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How to score Dutch Blitz
To score Dutch Blitz, count your cards in the Dutch piles at the end of each hand, 1 point each, then take off 2 for every card still in your Blitz pile. Keep a running total. The game ends with the hand in which someone reaches 75, and the highest total wins.
- 2 to 4 players
- Everyone plays at once
- To 75
- Highest total wins
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This is the real Scorepad, live. Dev’s red hands are below zero. Tap any hand to change it.
Dutch Blitz
- BGG #1895
- Up to 15 min
A real-time card game from Pennsylvania: nobody takes turns, everyone plays at once onto shared piles in the middle, racing to empty their own Blitz pile first.
Players, time and rank from BoardGameGeek.
How to play Dutch Blitz, in brief
Nobody waits for a turn in Dutch Blitz: everyone plays at once. Play hands until someone reaches 75; the highest total wins.
- Lay out your deckShuffle your own 40-card deck. Lay out a face-up stack of 10, your Blitz pile, and 3 face-up Post piles. Hold the rest face down.
- Play all at onceAny 1 starts a shared Dutch pile; anyone adds the next number in its color. Build your Post piles down, switching boy (red, blue) and girl (yellow, green) cards; fill an empty one from your Blitz pile.
- Flip three when stuckTurn 3 cards from your hand face up onto your Wood pile; its top card is playable. When your hand runs out, flip the Wood pile over and go again.
- Call BlitzThe hand stops when someone empties their Blitz pile and calls “Blitz!”
Cards in the middle count for you. Your Blitz pile counts against you.
Everyone scores the hand at once, from two counts: their own cards in the Dutch piles, and the cards left in their Blitz pile.
What each card is worth
| Card | Points |
|---|---|
| Each of your cards in the Dutch pilesThe piles are shared; each card counts for whoever played it | 1 |
| Each card left in your Blitz pileThe player who called Blitz has none | Minus 2 |
| Every other card of yoursYour Post piles, Wood pile and hand | 0 |
- Stop at BlitzA hand ends when a player plays the last card from their Blitz pile and calls Blitz.
- Count your Dutch pile cardsGather the piles from the middle, sort them by the picture on the backs, and count your own: 1 point each.
- Take off your Blitz pileCount what is left in your Blitz pile and subtract 2 points for each card.
- Play to 75Add the hand to your total, which can drop below zero. The game ends after the hand in which someone reaches 75. If more than one player passes it, the highest total wins.
Hand 7: two players pass 75, and the higher total wins.
Going in: Mara 68, Priya 67, You 52, Dev 31. Priya empties her Blitz pile and calls Blitz, but Mara has more cards in the middle. This is hand 7 on the Scorepad above.
| Player | Dutch piles, minus 2 a Blitz card | Hand |
|---|---|---|
| You | 11 in the Dutch piles · 3 left in your Blitz pile11 - 6 | 5 |
| Mara | 15 in the Dutch piles · 2 left in her Blitz pile15 - 4 | 11 |
| Dev | 7 in the Dutch piles · 6 left in his Blitz pile7 - 12 | −5 |
| Priya | 13 in the Dutch piles · called BlitzNothing to take off | 13 |
A frantic game, counted calmly.
Tabletales is a scorepad and scrapbook for game night. Dutch Blitz is a scramble. After each hand, type every player’s score: Tabletales adds up the totals, marks who reaches 75 and saves the game with the night.
- Every hand gets a rowSwitch to By hand and type each player’s score for the hand, or type it the way you count it, 15 - 4, and Tabletales works it out. It adds up the totals too.
- Below zero is fineA full Blitz pile can sink a hand. Minus scores show in red, and the total drops with them.
- 75 is on the padKeep Highest wins and set Play to a score to 75. A total that reaches it turns gold, and the trophy goes to the highest total.
- And the night is keptSave it with who played and a photo from the table. Each game gets a history: how often you play it, who with, and who holds the high score.
- Everyone who was there
- Photos from the table
- Dutch Blitz, with its scores
Common Dutch Blitz scoring mistakes
- Charging the Blitz pile 1 a cardEach card left in your Blitz pile costs 2 points, not 1.
- Counting your other cards against youOnly the Blitz pile costs points. Your Post piles, Wood pile and hand score nothing either way.
- Giving the hand to whoever called BlitzCalling Blitz stops play, but a player with more cards in the middle can still outscore the caller.
- Crowning the first past 75If more than one player passes 75 in the same hand, the highest total wins.
Dutch Blitz scoring, answered
- How do you score Dutch Blitz?
- Each player scores 1 point for every one of their cards in the Dutch piles and loses 2 points for every card left in their Blitz pile. The hand is added to a running total.
- How many points do you need to win Dutch Blitz?
- 75. The game ends after the hand in which someone reaches 75, and if more than one player passes it, the highest total wins.
- Can you get negative points in Dutch Blitz?
- Yes. If you leave a lot of cards in your Blitz pile, the hand scores below zero, and your running total can drop below zero too.
Dutch Blitz score sheet
A printable Dutch Blitz score sheet for the table: 4 players and 15 hands, with a running total beside every hand and the scoring at the bottom.
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We could not read the publisher’s own rules, so these come from UltraBoardGames and Wikipedia, which agree. Two players often lay out four or five Post piles instead of three, and expansion packs seat up to 8. No source covers an exact tie at the top: the Scorepad gives both players the trophy, and your table can settle it. Rules checked on 19 October 2026 against UltraBoardGames and Wikipedia. Dutch Blitz is a trademark of the Dutch Blitz Games Company. Tabletales is not affiliated with it.
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