If everyone finds it, or nobody does, the storyteller scores 0 and everyone else 2. Every other player also scores 1 for each vote on their own card. The game ends after the turn in which someone reaches 30.
- 3 to 8 players
- About 30 minutes
- To 30, then finish the turn
- Highest total wins
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This is the real Scorepad, live. Each row is a turn; the storyteller changes every row. Tap any turn to change it.
Dixit
- BGG #435
- 30 min
A storytelling game of dreamlike picture cards. The storyteller gives a clue for one card, everyone else slips in a card that might fit, and the table votes on which was the storyteller’s. A clue that is too plain, or too strange, scores nothing.
Year, players, time and rank from BoardGameGeek.
How to play Dixit, in brief
Each turn of Dixit, one player gives a clue for a picture card and everyone else tries to spot it among decoys. When a turn ends with anyone on 30 or more, most points wins.
- Deal 6 cards eachEveryone takes a voting dial and a rabbit for the score track. Whoever thinks of a clue first is the first storyteller.
- Give a clueThe storyteller picks a card in secret and says a clue: a word, a sentence, even a sound. Each other player secretly hands over their best match.
- VoteThe storyteller shuffles the cards and lays them face up in numbered spots. Everyone else votes in secret for the storyteller’s card, never their own.
- Score and pass it onScore the turn and draw back up to 6. The player on the left tells the next story.
The best clue is found by some, not all.
The storyteller wants a clue that some players get and some miss. Everyone else wants to find the storyteller’s card, and to draw votes onto their own. Score the turn as soon as the votes are revealed.
What a turn is worth
| What happened | Points |
|---|---|
| Some, but not all, found the storyteller’s cardThe storyteller, and each player who found it | 3 |
| Everyone found it, or nobody didThe storyteller scores 0; everyone else scores this | 2 |
| Each vote on your own cardEveryone but the storyteller | 1 |
| Missed it when some found itVotes on your own card still count | 0 |
- Check who found the cardSome but not all: the storyteller and each finder score 3. Everyone or nobody: the storyteller scores 0 and every other player scores 2.
- Pay out the decoysEvery player except the storyteller scores 1 for each vote their own card drew.
- Pass the story onMove the rabbits, refill hands to 6 cards, and the player on the left tells the next story.
- Finish the turn at 30When anyone reaches 30, score the rest of that turn. Then the game ends and the highest total wins; tied players share it.
Turn 13: two players pass 30, and Priya wins.
Going in: You 29, Priya 28, Mara 24, Dev 21. You are the storyteller. Priya finds your card; Mara and Dev both vote for Priya’s card instead. This is turn 13 on the Scorepad above.
| Player | Found it, plus votes on your card | Turn |
|---|---|---|
| You | Storyteller: one of three found your cardSome but not all found it | 3 |
| Mara | Voted for Priya’s card; nobody voted for hersMissed it, no votes | 0 |
| Dev | Voted for Priya’s card; nobody voted for hisMissed it, no votes | 0 |
| Priya | Found your card · Mara and Dev voted for hers3 for finding it, 1 for each vote: 3 + 1 + 1 | 5 |
Every vote counted, every turn kept.
Tabletales is a scorepad and scrapbook for game night. In Dixit, keep Highest wins and play to 30. After each storyteller’s turn, type everyone’s points while the votes are still face up: Tabletales adds up the totals, marks the winner and saves the game with the night.
- A row for every turnSwitch to By hand and each storyteller’s turn is its own row. When everyone gets a 2, hold Next to copy it to the next player.
- Votes on the keypadType each turn’s points, or type it the way you counted it (3 for finding the card, then 1 for each vote: 3 + 1 + 1) and Tabletales adds it up.
- 30 is on the padPick Play to a score and type 30. A total that gets there turns gold, so the table knows to finish the turn, and the trophy goes to the highest total.
- And the night is keptSave it with who played and a photo from the table. Dixit gets a history: how often you play it, who with, and who holds the high score.
- Everyone who was there
- Photos from the table
- Dixit, with its scores
Common Dixit scoring mistakes
- Paying the storyteller when everyone finds itAll or nobody means the storyteller scores 0 and every other player scores 2.
- Giving the storyteller decoy pointsOnly the other players score 1 for each vote on their own card.
- Stopping the moment someone reaches 30Finish scoring the turn. Then the highest total wins, which may not be the first player past 30.
- Voting for your own cardNot allowed. Your vote must go to someone else’s card.
Dixit scoring, answered
- How does scoring work in Dixit?
- If some but not all players find the storyteller’s card, the storyteller and each finder score 3. If everyone or nobody finds it, the storyteller scores 0 and the others 2. Each player also scores 1 per vote on their own card.
- How many points do you need to win Dixit?
- In the current rules the game ends after the turn in which someone reaches 30, and the highest total wins. Some other printings end the game when the deck runs out instead.
- What happens if everyone guesses the storyteller’s card in Dixit?
- The clue was too easy: the storyteller scores 0 and every other player scores 2. The same happens when nobody finds the card.
Dixit score sheet
Print one for the table: six players and twenty turns, with a running total beside every turn and the scoring at the bottom. For seven or eight, print two.
Score another game
This page follows Libellud’s current rules, which end at 30. Some printings end the game when the last card is drawn instead, and sources disagree on which edition does which. BoardGameGeek lists 3 to 6 players for the 2008 box; Libellud’s current edition plays up to 8. With 3 players, each voter puts in 2 cards. Rules checked on 19 October 2026 against Libellud’s rulebook, Wikipedia and UltraBoardGames. Dixit is a trademark of Libellud. Tabletales is not affiliated with Libellud.
Keep score tonight. Keep the night for good.
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